Were you trying to be sarcastic?
I was stating a fact. I remember several of these platforms catching fire. Specifically the Piper Alpha off the coast of Scotland that was one of the worst disaster in British history. There was also the West Atlas rig that caught fire in the Timor Sea, the Oseberg A platform fire, there was a fire on an Indian platform in 2007 that killed 12 people, there was a fire on a Mexican platform that killed 21 people in 2007.
I've worked on POL equipment (Petroleum, Oil, Lubricants). The danger of explosion was great enough that we had to have special tools - like brass wrenches that didn't spark if you hit a piece of steel. We had to purge tanks for an hour before breaking seals. The safety precautions are taken very seriously on one of these rigs because there is always a risk of a leak or fire.
Considering that there are relatively few of these rigs around, the statistics show that they are very dangerous.
yep,
show us another rig “incident” of this magnitude (as the parsing president called this yesterday) where every single fail-safe system - failed
I will revisit this thread in 30 days when industry insiders have a chance to tell or leak their stories and we have a chance to see what Homeland Security and the US military are called upon to do regarding the protection of our energy production and infrastructure -
time will tell if this was just an act of God or failure of man but my sumting wrong light is blinking, especially since Spetnaz and other commando forces (porbably even trained elite terrorists) have plans for attacks on our energy infrastructure, in general war - we thought
by your definition, ships, aircraft, refineries, factories, power plants..etc all meet the definition of hazardous materials chemicals and explosive fuels in a small space just needing a spark to blow
Now I am off to tank up because I predict a gas price spike by tonight and through the weekend, and shortages in several weeks
Let’s see if I am wearing too much tinfoil