Doyon Rig 26, believed to the biggest land rig working in North America at the moment, has been under contract by Conoco for many years on the North Slope. It gets moved frequently in the dead of winter when everything is frozen solid. See below...

alaskalandmine.com

Doyon 26, known as the Beast, tipped over and caught fire later Friday afternoon as it was being moved on Alaska's North Slope. Sources say the incident...… Read More

It was being moved yesterday in 30-degree temperatures, about the same as reaching 65 in Chicago in January and the ice cracked, or gave way...something, and the whole rig fell over.

Nobody was hurt, thankfully.

Twitter can't understand how a big rig like this would fall over and break into pieces; they don't understand how massive these things are, how much they weight and the physics involved. A derrick that is 140 feet high and mounted on substructure that is another 50 feet high is a little top-heavy. It's not going to fall over and then be righted and put back to work. I've seen a couple of rigs this big fall within 2-3 hours in a big fire and within a day were unrecognizable heaps of molten iron.

This was a giant fuck up. Head will roll.

It's the oilfield.