Considered "Unsinkable", The Ocean Ranger Oil Platform capsized and sank on Monday February 15, 1982 killing all aboard. A major storm in the North Atlantic Grand Banks off St. John's, Newfoundland triggered a chain of failures that inexperience and design flaws fatally exacerbated.

My Maritime Playlist Is Up:    • VANISHING ANGLE  
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse:    • A Collision of Guilt: The Sunshine Sk...  
The Collapse Series:    • The COLLAPSE Series  

▶REFERENCES, SOURCES & FEATURED MEDIA: https://pastebin.com/P5SDYQWr

▶MUSIC: Produced by @Mors

▶TOSS A COIN TO YOUR RESEARCHER? Immortar Supporters on Patreon get 100% Ad-Free Exclusive Versions of Every Video Releasing!
Patreon:   / brickimmortar  
PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/brick...
Or Just Click Join!

▶Timestamps:
00:00 Ocean Ranger Radio Call to Mobil Oil
00:34 Background: Semi-Submersible Oil Rigs
00:54 Background: ODECO Oil Company, The Ocean Ranger
04:38 Ocean Ranger Chain of Command - ODECO/Mobil Joint Crew
06:47 Hibernia Oil Fields & The Zapata Ugland and Sedco 706 Platforms
07:20 Storm Headed To Newfoundland, Grand Banks, North Atlantic Feb 14, 1982
08:49 Ocean Ranger Disconnects from Drill at Due To Storm - 6:58pm
09:45 February 6, 1982 - Ballast Valve Opened by Mistake, Platform Nearly Capsizes
11:13 Storm Intensifies to Hurricane Strength, Battering The Hibernia Oil Field
12:31 Portlight in Ballast Control Room Broken, Imploded by Huge Wave - 7:45pm
13:26 Standby/Supply Ships Overhear Ocean Ranger Two-Way Internal Radio Chatter
15:12 Calls Begin from Ocean Ranger to Various Parties, None Sounding Urgent - 8:45pm
16:03 Crew Cuts Power & Air to Ballast Control - 9:00pm
16:47 How Did The Ocean Ranger Oil Rig Sink?
18:27 Non-Urgent ""Distress"" Calls To Colleagues From Ocean Ranger Begin - 1:00am
21:41 Rig Suddenly Abandoned Just Before Seaforth Highlander Arrives - 1:30am
23:25 Seaforth Highlander Arrives On Scene, Rig Still Afloat - 2:11am
23:52 Lifeboat Spotted by Seaforth Highlander - 2:21am
27:12 Supply Ship Boltentor Approaches The Oil Rig, Finding No Survivors - 2:45am
27:43 Ocean Ranger Oil Rig Capsizes and Ultimately Sinks - 3:00am
30:05 Exhaustive, Years Long Investigation - Newfoundland Mourns - ODECO/Mobil Stonewall
30:34 RORO Cargo Ship Mekhanik Tarasov Sinks in Same Area Due to Storm - 5:00am
30:57 The Ocean Ranger is Refloated and Dumped Deeper at Sea
32:02 In Memoriam...

▶Immortar Supporters: Special Thanks, You All Rock For Real!
⭐Gage h
⭐ShokBox
⭐RigbyMortis
⭐Lisa G
⭐Kenyon J E
⭐SJGautier
⭐Fauntleroy
⭐Amy H
⭐XanthorXIII
⭐Bree B
⭐Mentlel
⭐Chad H
⭐Emily M
⭐Scott H
⭐Jenny E
⭐Roger G
⭐David A C
⭐Selene G
⭐Alex W
⭐Anna K
⭐Subscribe Soundcloud 2
⭐Dan S
⭐Kat
⭐Wesley J
⭐Budi W
⭐Lameeka Y
⭐Jade_of_Arc
⭐Rowan S
⭐Eric A
⭐Lyra H
⭐Master of None
⭐Joel A G
⭐Robert M
⭐Baily M
⭐Erin M
⭐Andrew T
⭐Bart K
⭐Peter F
⭐NM
⭐Peter S
⭐EdwardH
⭐Theo S
⭐Sara E
⭐Nathan F
⭐Jeremy H
⭐Patrick S
⭐Larry M
⭐Hillary Creech
⭐Lily T
⭐Rachel E
⭐SixStringedThing
⭐Debbie K
⭐Sara E
⭐Liam T
⭐Tracy A
⭐Erika I
⭐Rychotech

▶ A B O U T
Hey, I'm Sam! Child of the 80s turned Parent, Traveler, & Bumbling/Stumbling Nostalgic, Sentimental Creator. With a background in Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Industrial Robotics and a passion for Workplace Safety... half the time I know about 50% what I'm doing!

▶ C O N T A C T M E
For Collab, Business and Other Professional Inquiries: [email protected]

#Maritime #OilDrilling #YourSafetyMatters