The Greatest Environmental Disaster of the Century: Turning Point or More to Come?

Submitted by Anna on Sun, 05/02/2010 - 15:41

Randy Shannon
May 2, 2010, Pittsburgh, PA

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Published by Beaver County Blue.

The Deep Horizons ultra-deepwater dynamic positioned semi-submersible oil drilling rig, lying upside down a mile below sea level, was built and owned by Transocean Limited of Vernier, Switzerland. This rig was the most technologically advanced drilling machine on earth, designed to tap oil reserves miles below the ocean’s surface. It was completed in 2001 by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, South Korea. British Petroleum was leasing the rig at a cost of one-half million dollars per day to exploit oil and gas trapped under tremendous pressure miles below.

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