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Ike wreck rips hull of oil tanker, but Gulf spared from slick

Source: Houston Chronicle

Galveston : TX : USA | 8 months ago

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Wider than a football field and almost two-thirds as long, Ensco 74 — a jackup oil rig positioned off the Louisiana coast — would seem a hard thing to lose. But, knocked off its moorings by Hurricane Ike’s surging tide, lost it was...The 159,000-ton Norwegian tanker, carrying 41 million gallons...

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Ike wreck rips hull of oil tanker, but Gulf spared from slick

News Source: Houston Chronicle | 8 months ago

Wider than a football field and almost two-thirds as long, Ensco 74 — a jackup oil rig positioned off the Louisiana coast — would seem a hard thing to lose. But, knocked off its moorings by Hurricane Ike’s surging tide, lost it was...The 159,...