3/17: Listing oil rig

Undertoad · 03-17-2001, 11:45 AM

There were three powerful explosions on this Brazilian oil rig, killing as many as ten. If the photo doesn't do it justice, consider that the rig is 40 stories high.

tw · 03-17-2001, 06:14 PM

This would be the world's largest oil rig. I don't know that is was Brazilian but it is in Brazilian waters. However where is all the smoke?

russotto · 03-18-2001, 08:49 PM

You sure this isn't a clip from a Bond movie?

Chewbaccus · 03-19-2001, 10:04 AM

Can't be a Bond clip. There's no small plane flying out from the secret hangar that's underwater.

~Mike

Undertoad · 03-21-2001, 12:47 PM

It's my day for followup pictures. Here are shots of (left, top) the partly sinking rig, (left bottom) the mostly sunken rig, and then (right) the entirely sunk rig. It was in fact owned by a Brazilian company.

tw · 03-21-2001, 07:53 PM

Why is our ocean not that blue?

Chewbaccus · 03-22-2001, 10:15 AM

Tourists don't come to see it.

~Mike

richlevy · 03-22-2001, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tw
Why is our ocean not that blue?

If that oil rig continues to leak, their ocean will look just as gray as New Jersey's.

Chewbaccus · 03-22-2001, 09:37 PM

The Irish Sea, please. Jersey's ocean is artificially gray and bleak. The Irish have a naturally stony-gray sea.

Give credit where it's due.

~Mike

03-17-2001, 06:14 PM	#2
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Re: 3/17: Listing oil rig This would be the world's largest oil rig. I don't know that is was Brazilian but it is in Brazilian waters. However where is all the smoke?

03-19-2001, 10:04 AM	#4
Chewbaccus Freethinker/booter Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 523	Can't be a Bond clip. There's no small plane flying out from the secret hangar that's underwater. ~Mike __________________ Like the wise man said: Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.

03-21-2001, 07:53 PM	#6
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Re: 3/17: Listing oil rig Why is our ocean not that blue?

03-22-2001, 10:15 AM	#7
Chewbaccus Freethinker/booter Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 523	Tourists don't come to see it. ~Mike __________________ Like the wise man said: Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.

03-22-2001, 09:37 PM	#9
Chewbaccus Freethinker/booter Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 523	The Irish Sea, please. Jersey's ocean is artificially gray and bleak. The Irish have a naturally stony-gray sea. Give credit where it's due. ~Mike __________________ Like the wise man said: Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.

03-17-2001, 11:45 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	There were three powerful explosions on this Brazilian oil rig, killing as many as ten. If the photo doesn't do it justice, consider that the rig is 40 stories high.

03-18-2001, 08:49 PM	#3
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	You sure this isn't a clip from a Bond movie?

03-21-2001, 12:47 PM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It's my day for followup pictures. Here are shots of (left, top) the partly sinking rig, (left bottom) the mostly sunken rig, and then (right) the entirely sunk rig. It was in fact owned by a Brazilian company.

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