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Re:Full power outage in Spain and Portugal by lostlogin on Monday April 28, 2025 @01:53PM (#43824097)
It’s quite funny to think about.

Having good, fresh fuel on an oil rig. They need an engine that can run on crude.

Re:Full power outage in Spain and Portugal by baq on Monday April 28, 2025 @05:46PM (#43826484)
Diesel will run on mostly anything if it’s running… including methane in the air intake, so you need to think quickly when presented with a generator that keeps running after cutting the fuel
Re:Full power outage in Spain and Portugal by vlachen on Monday April 28, 2025 @10:16PM (#43828130)
Oil leaking around a turbocharger rotor seal also makes for good diesel fuel, if you define "good" as an exciting uncontrolled disassembly of the engine.
Re:Full power outage in Spain and Portugal by lazide on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @07:23AM (#43831068)
Crude oil from various wells has properties varying from ‘thick, stinky, corrosive goo’ to ‘explosive, barely liquid, bubbly mess’. Also, rigs need to be careful about ignition sources, as methane leaks can be a common emergency condition for some wells/crude.

It’s not the type of thing that using directly is economically feasible, even for emergency situations.