episode 40: Ocean Ranger
The largest semi-submersible Offshore Drilling Rig of its day, sank in a storm in 1982 whilst two smaller nearby rigs survived with minimal damage. We dive into how not closing a portlight cover, triggered a series of events that cost 84 people their lives.
With John Chidgey.
This show is Podcasting 2.0 Enhanced
Report into the Incidents:
- Official Report
Links of Potential Interest:
- Ocean Ranger
- Hydrodynamic Model Studies of the Ocean Ranger Marine Disaster
- The Loss of the Ocean Ranger
- Royal Commission Called (Video)
- Ocean Ranger report blames equipment and training (Video)
- Hypothermia Table
- History of offshore drilling units
- Glossary of nautical terms
- Roustabout
- Davit
- 25 years later (Archive.org)
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Episode Gold Producers: 'r' and Chip Salzenberg.
Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, John Whitlow, Kevin Koch, Oliver Steele, Lesley Law Chan, Hafthor, Shane O'Neill and Bill.
With thanks to Gregory Hess for the topic suggestion.