Super Cyclone

Colonel Chadwick sent me! We got a Code Orange!

We got a big storm coming in!

I got a problem in the pump room!

Let's go.

Yeah, so sounds like you got a punch-through.

We've hit a geologic formation.

Gas?

Something else.

What? Like a structural trap?

Take a look. You tell me.

Hey.

What you got?

Travis, look at this.

We tapped into some rocky sediment.

It's causing real damage.

This is volcanic material.

Nothing in our geologic survey shows this.

methane!

Hey, methane!

Bill! Bill!

Bill! Bill! Bill!

Buddy, can you hear me?

Can you hear me, huh?

Hey, is he breathing?

No, no!

All right, start the CPR!

All right, 1, 2, 3, 4...

Come on, Bill.

Live bit!

Let's go!

We got a kicker!

There's a plume outside the radius!

We don't have much time!

Hold her! Hold her steady!

We're under-balanced!

Clegg: I'll throw the chain!

Go!

Careful, uncle!

Whoa! Aah!

Hey!

Uncle Clegg!

Uncle Clegg, you okay?

What just happened?

I think we just spiked a volcano.

Mr. Winters, it's Colonel Chadwick.

Listen, I know Petro-Cal

sent Travis Verdon out to your rig.

Yes, sir.

This storm is building too fast for my comfort.

It's gonna impact your rig in less than an hour.

Now, I have a NOAA vessel in the area.

I'd very much like my science team

to come and check it out.

Your liaison is Dr. Jenna Sparks.

Please see that she's well looked after.

Of course, sir.

We will offer her every accommodation possible.

Thank you, Winters.

Look, I know it's not easy

having me looking over your shoulder.

Just try to remember we're all on the same side here.

Thank you, sir.

This must be a hell of a storm

if sending the big boss in isn't enough.

What do you mean?

Well, Chadwick wants to send in

a specialist group from NOAA.

That's bigger than normal.

Yeah.

I guess we'll see.

You know, the nano-material is showing real promise

breaking up extreme storm patterns.

Yeah, and this, uh, silver iodide research, too.

It's gonna play a major role

in preventing catastrophic storms.

You know what I'm picturing? Huh?

Cover of science news.

Oh, I can see the headline already.

"The Storm Killers."

Hello, Colonel.

Dr. Sparks, my intel is showing me

that the landsat readings for the Wilforce-3 are off the charts.

Uh, yeah, we're pretty close by her.

Would you like us to do a physical recon?

Chadwick: I would.

Also, if there's any malfunction

or even any new information,

I'd very much like to have you report

back to me as soon as possible.

And, Dr. Sparks, the California coastline is a natural treasure.

I'll be damned if Petro-Cal takes a dump on my beaches.

Yes, Colonel.

Colonel Chadwick wants us to stop by Wilforce-3,

check it out. He says the temperature

is rising way too quickly on that rig.

I hope we can get our sniffers down there

before this storm moves in.

Yeah, me, too.

Colonel Chadwick already has his hands full

with the storm preparation.

Yeah, he sure doesn't need an offshore complication.

Nope. I'll check it out.

All right.

Captain Worley, on walkie-talkie: Dr. Sparks?

Yes, uh, Captain Worley,

we need to change course for Wilforce-3.

We've got to turn back now!

I do not like the looks of these skies!

I don't like it, either, but we have our orders.

Yeah, well, I've been navigating these waters for 20 years,

and I never seen nothin' look like this.

Captain Worley?

It's closing fast!

Prepare below!

Captain Worley!

Rough seas ahead!

Go!

Secure the hatches!

Get below!

Go! Go! Go!

Go! Go!

She's on her beam ends!

Man overboard!

Man overboard!

Winters, can you hear me?

What's happening? Where are you?

Blowout.

Are there any wounded?

Joe and Paul were killed in the blast.

Clegg is injured.

Winters: Travis, you got to get out of there now.

Travis, get out of there now!

We got a punch-through with methane.

Joe Paul and Bill Saunders were killed.

Clegg?

He's wounded.

I don't know his condition.

Are we out of alignment?

We got 25 at zero and 50 at 100,000 psi.

That's enough pressure to cut through diamonds.

We got to enact the blowout preventer.

It'll take some time to disconnect from a mile of pipeline.

That storm's gonna be here in less than an hour.

How long do you need?

It'll be close.

And in the meantime,

we're dumping drilling fluid in methane?

Okay.

Okay, reroute the fluids

and put an end to that methane leak.

I don't want any more men killed.

Yes, sir.

Secure the equipment!

What's your reading?

Well, the temperature differential

shot from 65 to 129 in a couple of hours.

They must have broken into molten lava.

Yeah, if my reading's correct,

that thing's a volcano.

Unh!

Wilforce-3 is in serious trouble.

They need to know what they're sitting on.

Sea rover to Wilforce-3, come in please!

Wilforce-3, come in!

Radio operator: Wilforce-3 to Sea Rover.

State your communication.

This is Dr. Jenna Sparks.

I'm a research meteorologist investigating

the atmospheric condition around the rig.

I need to speak with your manager immediately!

Radio operator: let me connect you to rig manager Winters.

Operator?

Wilforce-3, come in please.

Wilforce-3, please, come in!

Unh!

What's happening down there?

We hit some kind of molten deposit.

I'm worried about the stability of this rig.

Can you move?

Yeah. Yeah, all right, all right.

Listen, listen.

The generator turbines are still on.

I know. That methane is still leaking.

It should deactivate automatically.

No, the electricians are troubleshooting.

They turned off auto shutdown.

I know, but you got to move a little faster.

Can you?

'Cause if that methane catches a spark,

we're like toast.

Come on. All right.