A $40 million oil rig in Iran’s South Pars gas field collapsed into the Persian Gulf last week, nearly taking with it the workers who were trapped on the collapsing structure:
Luckily, no one was hurt, according to local reports.
“The structure belonged to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and the country is now calling for foreign aid to help recover the gas platform which sank 80m to the seabed,” news.com.au reports
Although the incident happened last week, footage has only now become available, the report adds.
“The incident is the latest setback [for] Iran’s oil industry,” Business Insider’s Michael Kelly notes.
“Last month Iran’s oil minister acknowledged in a report that oil sales were down 40 percent and income dropped 45 percent in the previous nine months, largely because of U.S. sanctions aimed at curbing the country’s disputed nuclear program,” Kelly adds.
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Comments (81)
johnpaulkuchtajr
Feb. 4, 2013 at 8:26pmI’d love to think that “our people” are responsible; but, I just don’t know if anybody in DC was capable of developing a game plan that would scuttle the launch of an oil production platform.
It would be fairly easy. Change the code that signals a ballast valve to open instead of shut or vice-versa. It could be done and I hope we did it with “boots on the ground” in whatever shipyard that built the platform. Pretty funny and it gives me hope that our people are throwing wrenches in the gearboxes of the Iranian infrastructure.
“Remember Benghazi and ALL the Traitors!”
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Paul -Indiana
Feb. 4, 2013 at 9:19pmRemember StuxNet?
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El_Hombre_Pollo
Feb. 4, 2013 at 9:26pmThis the work of the Obama administration! This is what they do best, shut down offshore oil and gas platforms. Why would you think differently!LOL
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aproudinfidel
Feb. 4, 2013 at 9:36pmWell said. I hope it is the first of many to suffer a similar fate.
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Mojoron
Feb. 4, 2013 at 9:47pmthey build derricks like they build jets.
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Max jones
Feb. 4, 2013 at 10:36pmIts Bush’s fault.
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Armed Patriot
Feb. 6, 2013 at 4:44amSo sad… Dont forget, Ronald Regan took out a couple of these with helicopters.
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confederacyofdunces
Feb. 4, 2013 at 8:19pmI am supposed to believe that these people can build a superior stealth fighter but cant get an oil rig to float. I’ll believe that when the same monkey returns to earth that was shot into space. These folks are bad liars. They should have called the last airplane the “flying carpet”..
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BSdetector
Feb. 4, 2013 at 8:18pmDon’t worry, Dear Leader will give them OUR money to build 2 new ones.
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Small World
Feb. 4, 2013 at 8:15pmpossible the hand of God.
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Netsurfer2
Feb. 4, 2013 at 8:09pmYou can bet AL Gore will want carbon credits from us being that we allowed Iran’s platform to sink!
Who knows, maybe we can create a new tax code for the working middle class to pay! You know the drill, this is always how it works! Sell us down the river while singing their song! Not much has changed, but more taxes and more spending from our beloved government! None of them are for us, nor really speak for us to begin with!
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GuruMeditation
Feb. 4, 2013 at 8:06pmSo which is it? Israel’s or Bush’s fault?
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gyro
Feb. 4, 2013 at 8:38pmbush
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CanteenBoy
Feb. 4, 2013 at 8:50pmthat would be, “credit”.
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LakeHartwellSailor
Feb. 4, 2013 at 8:04pmGot to admit, as an ex-Navy guy who did two West Pac’s, I hated watching those guys going into the water…but it should have been reasonably warm and there were ships in the area to render assistance. Greatest danger was probably being sucked down a ways given the bubbles in the water. Didn’t see anyone make a life preserver using their trousers….but I guess that was not part of the training program to work on the rig.
Overall, I give it an 8 for funny.
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NOTYERHUCKLEBERRY
Feb. 4, 2013 at 9:07pmGood comment! I’m Coast Guard and learned the same stuff. Pulled my share of folks from the sea, alive and not.
Have to say, though, couldn’t happen to a better country..
There are boys in Texas who could teach them how to build a platform that wouldn’t collapse, for a price!
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Seagal45
Feb. 4, 2013 at 8:03pmBwaaahaaahaaaahaaaaahaaaaa!
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CanteenBoy
Feb. 4, 2013 at 9:01pmMy exact initial reaction!
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garbagecanlogic
Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:49pmI cried the entire time it was sinking. NOT! Couldn’t happen to a better country. Now the U.S., or Israel will be blamed.
Praise Be To Obama. Psalm 109:8
The U.N. Out Of The U.S.
The U.S. Out Of The U.N.
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nzkiwi
Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:45pmPoor fellows. Between that and the loud bang at the Fordow enrichment plant, they just can’t seem to catch a break. I may appear relaxed about these events, but I assure you, I’m grieving on the inside…
Speaking of the Fordow plant, why is there almost no media coverage. WND broke the story a couple of weeks ago, but oddly, it has been ignored.
Iran said that WND is a CIA front and is lying. Well, naturally.
The evidence seems to be there, though.
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Southernsoul
Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:37pmI guess oil rigs are more complicated than sending monkeys into space
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Small World
Feb. 4, 2013 at 8:11pmToo funny!
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woodyee
Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:33pmNewsFlash – The Kenyan American Fleabag has answered the call to help Iran with it’s oil industry, and is sending one fleet of F-16′s and an Abrams Tank division to the Gulf oil country – but first, a word from our sponsors –
Neehow China!
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ACACIA
Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:32pmif it were up to me i would have machine gunned them while they were splashing around in the water. better dead then RED.
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uvgtafrnd2
Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:29pmIt sunk faster than one of Obummer’s green projects!
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spirited
Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:28pm“the country is now calling for foreign aid”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> from whom?
>Calling Russia …..heeeelp!!!!
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skippy6
Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:26pmNext up watch a stealth plane crash.
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LakeHartwellSailor
Feb. 4, 2013 at 8:06pmDoesn’t it have to be able to fly before it can crash? I have a feeling that stealth plane is a mock up and they don’t have anything operational. Wait….the Ayattollah, just said that it does exist. My bad.
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Ironeagle
Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:22pmAllah’s will no doubt.
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:21pmI imagine Obama already has sent help to his radical allies in Iran.
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FISH_BONE
Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:51pmAnd with Valentine’s Day coming up, I’m sure it all came with a box of chocolates and nice package from Pajamagrams.
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BARRYS_BEARD
Feb. 4, 2013 at 8:07pmDon’t forget the giant bear from Vermont Teddy Bear.
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gyro
Feb. 4, 2013 at 8:40pmBARRYS_BEARD = I tryed to order one of those bears but my obama phone craped out
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Fubared
Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:20pmLalalalalala bloop bloop bloop. Jihad Jerk and MorsiEngineer69 will be along shortly to claim another vast Jewish conspiracy and crap. Not iranian quality control. Nope.
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13th Imam
Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:14pmPerhaps North Korea can send ships.
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jackact
Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:07pmHaliburton, paging Haliburton…..
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MrKnowItAll
Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:06pmHa ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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FISH_BONE
Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:06pm“and the country is now calling for foreign aid ”
And I’m sure the Kenyan maggot will happily send a billion or more over to help out.
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DougHuffman
Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:09pmI’ve never seen a black maggot, and I saw a BUNCH of maggots in my county health department internship – Santa Clara County Health Department – in medical entomology.
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FISH_BONE
Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:11pmAnd what the hell, throw in a few F16s and a dozen tanks.
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FISH_BONE
Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:13pmDOUG: Al Roker sh/ts his pants every time he sees a black maggot. Chris Matthews has a tingly orgasm when he sees one.
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DougHuffman
Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:22pmDon’t tell me about black shiite. I chased insects in it for three months.
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:22pmI imagine he already has.
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DougHuffman
Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:05pmA similar set back for the IraXis nuclear (weapon) ‘research’ at Fordow Nuclear
http://www.wnd.com/2013/02/north-koreans-among-40-dead-at-iran-nuke-plant/
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Fubared
Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:09pmSaw that. That is a true two-fer…
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DougHuffman
Feb. 4, 2013 at 8:38pmYeah but ignored by the lamestream media, including DaBlasé.
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Bodacious_Boedi
Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:05pmIranians bobbing in the water. That reminds me…I’ve gotta go to the bathroom!
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