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To: Salt'n'Peppa who wrote (134296)6/9/2010 11:12:51 AM
From: ChanceIs  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 206223
 
Quite right on all counts. Thanks.

That "Blue Marlin" is quite the engineering triumph in and of itself. I still have trouble imagining that beast out in 40-50 foot seas.



To: Salt'n'Peppa who wrote (134296)6/9/2010 11:43:17 AM
From: ChanceIs  Respond to of 206223
 
RE: ThunderHorse. I hadn't thought about that rig in quite some time. Hurricane Dennis batted it around a bit, but it survived. I alternate between outrage at the furor at the oil companies - given their massive risks and expenses to bring oil to the markets - and their screw-ups.