![]() It was around 05.30 on the morning of the following day, with limited drilling mud and barite supplies left and apparently against the judgement of others on board, the Arco representatives chose to pull out of the hole to try and regain circulation. The Odeco rig was just five years old when it set its bit into drilling exploration well 22/30b- 3 in the Central Graben of the North Sea for client, the American company Arco.īy September 21 an 8.5 inch hole had been drilled to 4,925m (16,160ft) but drilling had been curtailed as the crew attempted to cure severe drilling fluid losses into the sedimentary formation deep below. On September 22, 1988, just over two months after the Piper Alpha disaster that killed 167 offshore workers, the rig Ocean Odyssey came within a hair’s breadth of being blown to pieces. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. ![]() Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Information An icon of an information logo. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. ![]() Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across.
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