Posted on 09/22/2004 12:37:59 PM PDT by TexasCowboy
Wild. It doesn't even look real. It looks like a toy some kid knocked over.
We had to explain to him that the 'strong wind from the north' was actually the hurricane winds that blow in a counter clockwise direction.
That old man may have been dumb, but he was one hell of a Cajun cook, I would put on 10 pounds every two weeks I was out there and would spend my two weeks home dropping the extra weight.
Did this happen during Ivan, or merely what could happen?
While working offshore, I was hit by two hurricanes. While in the middle of both, I was comforted by radio broadcasts assuring me that I had safely been evacuated.
It has been my experience that hurricanes are wusses compared to cold fronts for both wind and waves.
LOOK at the PICTURE people! This is the smoking gun! This *PROVES* that Chimpy McAWOL is TOAST! LET THE IMPEACHMENT BEGIN!!!!!
{{{ slapping self silly }}} Wow, I have been been spending too much time reading DU as well ... LOL
Man, I'm not that wild about walking around the platform of a rig on land when it's drilling, I think I am WAY too chickensh*t to be out on one of those.
I try not to get out there anymore if I can help it.
Geez, that is one big mess.......... what a great photo though
Well that building in the middle with the derrick sticking out to the left should be pushed over 90 degrees to the right and that derrick should be 200' tall on top of it.
Maybe so. The water color looks deep.
This is apparently a three legged jack-up, but the legs are gone.
This one is torn up so bad it's hard to tell what it was.
These things can withstand 120 mph winds so this one had heavier winds than that.
Yes.
ENSCO International out of Dallas.
NOT 100% sure but it was near Main Pass, Louisiana several weeks back.
I was curious how much wind and wave it took to do this to an offshore platform. You would think they would plan for it and not suffer this much damage. They gotta know it's going to happen sooner or later.
This pic was sent to me by my second ex.
Her husband is an oceanic engineer.
Maybe she was having pleasant thoughts about me being on it at the time.
LOL!
(Just joking, hon!)
There is no platform showing in the picture. It is a Jackup with the mast pushed over and broken off and all three legs missing. If it was jacked up I'm surprised it didn't sink when it went over. If it was jacked down I'm surprised the legs are gone.
Google news search on ENSCO 64 damage:
http://news.google.com/news?q=ensco%2064%20%20&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn
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This is not a production platform; it's a drilling rig.
There's no way to protect the platform structures themselves from wind damage from a hurricane. Those things are standing unprotected.
The only thing they can do is prevent spills with subsea valves that shut in when the line pressure drops.
On jack-up drilling rigs we set a packer in the wellbore to shut it off, then evacuate, hoping the rig will withstand the winds and waves.
On floaters we disconnect from the subsea wellheads, which are safe sitting on the bottom, and let the rig ride it out if it can't get to safe harbor.
They plan different rigs for different conditions. The first rigs send to the North Sea and the Tasman Straits caught hell. Those in the Gulf are not engineered to withstand those type conditions but can outlast MOST of what the Gulf gets. Costs however means you can't plan for everything so you lose a few.
Goodness knows those of us who have been at this for years have lost some rigs .... and a few friends.
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