This was a semi-submersible rig. The rig floated due to the buoyancy of the pontoons. Those pontoons are underwater. Pouring water on the surface equipment that doesn't hold water did not make it sink.
There’s question that’s been bugging me since the event began. I live in the Northeast, so what do I know about drilling. However, that rig was essentially a boat, a floating vessel. Why haven’t the boneheads who poured millions of gallons of water into the rig, causing it to sink and breaking the standpipe, not been targeted for some blame? Who authorized that “slick” move? sd
This was a semi-submersible rig. The rig floated due to the buoyancy of the pontoons. Those pontoons are underwater. Pouring water on the surface equipment that doesn't hold water did not make it sink.
