Drill rig hit by tornado

[jason07]

sometimes you have a stick up your ass.....and when I say "sometimes" I actually mean always....this being one of those times.


Pull it out and get the fuck over yourself.

My comedic genius is too much for some people to handle evidently.

Clearly I was kidding but sometimes people get so sensitive.

[ceyko]

My comedic genius is too much for some people to handle evidently.

Clearly I was kidding but sometimes people get so sensitive.

Guess not part of the "in" crowd.

[sc281]

My comedic genius is too much for some people to handle evidently.

Clearly I was kidding but sometimes people get so sensitive.

sometimes you have funny comments.....and when I say "sometimes" I actually mean never....this being one of those times

and it comes full circle.

Sarcasm in written form can sometimes be hard to spot.

[Cannon88]

I got info/pics about this rig, damage, crew and where they were this morning from our safety guy. Pretty wild.

"The rig was originally rigged up with the V-Door to the south. They had just TD'd a horizontal shale well and were circulating and preparring to lay down drill pipe. The sub and derrick were picked up and moved approx. 60' north and rotated 90 degrees. Estimated weight of the sub, derrick, drawworks and drill pipe is well over 1,000,000 pounds."

Wow.

[ceyko]

Guess there is no place safe from an F5, 'cept underground

[Shemmy]

[pHILSANITY07]

NWS upgraded the tornado as a EF4

[Unicorn Jeff]

NWS upgraded the tornado as a EF4

Wouldn't it be downgraded?

[JimD]

Dang, that thing is trashed.

[stretch]

what company was that?

nevermind saw it posted.

[pHILSANITY07]

Wouldn't it be downgraded?

according the the NWS the tornado was first classified as a EF3 but upgraded to an EF4 a few days ago. However now they say that the preliminary rating for the tornado could change and become an EF5. I got this info from wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_2011_tornado_outbreak

[TheTRiM]

Not the exact rig, but a similar Cactus rig:

thanks. hard to imagine " wind " destroying steel like that. amazing shit.

[SMEGMA STENCH]

The wind can't, but gravity can. Man that thing is mangled. Good thing they weren't deep enough for a blowout. Cause I see the blowout prevention unit laying there in the wreckage lol

My father in law is the company man at the rig across the street. Said he had to sit there and watch as the tornado smashed that rig, and just hope it didn't come after his next.

[rz5.0]

The wind can't, but gravity can. Man that thing is mangled. Good thing they weren't deep enough for a blowout. Cause I see the blowout prevention unit laying there in the wreckage lol

My father in law is the company man at the rig across the street. Said he had to sit there and watch as the tornado smashed that rig, and just hope it didn't come after his next.

they were TD thats deep enough for a blow out. a blow out can happen at any depth