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To: Dog Gone
I don't think it's upside down. I think the superstructure has been knocked completely off and is somewhere in the location, but under 2000 feet of water.

Wrong. It's Typhoon and it has turned turtle. Chevron finally fessed up late Wednesday. Dow Jones and Platts have carried stories. "Mini" TLP designed for 40,000 b/d of oil and 60,000 Mcf/d of gas. Half-owned by BHP Billiton (Chevron operator). Bottoms-up Typhoon now secured 70 miles away from original location and leaking oil, from photos. I'd post pix if I could just figger out how @#$%.

113 posted on 09/28/2005 6:33:01 PM PDT by Tenega
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To: Tenega
I was just going by the photos I've seen. Being capsized is marginally better than having the superstructure knocked off.

It still doesn't look upside down to me because I can't see any evidence of the subsea structure floating at the surface. But maybe it was a clean break.

114 posted on 09/28/2005 6:44:24 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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