What would have happened if the drifting ship "the Vindo" had hit a gas platform in the North Sea?

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The Vindo is a ship full of fertiliser that was recently set adrift in the North Sea.

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The ship was not "set adrift " Its engines broke down and it was drifting in a severe storm. the Rigs were both closed down and one of them was fully evacuated and the other is an unmanned pumping rig. It passed about 850 metres away from the rig so was never really a threat.
If the ship had of collided then the most you would have gotten was a load crash and a few bits of bent metal as most of the rig is alot higher than the ships structure. As the rig was unmanned it was all closed down and there would have been no risk of explosion. The wind wouldhave blown away any leaking gas before it had a chance to mix with any sparks. Any fires would have been put out by the Vindo's crew who would all be well trained in fire fighting.

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gas bills would have gone up again....lol

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the sea is a HUGE place, the chances of this happening are millions to one.

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In the unlikely event that a collision was imminent, the gas rig has special safety valves under the sea bed that they can close.

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These rigs all have powerful "stand by vessels" which would probably try to nudge the drifiting ship out of the way as a last resort.

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No rig could stand a collison by a drifiting ship. The results would be horrible.

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There would have been a huge explosion.And it would have fvcking stank!

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We could have all sang the "Vindo Loo Song"!

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vey unliely to happen but probably not much unless there was also very heavy weather as well. Things which are just floating don;t really have much force in them and certainly not enough to severly damage a massive structure like an oil rig. However if a storm, threw it at it.....
unlikely to go boom unless there was a spark bit would be big damange

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I can't imagine that the fact it was carrying fertiliser would have made it any worse, to make explosives from fertiliser you need other things present, the platform wouldn't have exploded because they would have turned the well head off, so i guess the worse scenario would have been that the platform would have collapsed onto the ship after the impact and the lot would have gone down, all that would depend on whether it was a glancing blow or a direct hit, anyway it missed!!

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Hopefully, nothing, the rigs were shut down. However, nitrate fertiliser makes a pretty good bang, ask the boys across the water.

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the rig crew would not have let the ship hit the platform
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