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| Gulf Oil Platform Explodes Off LA Coast -- Update |
| 2010-09-02 |
 [AP story] Offshore platform explodes 80 miles off Louisiana coast. No one killed, according to Coast Guard. All 13 people aboard the rig accounted for, with one injury. Coast Guard helis, planes, and cutters were dispatched to the site. No word on whether there is an oil leak.Platform is in about 2500 feet of water, not in production. Owner is Mariner Energy of Houston. 1:04 CST: Fox reporting, Mile-long oil sheen spreading from site of new rig explosion in Gulf of Mexico |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #14 TW, those little oil-eating bacterias have probably been around for a few eons or so. The little organisms probably started to live on oil seepage (naturally occurring in both above-ground and undersea oil fields) some time before the dinosaurs were around. When there's lots of 'food', they probably multiply like crazy and the BP rig leak was a feast to behold. After the leak subsided to a dribble, the mass numbers of organisms died off to a level sustainable by the naturally occurring 'leaks'. Of course this 'die-off' adds more nutrients to the waters of the Gulf. It's just another cycle that's definitely not man-made. The Almighty has a lot of 'contingency' plans, and a few we weren't (and aren't) aware of. That's all. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2010-09-02 21:40 |
| #13 Perhaps Coast Guard Petty Officer Elizabeth Bordelon will get the new view from National Incident Commander Retired Admiral Seaman Thom 'lifejacket inspector' Allan to explain the sheen was sunlight on the shrimp? |
| Posted by: Muggsy Glink 2010-09-02 18:54 |
| #12 Coasties now saying no signs of oil sheen. Those oil-eating bacteria we discovered during that last little oil leak sure do work fast! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-09-02 18:05 |
| #11 Coasties now saying no signs of oil sheen. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-09-02 17:18 |
| #10 Looks like the fire's out. Also, they're now saying it's in 340 feet of water. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-09-02 16:12 |
| #9 From CNN... Mariner indicated that the fire -- which was first reported to the Coast Guard by workers on a nearby rig around 9:20 a.m. (10:20 a.m. ET) -- was not sparked by an explosion. It started at one of the platform's seven active wells, the company said, though its cause is under investigation. The company said an initial flyover of the site indicated "no hydrocarbon spill." However, Coast Guard Petty Officer Elizabeth Bordelon said there is a sheen on the water at the site of the platform, measuring about 100-feet wide and stretching for one mile. The fire at the platform is not out yet, but it has been contained, she said. Jindal said that Mariner has told him that all seven wells have been closed off and that what is burning now is from fuel in storage, and not from an active leak. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-09-02 15:25 |
| #8 Today they lifted the ban on drilling. This is no accident. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2010-09-02 14:48 |
| #7 Sabotage? |
| Posted by: No I am The Other Beldar 2010-09-02 14:03 |
| #6 Apparently it was a production platform and not a drilling platform. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-09-02 13:20 |
| #5 Time for a complete ban on all forms oil drilling. Another oil rig explosion is straight out of President's fantasy dreams. |
| Posted by: Bulldog Carney 2010-09-02 13:19 |
| #4 I have it on good reports that Salazar was seen laughing and rowing away from the rig some 13 hours before it exploded. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-09-02 12:54 |
| #3 I've been following it from here. They update about every half hour. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-09-02 12:53 |
| #2 That's why I put it on Page 1. |
| Posted by: Fred 2010-09-02 12:49 |
| #1 Once an accident. Twice suspicious.. |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2010-09-02 12:41 |
