Perro Negro 6 Incident: Saipem Jack-Up Sinks

Saipem S.p.A. reported Tuesday that its jack-up drilling rig, the Perro Negro 6, capsized and sank offshore Angola after the seabed beneath one of

ConocoPhillips-Chartered Jack-Up Drilling Rigs Sinks

A jack-up drilling rig has sunk after one or more of its legs penetrated the seabed off the coast of Sarawak, Malaysia on Monday,

Lake Peigneur Drilling Accident

An oil drilling operation at Lake Peigneur accidentally punctured a salt dome, creating a sinkhole that swallowed barges and caused the Delcambre Canal

Jackup Collapse in Egypt: Admarine 12 Sinks in Red Sea

A tragic jackup collapse occurred late Tuesday, July 1, when the oil drilling barge Admarine 12 capsized in the Red Sea, approximately 130 miles south of the Suez Canal.

Perro Negro 6 Incident: Saipem Jack-Up Sinks

Saipem S.p.A. reported Tuesday that its jack up drilling rig, the Perro Negro 6, capsized and sank offshore Angola after the seabed beneath one of

Massive Louisiana sinkhole just keeps on growing

Massive Louisiana sinkhole just keeps on growing A sinkhole that was triggered in August by salt mining for the oil and gas sector has grown to

Final Hours Of The Deepwater Horizon – Why Did It Sink?

Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible drill rig sinking in the Gulf of Mexico, April 22, 2010, following blowout of BP''s Macondo well. Photo courtesy of The New York Times.

Tugboat Sinks After Large Drilling Rig Collapses In Bremen Port

A tugboat sank in Bremen''s industrial harbor on Wednesday evening after a large drilling rig fell onto it during a construction operation on the River Weser. The incident

Punch-through off Sarawak

Velesto rig sinks off Malaysia - Splash247 Velesto Energy-owned jackup rig has sunk off the Malaysian state of Sarawak while operating for ConocoPhillips. The incident

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BACKGROUND The Petrobras Platform 36 (P-36) oil rig was origi- nally built in 1994 as a drilling platform but was later converted to a deep-water semi-submersible production

Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill | Timepath Wiki

Deepwater Horizon Sinks On April 22, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig sank into the Gulf of Mexico, two days after the initial blowout and explosion. The sinking of

Drilling rig sinks in Gulf of Suez, killings, missing crews are reported

(MENAFN) A drilling rig has overturned and sunk in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt''s Petroleum Ministry reported, citing the company responsible for operating the barge.

Ocean Ranger

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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. There were no survivors.

Drilling rig sinks in Gulf of Suez, killings, missing crews are reported

A drilling rig has overturned and sunk in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt''s Petroleum Ministry reported, citing the company responsible for operating the bar

Key Biscayne | divingwawrecks

The 2695 ton jack up oil rig, the Key Biscayne was lost while under tow to Fremantle from the Arafura Sea on the afternoon of September 1st 1983. After the evacuation of the remaining

Lake Peigneur

On the date of the disaster, the oil rig was conducting exploratory drilling in the lake alongside a salt dome under the water, that contained a salt mine. [7] The rig''s 14-inch (36 cm) drill

Drilling rig sinks offshore eastern Malaysia | Wata

Drilling rig sinks offshore eastern Malaysia Dateline 2021-05-04, Argus Media: A drilling rig has sunk offshore eastern Malaysia while it was being prepared for work at a

Lake Peigneur: The Swirling Vortex of Doom • Damn

Early in the morning on November 20, 1980, twelve men decided to abandon their oil drilling rig on the suspicion that it was beginning to collapse

Venezuelan Gas Rig Sinks

A natural gas exploration rig sinks—no workers injured Aban Offshore''s Aban Pearl semi-submersible drilling rig sank off the Paria Peninsula in eastern Venezuela. Aban Offshore

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The World''s Largest Oil Rig Sinks The Petrobras Platform 36 (P-36) was a drilling platform designed to be completely supported by the buoyancy of two pontoons and four

Jackup Barge Collapses and Sinks off Egypt, Killing Four

Egyptian authorities mounted a rescue effort overnight from Tuesday into Wednesday after an oil drilling jackup barge collapsed and sank south of the Suez Canal. The

Boskalis tees up vessels to recover sunk Velesto oil rig

Ed Reed Velesto Energy''s Naga-7 jack-up drilling rig sinks off Malaysia in May 2021. Boskalis Malaysia will begin work to retrieve the wreck of the sunk Naga 7 oil rig next

Drilling Rig Sinks in Gulf of Suez Killing 4 and Leaving 6 Missing

Tragedy has struck in the Gulf of Suez, where a drilling rig has sunk, resulting in the loss of four lives and six crew members still missing.

Jackup Barge Collapses and Sinks off Egypt, Killing Four and

ADES, headquartered in Saudi Arabia, is a leading international provider of oil and gas drilling services. The company reports it has a fleet of 51 offshore assets, including jackup

11 Historical Offshore Incidents and Why They Happened

February 14-15, 1982 – The Ocean Ranger was a mobile offshore drilling rig that sank to the bottom of the ocean off the coast of Canada. During

Heavy-lift ship sinks off Angola after unloading drilling rig

The semi-submersible heavy transport vessel Mighty Servant 3 developed a list and sank off the coast of Angola on Dec. 6, following the unloading of its cargo, the semi

Deepwater Horizon explosion

Deepwater Horizon was a floating semi-submersible drilling unit —a fifth-generation, ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, column-stabilized drilling rig owned by Transocean and

84 FEARED DEAD AS OIL-DRILLING RIG REPORTEDLY SINKS IN NORTH ATLANTIC

ST. JOHN''S, Newfoundland, Tuesday, Feb. 16 - A huge oil-drilling rig reportedly sank in a storm off the coast of Newfoundland Monday morning, and all 84 men aboard were

Jack-up Rig Tilts and Sinks Off Malaysia

ConocoPhillips and Malaysian offshore drill rig operator Velesto confirmed reports that a jack-up rig operating at the Salam-3 field off the coast