The bodies of five workers, including one Texan, were recovered Tuesday after an explosion ripped through a drilling rig in Oklahoma, triggering what appears to be the nation's deadliest oil and gas accident since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
[pdf] On 24 May 2011, Cactus Rig 117, operating near Calumet, Okla., suffered a direct hit by an F5 tornado that resulted in an estimated $14 million in damage. An F5 tornado damaged Cactus Rig 117 after hitting the site on 24 May 2011. Although the rig was destroyed, all of the rig’s crew survived.
[pdf] A drilling rig is an integrated system that , such as oil or water wells, or holes for and other construction purposes, into the earth's subsurface. Drilling rigs can be massive structures housing equipment used to drill , , or natural gas extraction wells, or they can be small enough to be moved manually by one person and such are called . Drilling rigs can s.
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