More from KUOW Oil Rig Adrift In Alaska KUOW | By John Ryan Published December 31, 2012 at 2:13 PM AKST Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 2:16 Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis / US Coast Guard An oil rig that was on its way to a Seattle shipyard from Alaska went adrift in the Gulf of Alaska on Sunday. John Ryan told Ross Reynolds about it on The Conversation.