Oil rig runs aground off Alaska

Regulatory/Transport

Wednesday, January 02, 2013

Kulluk A large mobile drill rig ran aground off the coast of Alaska on Monday evening. Reports from the U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday said a flyover of the Conical Drill Unit (CDU) Kulluk showed the vessel "remains grounded but stable" near Sitkalidak Island (north edge of Ocean Bay). The flight crew’s aerial inspection found no signs of a fuel spill from the vessel. Sitkalidak Island is just off Kodiak Island. The grounding on New Year's Eve followed several...

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