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At the time of the accident, Sedco 135 was drilling at a depth of about 3,600 metres (11,800 ft) below the seafloor. [4] The day before Ixtoc suffered the blowout and resulting fire that caused her to sink, the drill bit hit a region of soft strata. Subsequently, the circulation of drilling mud was lost resulting in a loss of hydrostatic ...
Marvin Heemeyer was born on October 28, 1951, on a dairy farm in South Dakota.In 1974, he moved to Colorado because he was stationed at Lowry Air Force Base. [3] In 1989, [3] he moved to Grand Lake, Colorado, about 16 miles (26 km) away from Granby.
Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) was a British chemical company. It was, for much of its history, the largest manufacturer in Britain. [1] Its headquarters were at Millbank in London. ICI was a constituent of the FT 30 and later the FTSE 100 indices. ICI was formed in 1926 as a result of the merger of four of
A chemical gas leak from a rail tanker in Whitewater Township, Ohio, prompted fears of an explosion and evacuation orders for people within at least a half-mile radius of the incident.
Why did the bridge collapse? Shortly before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, a Singaporean-flagged container vessel called Dali struck one of the 47-year-old bridge’s pillars, officials said.
The investigation into the Surfside condo collapse in Florida has revealed the likely cause of the catastrophe which left 98 people dead.. Investigators said on Thursday that they are focusing on ...
Traffic crawls over a closed Fort Point Channel Tunnel entrance in Boston during rush hour on July 11, 2006, a day after the collapse.. The Big Dig ceiling collapse occurred on July 10, 2006, when a concrete ceiling panel and debris weighing 26 short tons (52,000 lb; 24,000 kg) and measuring 20 by 40 feet (6.1 by 12.2 m) fell in Boston's Fort Point Channel Tunnel (which connects to the Ted ...
Bridges have collapsed from collisions with ships before. Between 1960 and 2015, there were 35 major bridge collapses that happened after they were hit by a marine vessel, said Toby Mottram from ...