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Good Read! Desperate scramble to save the Kulluk before it grounded near Kodiak
The Kulluk, Shell Oil’s Arctic drill rig, was “like a Weeble,” says tugboat engineer Craig Matthews — like one of those egg-shaped, roly-poly toys from the 1970s. “Weebles wobble,” the catchphrase went, “but they don’t fall down.” Matthews doesn’t remember how long he slept on New Year’s Eve 2012, the day he was ordered to save his crew’s life by cutting the Kulluk loose. He just remembers what woke him. Read the rest here 14:25
Hot stuff from the Deckboss
Shell, headquartered in the Netherlands, naturally plans to use a Dutch outfit, Smit Salvage, to try to retrieve that behemoth drilling platform stranded at Kodiak Island.
Get your bids in, boys! Looks like Southeast Alaska salmon seiners are pursuing another buyback to further reduce their ranks.
Hard aground! Here’s another view of Shell’s drilling platform, the Kulluk, beached off Kodiak. Read More
