Deepwater Horizon – Oh My…

I have been waiting to watch this movie since March 2016, when I first knew about it and after watching its trailer. In fact, I was teaching Master Chemical Safety and also Master Safety Industrial Hygiene subjects around that time. In one slot in the class, we had a case study on the offshore accident in the gulf of Mexico in 2010. That platform where we discussed about this is actually the Deepwater Horizon platform. We did discussed about the accident in the class. And I mentioned to them about the movie – Deepwater Horizon, that will be released in the 3rd quarter of 2016.

Yesterday, I watched this movie with my other half. Once the show started, I recalled my days when I was working in the oil and gas sector. Once in a while I traveled to several Offshore Platforms located in the South China Sea. It was a recollection of memories. Nice rich experience was obtained.

Offshore platforms – is this where you are going to work?

This post is intended for my chemical engineering students.

Do you want to work on offshore rigs / offshore platforms like these?

PlatformHollyAll oil drilling into the South Ellwood Offshore field takes place from Platform Holly, about two miles offshore in state waters. It is very cold here.

Oil_platformPlatform Harvest, in the Point Arguello field in federal waters 7 miles from Point Conception, has produced more than 73,000,000 barrels of oil and 50,000,000,000 cubic feet  gas.

Sources of information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offshore_oil_and_gas_in_California

 

 

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