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 accident in the Gulf of Mexico in 43 years, killing at least 19 workers and leaving four missing. The death toll is the second-worst in the Gulf, where Mexico produces most of its oil and the U.S. receives about 27 percent of its output. In 1964, an explosion on a C.P. Baker drilling barge killed 22, said Simon Marquis, a U.K.-based offshore rig researcher.
Continue reading the article by clicking HERE then head over to CargoLaw.com to see the Photos HERE.
Ok… looks like we fowled up this post (thanks CargoLaw ;).
The error was caught by Simon who runs the excellent and previously featured website Oil Rig Disasters. Head over there for all our rig photo needs and we will try to stay with what we know (drillSHIPS) next time.
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