From Rigzone:
A Husky Energy Inc. oil-drilling rig off the coast of Newfoundland was damaged by a supply ship Thursday afternoon, a company spokeswoman said.
No one was hurt in the incident and no oil was spilled. The rig was finishing a water-injection well at Husky's West White Rose pilot program and the supply ship had docked with the rig to remove equipment before the rig headed to port for maintenance.
Production at White Rose was unaffected. Husky normally produces about 47,000 barrels of light oil a day from the White Rose fields, which are located about 200 miles east of the Newfoundland coastline.
The Husky spokeswoman said there was no damage to the structural integrity of either the drilling rig or the supply ship, owned by A.P. Moller-Maersk. Husky is still investigating the cause of the incident and assessing the cost of the damage.
http://rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=112919&hmpn=1From the local CBC news website more information was available.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2011/11/25/nl-rig-husky.htmlWhat is strange is as can be seen from member Ken Watson's photo of the GSF Grand Banks here:
http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=606916, you can see boat bumpers on the two intermediate columns. This is the loading zone. I hope Ken or some other member can get a shot of the damaged column as it would instructive to see if the Detector hit outside the boat bumper zone. In any case this type of repair should be fairly rudimentary.
Topic: GSF Grand Banks struck by Maersk Detector in White Rose Oilfield, offshore NFLD (Read 1302 times)