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Incident Photo of the Week - Pemex Oil Rig Disaster

October 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Cargo Law brings us photos of the deadliest Gulf of Mexico offshore accident in the last 43 years; last week’s Collision of the Usumacinta MODU and the Kab 101 Light-Production rig. Bloomberg News tells us;
The collision of a Petroleos Mexicanos oil rig and a floating platform in a storm this week was the deadliest offshore […]

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Tags: Fire Incidents · Lifesaving Incidents · Offshore · Photo · Semisubmersible

ship model of the week - dd1 semi-submersible

October 16th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Maybe it’s just because we have fans aboard the DD2 but more likely just because this is an amazing model. It shows the Global SantaFe’s (soon to be Transocean?) Development Driller 1 full equipped for offshore oil exploration and oil field development. To see more photos of the model Click Here.

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Tags: Photo · Semisubmersible