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Breaking: Texas oil RIG on fire...not the same as refinery fire
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 950567:MV8xMDU2NTkwXzE2NzcwNjI5XzlDQTAyQUIw] [quote:Anonymous Coward 739448] I have been working in the industry for over 25 years, yes there are incidents, but not of this magnitude or in this short of time frame. Do you realize the amount of education and training that is required yearly for all employees (operators, tech's, managers)? I do, I live it yearly, the oil industry is one of the most tightly regulated industries there is, period. If one thinks about the number of gallons that is moved, refined, pumped on a daily basis, you would realize the true nature of what's required. [/quote] MAgnitude?? LMAO....a rig exploding while loading at a refinery and a rig gas leak..."magnitude" Three incidents in two weeks..."this short of a time frame" And you really want to tout this "in all my 25 years" shit You can't be fuckin' serious By the bye, third gen in the industry here. So, yeah, we live it. Your last statement is the very reason, despite regs, there are so many accidents. It is the shear volume and large number of rigs and humans involved. It's the same principal as the reason the majors revenue numbers are so massive: It's not due to a kick arse profit margin; it's due to [u]volume[/u]. / [/quote]
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An oil rig on Boca Chica beach is reportedly on fire. Boca Chica Beach is just north of the mouth of the Rio Grande, near Brownsville. This is hundreds of miles from the oil refinery fire in San Antonio.
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This is the link...can somebody get it to work, please? It doesn't look right to me...it should be for KRGV news. Sorry, not a computer geek, at all.
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