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The rig owner, Transocean, had a "strong overall" safety record with no major incidents for 7 years. [15] However a Wall Street Journal analysis "painted a more equivocal picture" with Transocean rigs being disproportionately responsible for safety related incidents in the Gulf and industry surveys reporting concerns over falling quality and performance.
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Oil well fires are oil or gas wells that have caught on fire and burn. They can be the result of accidents, arson , or natural events, such as lightning . They can exist on a small scale, such as an oil field spill catching fire, or on a huge scale, as in geyser -like jets of flames from ignited high pressure wells.
A-frame derrick. An A-frame derrick is one in which the boom is hinged from a cross member between the bottom ends of two upright members spread apart at the lower ends and joined at the top; the boom point secured to the junction of the side members, and the side members are braced or guyed from this junction point.
At about 6 p.m. on 29 January 1983, the derrick of the Eniwetok, a Panamanian-registered oil rig, passed under the aerial ropeway of the Singapore Cable Car system and struck the cable that stretched over the waterway between the Jardine Steps Station and the Sentosa Station. As a result, two cabins plunged 55 metres (180 ft) into the sea ...
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The Six Flags Over Texas Oil Derrick is a 300-foot (91 m) tall observation tower, and an attraction at the theme park Six Flags Over Texas.Six Flags claims it to be the world's tallest land-based oil derrick (although it is actually not functional as such, and never has been).