Just filmed this one, strange, it does look like an oil platform dragged by a boat. Those in Cabarete might be looking at it right now as i filmed it from Sosua! Take a look: Oil rig :: High Definition Video for Blu-ray : Free Download
Because of the gulf oil drilling/extraction ban by the US administration, most of the rigs are leaving, headed to where they can be used.
I suspect that one is in transit.
My bet: It is heading to Brazil where there is a humongous off-shore field undergoing exploitation now. More oil than most of the Middle East, according tothe Economist.
HB
My bet: It is heading to Brazil where there is a humongous off-shore field undergoing exploitation now. More oil than most of the Middle East, according tothe Economist.
HB
It's surely heading east - might be coming from the Mexican Gulf and NOT going to Cuba as it's in the opposite direction. I was just so afraid that it stops here and starts drilling without my permission Anyone from Cabarete oceanfront?
My bet: It is heading to Brazil where there is a humongous off-shore field undergoing exploitation now. More oil than most of the Middle East, according tothe Economist.
HB
Tourism equals jobs here! FULL STOP! There will be no tourism if they dig here!Oil equals jobs and more. Maybe you need to find somewhere else to retire/ vacation.
He should turn south soon then!!
Tourism equals jobs here! FULL STOP! There will be no tourism if they dig here!
See what it does to 3rd world countries. Iraq is a good example. This is not KansasThe term is ?drill?. Believe me, a petro-industrial infusion/ revolution would do wonders for the DR; much more than tourism.
Also consider that both tourism and oil exploitation are possible, which is the case in Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, and many others.
See what it does to 3rd world countries. Iraq is a good example. This is not Kansas
I'm totally amazed that such a post about the same thing I saw today on the sea could develop into such a load of nonsense!
I was hoping someone had a real answer but,in typical DR1 fashion, if you know nothing, post cr*p and ....invent BS.
This is a semi submersible exploration drilling rig, being transported from one location to another, onboard a heavy lift transport vessel. This is called a 'dry tow' rather than being towed by a tug.
If heang North, could be to US Gulf of Mexico, or goinf south, to Brasil.
Typical dayrates for a semi at present is abt US$350,00 per day.
A deep water semi is booked to drill offshore Cuba in next few months