Indian Sub-Submersible Gas Rig Sinks off the Coast of Venezuela

Friday, May 14th 2010 - 01:22 UTC

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Aban Offshore (BOM:523204), India’s largest offshore drilling and oil field services provider, suffered a major setback on Thursday, when its gas platform Pearl sunk off the coast of Venezuela. This was one of Aban’s biggest money spinning rig earning 358,000 US dollars a day. Read full article

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Rufus
At least the crew got off safely.

As it's a gas rig, I wouldn't expect a great deal of environmental damage to the surrounding ocean, not too sure that I'd want to light up a smoke anywhere near there though...
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