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What 50 Men Faced Trapped Under an Upside-Down Oil Rig in Total Darkness
They heard a loud bang echo through the platform, then another, and then the entire structure trembled. Within seconds, a cracked weld tore loose, ripping a pontoon free and sending the 10,000-ton rig ...
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What Happens When a Single Weld Fails on a 10,000-Ton Oil Platform
On a stormy March night in 1980, 212 men were aboard the Kielland when a loud crack echoed through the rig—a support brace ...
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X-ray vision dives deep to boost safety, inspection and response
X-ray imaging is useful for seeing inside objects without causing damage, but until now it was not practical for use ...
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Portable underwater X-ray lets divers inspect submerged objects safely in real time
A compact ORNL X-ray system lets divers see inside submerged objects instantly, improving inspection safety and speed. A ...
ORNL's Jesse Davis (left) and Paul Groth set up the underwater X-ray imaging system they developed on top of the portable ...
ORNL researchers developed a portable underwater X-ray imaging system that can immediately produce pictures of the interior ...
At the heart of the U.S. shale industry in Texas, oil production is climbing. But you wouldn't know that if you talked to ...
A plan to expand oil and gas drilling, including seven areas in the Gulf of America off Florida, has been released by the ...
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