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29 April 2010, 02:35 AM
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Deepwater Horizon Platform going down
Transocean's Deepwater Horizon platform sank in 5,000 ft deep waters. The platform had a contract with British Petroleum due on September 2013 with a monthly 'rental fee' of $502,000us (source: RigLogix). The platform was built in South Corea by Hyundai at a cost of $365 million us in 2001.
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29 April 2010, 02:36 AM
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30 April 2010, 09:36 PM
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Incredible pics did you take them? If so how?
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1 May 2010, 03:35 AM
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No, I did not. We work with the local petroleum company in Mexico and one of their staff members emailed it.
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1 May 2010, 03:39 AM
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Great pictures, but the damage this is going to do is unreal.
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1 May 2010, 03:46 AM
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Unfortunately, yes.
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1 May 2010, 04:17 AM
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Breathtaking pics. This one is going down in history. Thanks for sharing G.
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1 May 2010, 05:57 AM
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Incredible pics G! So sad to see something like this...
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1 May 2010, 07:37 AM
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Media is saying it could be the worst oil spill in history...I hope not...I remember exxon valdize they are still cleaning that up
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1 May 2010, 08:46 AM
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http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/201...louisiana.html
Some nice one too her... what a tragedy for mother nature!!! 
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6 October 2010, 12:47 PM
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wowzers
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7 October 2010, 06:53 AM
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Wow!
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20 October 2010, 06:02 PM
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Shit...what a pics
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20 October 2010, 06:16 PM
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Check out this months national geographic magazine for an in depth article on the cause and after effects. Heartbreaking.
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21 October 2010, 01:47 AM
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It wasn't the magnitude of the Twin Towers, but................WOW
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