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To: jbstrick
I was just wondering about the offshore oil platforms. Do they shut them down and evacuate?
31 posted on 10/02/2002 11:56:47 AM PDT by TX Bluebonnet
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To: TX Bluebonnet
They leave a skeleton crew on tripletime!
36 posted on 10/02/2002 11:58:19 AM PDT by Cold Heat
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To: TX Bluebonnet
I was just wondering about the offshore oil platforms. Do they shut them down and evacuate?

Already shut down and evacuated. A real pain to do two weeks in a row.

52 posted on 10/02/2002 12:12:02 PM PDT by HoustonCurmudgeon
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To: TX Bluebonnet
Usually yes.
92 posted on 10/02/2002 12:39:43 PM PDT by wardaddy
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To: TX Bluebonnet
"Do they shut them down and evacuate?"

They were all evacuated last week. This is a long process, so they may not even opened back up since last week's hurricane. Evacuation of all rigs (OSHA) can take three to fours days including the shut down process.

Now the good part, on shore rigs NEVER shut down and there isn't a Federal Law that says it has to be done. I have worked on land based rigs. If you are inside the barrier islands, then you are on shore. Hopefully some common sense has set in since my days of this. But common sense gets one fired.

117 posted on 10/02/2002 1:10:58 PM PDT by Deguello
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