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What Really Happened When That Oil Rig Collapsed in the Storm

In October 2007, a massive storm with 70-knot winds slammed into a Mexican oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The jack-up rig collided with a nearby wellhead, rupturing valves and releasing a deadly ...
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U.S. offshore Gulf oil cut 16% as Hurricane Zeta heads toward rigs

HOUSTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Oil producers on Monday shut offshore production and pulled workers off platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as the 27th named storm of the season strengthened into a ...
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Hurricane Delta steams across Gulf of Mexico, halting most oil output

HOUSTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Hurricane Delta raked across the Gulf of Mexico, halting most of the region's offshore oil output on Thursday after energy companies shut-in wells, pulled staff from ...
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Inside the largest drilling rig in the middle of the ocean

Did you know that after the completion of the construction of one of the tallest buildings in the world - the Empire State ...