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The graveyard shot is incredible. Surprised there's not more photos of ship-breaking itself, which lends itself to some dramatic shots. Examples: https://www

The graveyard shot is incredible. Surprised there's not more photos of ship-breaking itself, which lends itself to some dramatic shots. Examples: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/11/the-ship-breakers/100859/ https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/11/the-ship-breakers/...

ghaff 8y ago
It really is. My first engineering job out of school was designing offshore drilling rigs (mostly service systems like ballast) and running shipyard projects. The economics of the industry have really gone through boom and bust cycles as the article says. I lucked out on timing. I got out just as a bust cycle was getting serious to go back to school as I had always planned to anyway.
- ryanmarsh 8y ago
  They truly are magnificent structures. The popular image of the oil industry is one of roughnecks around ugly old drilling equipment next to a hole in the ground. The size and scale of the engineering challenge, especially of deep water drilling, are incredible. I wish more people could be exposed to the marvels of engineering in the O&G industry.
  - ghaff 8y ago
    I was interested to learn a while back that one of the rigs I worked on the design of, the Ocean Odyssey, was repurposed as an equatorial launch platform after it was damaged in a blowout. It was mothballed after Sea Launch ran into financial difficulties. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_(launch_platform) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_(launch_platform) I haven't kept up with the industry but, especially in retrospect, it was a great first job.
    - martinpw 8y ago
      Several satellites, including the first X-ray telescope, Uhuru, was launched from a former oil platform off the coast of Kenya: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broglio_Space_Center https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broglio_Space_Center
muterad_murilax 8y ago
What graveyard shot? All I see is ads.
- hcs 8y ago
  https://media.guim.co.uk/51370940379b5a46c6f1f917b3f025e4da3a8f6c/0_0_4500_2988/master/4500.jpg https://media.guim.co.uk/51370940379b5a46c6f1f917b3f025e4da3...
gen3 8y ago
Those are some really good photos, thank you.

ghaff 8y ago

It really is. My first engineering job out of school was designing offshore drilling rigs (mostly service systems like ballast) and running shipyard projects. The economics of the industry have really gone through boom and bust cycles as the article says. I lucked out on timing. I got out just as a bust cycle was getting serious to go back to school as I had always planned to anyway.

ryanmarsh 8y ago
They truly are magnificent structures. The popular image of the oil industry is one of roughnecks around ugly old drilling equipment next to a hole in the ground. The size and scale of the engineering challenge, especially of deep water drilling, are incredible. I wish more people could be exposed to the marvels of engineering in the O&G industry.
- ghaff 8y ago
  I was interested to learn a while back that one of the rigs I worked on the design of, the Ocean Odyssey, was repurposed as an equatorial launch platform after it was damaged in a blowout. It was mothballed after Sea Launch ran into financial difficulties. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_(launch_platform) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_(launch_platform) I haven't kept up with the industry but, especially in retrospect, it was a great first job.
  - martinpw 8y ago
    Several satellites, including the first X-ray telescope, Uhuru, was launched from a former oil platform off the coast of Kenya: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broglio_Space_Center https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broglio_Space_Center

muterad_murilax 8y ago

What graveyard shot? All I see is ads.

hcs 8y ago
https://media.guim.co.uk/51370940379b5a46c6f1f917b3f025e4da3a8f6c/0_0_4500_2988/master/4500.jpg https://media.guim.co.uk/51370940379b5a46c6f1f917b3f025e4da3...

gen3 8y ago

Those are some really good photos, thank you.