In case of hurricane, 3 to 7 days needed to evacuate Deepwater Horizon site

Operations at the Deepwater Horizon site would need "three to seven days" of lead time to unhook the riser pipe and evacuate to the mainland in the case of an approaching hurricane. View full size (Press-Register/Bill Starling) The drillship Discoverer…

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