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Suburban Warrior

(405 posts) Sun Jul 4, 2021, 04:30 PM Jul 2021

Huge Explosion Near Oil Rig in Caspian Sea

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Huge Explosion Near Oil Rig in Caspian Sea (Original Post) Suburban Warrior Jul 2021 OP

Jeezus cilla4progress Jul 2021 #1

A "Mud Volcano" Near Where They're Drilling For Oil Jim G. Jul 2021 #2

That's particularly interesting given the amount of malaise Jul 2021 #3

Mud volcanoes don't look like that Warpy Jul 2021 #4

cilla4progress

(24,728 posts)

1. Jeezus

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Sun Jul 4, 2021, 04:49 PM

Jul 2021

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Jim G.

(14,811 posts)

2. A "Mud Volcano" Near Where They're Drilling For Oil

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Sun Jul 4, 2021, 04:57 PM

Jul 2021

What a coincidence.

malaise

(268,968 posts)

3. That's particularly interesting given the amount of

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Sun Jul 4, 2021, 04:58 PM

Jul 2021

mud volcanoes in Trinidad and Tobago, the number one oil producer in the Caribbean.
https://nationaltrust.tt/mud-volcanoes-tt-geo-heritage/

Warpy

(111,255 posts)

4. Mud volcanoes don't look like that

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Sun Jul 4, 2021, 05:02 PM

Jul 2021

Nobody knows what's really going on, but reports are either an oil rig explosion or an undersea volcano. Both are possible, but it looks more like the former to me. It was bad, whatever it is.

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