Transocean Drilling Rig Refloated After Running Aground
August 23 2016 - 5:54AM
Dow Jones News
By Selina Williams
LONDON-A Transocean Ltd. drilling rig that ran aground in
Scotland two weeks ago was successfully refloated late Monday, the
U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
The drilling rig was stabilized before resuming its journey to
Malta.
The 17,000-metric-ton rig, known as the Transocean Winner, was
being towed to Malta from Norway when rough weather cut it adrift
from a tugboat. It ran aground near the town of Carloway on the
western side of the Isle of Lewis in northwestern Scotland,
authorities said. No one was injured.
Transocean, a Switzerland-based company that provides offshore
drilling services, didn't immediately respond to a request for
comment on Tuesday.
Transocean was the owner of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig
that exploded in April 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11
workers and triggering the largest offshore oil spill in U.S.
history.
The U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency said Aug. 11 that
inspectors conducting an aerial survey didn't detect any signs of
an oil spill from the Transocean Winner near the rig or on the
rocks in the surrounding area.
Previously, the agency had said that two fuel tanks, which
contained at most 53 tons of diesel, had cracked on the rig.
Write to Selina Williams at selina.williams@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
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