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Oil Tanker Collides With Oil Rig in Gulf

CORPUS CHRISTI - Coast Guard crews are at the scene of a collision that happened this morning two miles east of the Port Aransas jetties.

Around seven this morning an oil tanker lost power and collided with an oil rig that was being towed.

A lifeboat from the oil rig was left drifting in the gulf due to the damage.

No one was injured and there are no reports of any oil leaking after the collision.

From:

http://www.kristv.com/news/oil-tanker-collides-with-oil-rig-in-gulf/


Added: May-2-2012 Occurred On: May-2-2012
By: monkey fcker
In: World News
Tags: Oil, ship, rig, wreck, Gulf of Mexico
Location: Aransas Pass, Texas, United States (load item map)
Marked as: approved
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  • Talk about immovable objects. Inertia is a bitch.

    Posted May-2-2012 By 
    mlivsey (1121.76)  

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    • @mlivsey 2 more miles and they could have run into the ferry landings at Port Aransas. That would have been unreal.

      Posted May-2-2012 By 
      monkey fcker (267.48)

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    • @monkey

      Supertankers don't like stopping before 2-3 miles. Turn in the route? Put your winker on becauce you're gou're going to need it in about five hours.

      Posted May-9-2012 By 
      mlivsey (1121.76)  

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  • wheres my explosion?

    Posted May-2-2012 By 
    R_sole (232.10)  

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  • This type of oil rig is called a jack-up rig. It is basically a floating triangular shaped barge outfitted to be an oil rig. There are holes in the deck at each corner with cogs in them. The legs have gear teeth along the side of them so that the cogs can move them up and down. The rig is towed to the well site and the legs are then lowered down. When the legs hit the bottom of the ocean the rig is "jacked-up" off the surface of the water. Since the rig was under tow there is nothing t More..

    Posted May-2-2012 By 
    INDO_420 (593.42)

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    • @INDO_420 mad props on the diving job, that could be the most dangerous job there is based on deaths and injuries.
      but there are methanol tanks, diesel tanks, mud tanks, etc. on the jack ups that could be breached though it seems there were not and if they were it would not be much in them compared to a tanker or a blow out, i have worked on jack ups as well. there was a jack up that had issues last year in about the same spot, almost capsized if i remember right. i hope they get it out of the More..

      Posted May-2-2012 By 
      monkey fcker (267.48)

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    • @monkey fcker No doubt a major fender bender. I remember two barges colliding in the Port Aransas ship canal. One of them happened to be a chemical barge and we got evacuated from the yard. You are right, there is always something to spill on board. Luckily this time it wasn't thousands of gallons of crude. Props to you as well for working offshore, that is caveman work. You don't know what hard work is until you've worked offshore.

      Posted May-3-2012 By 
      INDO_420 (593.42)

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    • @INDO_420 what yard were you at? i worked at Gulf Marine for about 6 years. you do anything on the Tahiti hull? a buddy of mine helped the divers on the project. i hope they get that thing out of there with no problems, its grounded now. ill update when i find out something new.

      Posted May-3-2012 By 
      monkey fcker (267.48)

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    • @monkey fcker I worked at the Oceaneering International yard in Aransas Pass. We worked on the Navy frigate mine sweepers there in town. I used to get deployed off shore out of there and our Morgan City office in Louisiana.

      Posted May-4-2012 By 
      INDO_420 (593.42)

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    • @INDO_420 right on, bud, where are you at now?

      Posted May-4-2012 By 
      monkey fcker (267.48)

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  • Comment of user 'MrScabs' has been deleted by author!

    • @MrScabs there was a shitty plant in corpus, im mean a peice of shit, run by a fucker named Wyatt, who got busted buying oil from saddam during the sanctions. these bastards dont care who they get the oil from as long as they make a buck. want to see redneck human shields? threaten the oil, iranian or whoever.

      Posted May-2-2012 By 
      monkey fcker (267.48)

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  • That's it... obama gonna shut it all down now. 2 strikes and you're, uh, you're out.

    Posted May-2-2012 By 
    trubrewman (87.70)  

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  • "...no oil leaking..."

    That won't stop the enviro-nuts from shouting "THE SKY IS FALLING!!!".

    Posted May-2-2012 By 
    joe prole (1708.70)  

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  • ummmm....BORING!

    Posted May-2-2012 By 
    niltomega (783.08)  

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