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Paul "Red" Adair was the man best known for putting out oil derrick fires. He died in 2004.
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What is the name of the oil derrick in Oklahoma City?
old faithful
What is used to put out oil fires?
It's Sand..
What is a hoisting device used on oil wells named after an english hangman?
Derrick
How do you use derrick in a sentence?
I saw an oil derrick, yesterday.
Why mustn't water be used to try to put out oil fires?
coz
What is derrick?
oil rig.
Why do they use explosives to put out oil fires?
Just as you can blow out a burning match with your breath, explosives are used to "blow out" oil well fires. The fires are so violent ind intense that normal firefighting methods will not work.
When did Kuwaiti oil fires happen?
Kuwaiti oil fires happened in 1991.
Who invented the oil derrick?
the Chinese
What are derricks mainly used for?
A derrick is a rig, typically associated with the drilling for and extraction of oil or natural gas.
Is an oil rig and oil derrick the same?
Yes and No The "derrick" is the drilling tower which is part of the complete oil platform (which could be moored at sea and have crew quarters etc) which is the "oil rig"
Is it always water that you use to put a fire out?
No - you wouldn't want to put out an oil fire out with water, it would spread. There are also checmicals that are used to deprive the fire of air. Powders (Like your household extinguisher) fires can also be smothered with blankets etc. Explosives are used to put out very large fires like oil well fires.
