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The show, released in late 2019, was hosted by former TM journalist Christian Wallace, who grew up in West Texas and spent a year after college working as a "roughneck" (a member of an oil rig crew).
Ocean Ranger was a semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling unit that sank in Canadian waters on 15 February 1982. It was drilling an exploration well on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, 267 kilometres (166 mi) east of St. John's, Newfoundland, for Mobil Oil of Canada, Ltd. (MOCAN) with 84 crew members on board when it sank.
Toolpusher: The boss of a drilling rig, working under the drilling superintendent or the corporation the rig is contracted to. Tour: A 'tower' refers to a worker's shift of duty. A drilling crew typically works a 12-hour tour every day of their hitch. Treater: The head supervisor on a hydraulic fracturing crew.
Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig [7] owned by Transocean and operated by the BP company. On 20 April 2010, while drilling in the Gulf of Mexico at the Macondo Prospect, a blowout caused an explosion on the rig that killed 11 crewmen and ignited a fireball visible from 40 miles (64 km) away. [8]
Families of the more than 120 men killed when an oil rig capsized 45 years ago were failed by official investigations, a new study has concluded. ... Relatives of oil rig disaster crew want new ...
The Orange County oil spill on October 1, 2021, is an oil spill that deposited crude oil onto popular Southern California beaches on the West Coast of the United States.While residents reported smelling fumes, a ship noticed an oil slick that evening and reported it to federal authorities.
Families of those killed in an oil rig disaster 45 years ago have welcomed a new report that supports their claims of being denied justice. The Alexander Kielland platform was being used as an ...
Seagoing oil rigs are also customarily equipped with this type of lifeboat. [citation needed] Lifeboat on oil rig. Tankers are required to carry fireproof lifeboats, tested to survive a flaming oil or petroleum product spill from the tanker. Fire protection of such boats is provided by insulation and a sprinkler system which has a pipe system ...