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The Conspirators Podcast

Ep. 243 - The Deep

The Conspirators Podcast

The Conspirators Podcast

History, Society & Culture

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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In this episode I'm going to tell you three stories about some of the most horrific diving accidents in history. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://divemagazine.com/scuba-diving-news/pipeline-diver-tragedy-corporate-manslaughter https://medium.com/@mrodriguez0/the-terrifying-paria-diving-disaster-trapped-in-an-underwater-oilpipe-7001ce9a5179 https://newsday.co.tt/2024/07/11/3-face-court-over-paria-diving-tragedy/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/diver-pipeline-deaths-blamed-on-oil-companys-gross-negligence/ https://www.coursehero.com/file/85910708/Assessment-about-Star-Canopus-diving-accidentdocx/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Canopus_diving_accident#CITEREFPrangley/Ward_FAI1979 https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/byford-dolphin-accident.htm https://zero.sci-hub.se/5268/7dda7cee52d7eb3ec606a82d0f1b9a61/giertsen1988.pdf https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/norway/540650/byford-dolphin-diving-incident-casts-long-shadow-40-years-on/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:48.6

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0:57.7

Hey everyone. In this episode I'm going to bring you three stories of some horrific diving disasters from history.

1:07.0

The third story is the most gruesome of them all.

1:10.0

It tells the tale of the worst diving accident that ever occurred.

1:14.0

Listen to discretion is advised.

1:17.0

So if you're ready, let's take a trip deep beneath the ocean.

1:21.0

I'm Nate Ale, coming to you live from my pineapple under the sea and this is the conspirators. Story 1, The Birth, just off the coast of Pointe-opier in Trinidad and Tobago is a 1,200-foot-long pipe that runs

1:48.2

beneath the ocean that was designed for oil to pass through. Both ends of this pipe bend upwards at a 90 degree angle and rise up approximately

1:56.3

60 feet to the surface. Each of these risers is what's referred to as a berth. When it was operational, ships would dock at one end out in the ocean known as birth five,

2:07.0

and deposit their load of oil, which would then run through the pipe to birth six on the other end.

2:12.0

From there, the oil would be sucked up into a refinery

2:16.1

where it would be further processed. The pipeline was operated by the Paria Fuel Trading Company and by the

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