IBC tank survives Deepwater Horizon explosion, washes ashore on Panama City Beach
June 12, 2010 03:03:00 PM
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Bay County's first tangible landfall from the Deepwater Horizon accident is not tar balls or oil plumes. Instead, it was an oil storage tank suspected to have been onboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded and sank off the coast of Louisiana in April.
A tote tank intermediate bulk container weighing 5,000 pounds with a 550-gallon capacity washed ashore near 14th Street and Front Beach Road in Laguna Beach. There were markings on the tank and other evidence that it came from the Deepwater Horizon rig.
The Coast Guard pulled the IBC from the surf and has taken the tank to the Coast Guard station at Naval Support Activity Panama City. The stainless steel tank survived both the explosion of Deepwater Horizon and floated several miles before being washed ashore by the tides.
Hazmat trucks were on the scene cleaning up and making sure residents and visitors are safe.
The Coast Guard also was driving up and down the beach looking for anything else that might have washed up.
Source: Panama City News Herald, "Oil rig tank washes up on PCB".
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Doesn't surprise me... I've watched many struggle pulling the bottle from the cage. I actually had few explode at my ibc tote plant and the cage was still in good condition.
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