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A small mistake in operating equipment caused a group of divers working on a North Sea rig in 1983 to suffer an extremely painful death.
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Scientific works
Admire the largest drilling rig in human history
With a pulling capacity of up to 1.2 million tons, 472m high and a specific weight of 650,000 tons, Troll A is one of the most massive structures in human history.
Oceanography
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill causes fish defects
Scientists have recently discovered fish that have defects, three years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Biology
The silent savior of the Gulf of Mexico
Scientists in the US have discovered a new strain of bacteria that eat oil rapidly growing in the Gulf of Mexico and helping to destroy oil particles.
Scientific application
14 seawater converters into fresh water are delivered to DK1 rig
14 water purifiers manufactured by Ba Ria - Vung Tau University are put into rig houses, with the task of turning seawater into fresh water.
Scientific application
Vietnam owns high technology in the field of mechanical engineering
For the first time, Vietnam has built its own 90-meter jack-up rig. This is a high-tech type and most stages in the manufacturing process are owned by Vietnamese.
Environment
Typhoon Tembin swept over, the DK1 rig shook
Last night the soldiers of the DK1 rig could not take a nap, braced themselves against Typhoon Tembin with a wave of about 15 meters high, sometimes up to 30 meters.
Environment
Huge artificial water swirls swallow the island
The whirlpool is formed by a small negligence of humans swallowing up an island of nearly 300,000 square meters, two rigs and many barges, and at the same time the islan…
Environment
Japan studied the origin of earthquakes
A scientific team of top Japanese seismologists has set sail on the Chikyu drill ship with the task of drilling deep into the seabed to study the origin of the earthquak…
Environment
Gas burners cause fires in oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico
US media reported that a natural gas flare had occurred at an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, off the US state of Louisiana on the night of July 23.
Environment
216 tons of oil leaked into the North Sea
Oil company Shell today (August 16) has confirmed 1,300 barrels of oil, equivalent to 216 tons of oil that leaked into the North Sea (England), resulting in a high risk…
Environment
Gulf of Mexico: One year after the oil spill disaster
It has been a year since the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig, causing hundreds of millions of liters of oil to flow into the sea, but the consequences it has left…
Environment
Most of the oil is still
Nearly 80% of the oil in the Gulf of Mexico has not yet disappeared as reported by US officials, the scientists said.
Environment
Oil spreads to the US coast of Florida
The oil trail behind BP's rig explosion came close to the famous white sand beaches in Florida state yesterday
Environment
The scene of oil spill from the universe
After the explosion of an oil rig off the US, oil is covering an area of thousands of kilometers of sea.