marlin damage

Dont think i have seen these photos here yet

 

 

 

 

 

 






















These
are pictures of the floating load hose on the FPSO Girassol in Angola, Africa
that was pierced by a blue marlin. Load operations were shut down for a few days
while



they
replaced the hose. For reference, this terminal produces about 250k barrels of
oil a day and this loading hose is approx 24in in diameter.



















NOHA's picture

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Take a good look

Fri, 2010-04-16 16:31

The fish in the water is not penetrated on the orange banding but the cutaway sections it clearly is on the orange banding..and there is no way you could hammer a nail let alone a marlin bill thru that much rubber..

Very Fake..I reckon

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Yep I noticed exactly the

Fri, 2010-04-16 16:45

Yep I noticed exactly the same discrepancies when I first saw these pics.