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No one was injured when the Cimarex-operated rig near the Devon plant was hit by Tuesday''s tornado, said Steve Bell, the company''s senior vice president. He said the rig,

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At a cost of approximately $500,000, Cactus anchored its rig change houses to withstand an F5 tornado. On 24 May 2011, Cactus Rig 117, operating near

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1. INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION On 24 May 2011 a total of 22 tornadoes struck central Oklahoma (Fig. 1). Fortunately, these tornadoes missed towns and metropolitan areas. The next day, the

Texas tornado: Man impaled as tornado hits drilling rig in Texas

At least three were injured after a tornado hit a natural gas drilling rig in northern Texas on Wednesday evening. At around 5:20 p.m. local time, the tornad...

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The incident led Kathy Willingham, VP of Human Resources and HSE at Cactus Drilling, to look into ways to anchor the change house as a means of preparing for future

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The original shelter was designed after a tornado hit a Texas location in 2009. Since most of the company''s Oklahoma and Texas rigs were in the tornado belt, Cactus believed something

OVERVIEW OF THE 24 MAY 2011 TORNADO OUTBREAK

The El Reno tornado (B2; Fig. 1) struck a very interesting structure: a 1.9 million lb natural gas drilling derrick and rig with over 200,000 lbs of down force on the drilling pipe (Fig. 9).

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Cactus Rig 117 Canadian County, Oklahoma. Tornado Aftermath. Picture courtesy Derrick Brown. Link to Story* May 24, 2011 Injuries reported

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IMO, quite possibly the most violent tornado in a year absolutely packed with historically violent tornadoes. You''re sort of splitting hairs when you get to that level of

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Floyd said he didn''t know the extent of the workers'' injuries at the rig owned by Cactus Drilling. Emergency workers also contained a gas leak caused by damage to the plant, and damage

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DO I LOOK LIKE HIM? | The El Reno-Piedmont 2011 tornado acquired its highest intensity whilst passing over an oil derrick stationed north of I-40, which the tornado had devastated moments

Tornado destroys Cactus Rig 117 | Bud''s Offshore

A BOE contributor sent pictures of Cactus Rig 117, which was destroyed by a tornado on May 24, 2011, near Calumet, Oklahoma. The F5

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F5/EF5 Calumet/Cactus 117 (El Reno Part I) EF5 Tornado – May 24, 2011 This is the first portion of a two-part series focusing on the Calumet-El Reno-Piedmont-Guthrie, OK,

2011 El Reno–Piedmont tornado

On June 1, 2011, National Weather Service officials upgraded the tornado''s preliminary EF4 rating to EF5 based on a combination of the damage to the Cactus 117 drilling rig site, the complete

Reinforced shelters make oil patch safer in tornado

Oklahoma City-based Cactus Drilling Co. LLC credits its reinforced safe room for helping 13 employees and contractors survive a direct

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Despite not being an official damage indicator on the Enhanced Fujita scale, the National Weather Service Norman, Oklahoma rated the damage to the Cactus

Overview of the Calumet-El Reno-Piedmont-Guthrie EF5 Tornado

One of the most powerful tornadoes in known history occurred during the May 24, 2011 outbreak. This extraordinarily violent twister took nine lives over a 65-mile path. Yet, even

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