Kulluk
IMO no. 8752219
The Kulluk is a Japanese-built oil rig in 1983, which was released on 31 December 2012 at a Seeverschleppung from the tractor and it ran aground in the Gulf of Alaska.
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The rig was built in 1983 at the shipyard Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Company in Tamano for operation by Gulf Canada Resources. The unit not drive systems has been designed specifically for use in regions with higher Eisaufkommen. Gulf Canada Resources took the unit about ten years, put it in 1993, and baptized them in 1998 to Kullu. The island was already provided for scrapping before the Anglo-Dutch company Royal Dutch Shell acquired it in 2005, again in 2007 renamed back to Kulluk and let overtake for 292 million U.S. dollars.
Together with the ship Noble Discoverer drilling rig was involved in the exploration of oil deposits in the Arctic Ocean. According to the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA), both ships then exceeded 2012, the authorized emissions of nitrogen oxides. Technical changes and a renewed authorization procedures are necessary for the continuation of exploration.
Stranding in 2012
After the end of their deployment in the Beaufort Sea, the Kulluk was end of December 2012 on the trip to Seattle in tow of the U.S. anchor handling tug Aiviq. This maneuver was also used to bypass a control of the State of Alaska. After the 18 -strong towing crew of Kulluk had to be already taken on December 29 due to a heavy storm with wave heights up to eleven meters from the boat who Aiviq was forced on December 31, cast off the towing connection, after which the island against 21 clock before Sitkalidak Iceland stranded.
On the island, there were a total of almost 570 square meters of various oils that are not leaked, according to the United States Coast Guard.
On January 6, 2013, succeeded in producing a towing connection with the island. Over a twelve-hour rescue operation, the Kulluk was towed safely and anchored according to the authorities in a port in a bay of Kodiak Island.
As a result of the accident and other irregularities in the exploration of oil deposits in the Arctic Ocean, the Ministry of the Interior of the United States announced an examination of the approach of Royal Dutch Shell.