Season 1 · Episode 40
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 …
May 24, 202146m 36s
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Show Notes
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.
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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.
With John Chidgey.
This show is Podcasting 2.0 Enhanced
Report into the Incidents:
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)
Support Causality on Patreon
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.
Topics
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