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Originally posted by Moriarty
Well morning all, the professor is back and I have something which completely baffles me. You wanted what was at the bottom of the BOP, here you go. One of the BOA ROVs went off exploring as these rovs tend to do and look what we have here.
I've been watching the feeds almost from the beginning of this whole thing and I have never seen these before. I counted at least 5 rows of these things and can't even guess how many there total.
[edit on 26-6-2010 by Moriarty]
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Originally posted by tribewilder
reply to post by Moriarty
I have to say it, that looks like explosive mats wired together. Not that I've ever seen such a thing but that's the first thing that came to me.
Although the "T" handle could be affecting me subliminally into thinking it's a detonator.
Originally posted by Divinorumus
reply to post by Moriarty
CP-Mat? Cathodic Protection Mattress for Pipelines.
(Quoted from the above-linked page on CP mats.)
deployed as a primary retrofit for a damaged pipeline.
Originally posted by JustMike
reply to post by Divinorumus
By Jove I think you've got it! Cathodic protection makes perfect sense and the configuration is right.
Nice find!