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Subject: BS: Opps there goes another oil rig fire From: Donuel Date: 02 Sep 10 - 11:39 AM THere is a rescue underway since 10:30 AM by the Coast Guard to save 13 people aboard an oil rig 90 south of Vermillion Bay Louisiana. An explosion has left the rig afire/ no reports of a leak have yet been announced. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Opps there goes another oil rig fire From: Greg F. Date: 02 Sep 10 - 11:46 AM Yup, them deep-water rigs is perfectly safe. No need fer a moratorium, oppressive federal regulation, none of it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Opps there goes another oil rig fire From: Bill D Date: 02 Sep 10 - 11:56 AM "Coast Guard Petty Officer Casey Ranel says the blast was reported by a commercial helicopter company about 9:30 a.m. CDT Thursday. Seven helicopters, two airplanes and four boats are en route to the site, about 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay along the central Louisiana coast. Ranel says it hasn't been determined whether the structure is a production platform or a drilling rig or whether workers were aboard. Ranel says smoke was reported but it is unclear whether the rig is still burning." |
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Subject: RE: BS: Oops there goes another oil rig fire From: katlaughing Date: 02 Sep 10 - 12:05 PM NPR just reported all employees are off the rig and safe. Not much else, though. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Oops there goes another oil rig fire From: Donuel Date: 02 Sep 10 - 12:11 PM It seems that four workers have injuries. Diving into the water in gumby suits can be a hard fall. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Oops there goes another oil rig fire From: Arthur_itus Date: 02 Sep 10 - 01:02 PM hope its a US company this time, so us Brits can return our compliments http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11014645 |
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Subject: RE: BS: Oops there goes another oil rig fire From: Amos Date: 02 Sep 10 - 01:12 PM And the oil?? No word about that yet? A |
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Subject: RE: BS: Oops there goes another oil rig fire From: Arthur_itus Date: 02 Sep 10 - 01:17 PM Seems like it wasn't being used for Oil or Gas, which makes it bloody lucky for those assholes |
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Subject: RE: BS: Oops there goes another oil rig fire From: gnu Date: 02 Sep 10 - 01:20 PM 46 minutes ago By The Associated Press GRAND ISLE, La. - An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles (130 kilometres) off the Louisiana coast, west of the site where BP's undersea well spilled after a rig explosion. The Coast Guard says no one was killed in the blast, which was reported by a commercial helicopter flying over the area Thursday morning. All 13 people aboard the rig have been accounted for, with one injury. The extent of the injury was not known. Coast Guard Cmdr. Cheri Ben-Iesau said some of those from the rig were spotted in emergency flotation devices. Seven Coast Guard helicopters, two airplanes and three cutters were dispatched to the scene from New Orleans, Houston and Mobile, Alabama, Ben-Iesau said. She said authorities do not know whether oil was leaking from the site. The Department of Homeland Security said the platform was in about 2,500 feet (750 metres) of water and owned by Mariner Energy of Houston. DHS said it was not producing oil and gas. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Oops there goes another oil rig fire From: Arthur_itus Date: 02 Sep 10 - 01:24 PM Disgusting company and American. Just as bad as BP. Chop their heads off the bastards. Get their shares down to nil until they fold up. Come on Obama where are you. Kick ass. Maybe not, they are your buddies. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Oops there goes another oil rig fire From: katlaughing Date: 02 Sep 10 - 03:30 PM From MSNBC: It's unclear if the platform was producing when the explosion occurred, but the Coast Guard said that a mile-long sheen is now visible. Mariner's platform is in 340 feet of water, which would make any spill response much easier than the response to BP's blown-out well. The BP well is about 200 miles east of the Mariner platform and lies at a depth of 5,000 feet. Crews were forced to rely on remote-operated vehicles to tend to the underwater equipment. Experts say shallow-water wells are much easier to handle. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Oops there goes another oil rig fire From: catspaw49 Date: 02 Sep 10 - 03:31 PM Bigoted motherfuckers that we are, I know we can find some way to blame this on the British! Spaw (;<)) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Oops there goes another oil rig fire From: Arthur_itus Date: 02 Sep 10 - 03:35 PM Thought you might Spaw LMFAO :-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Oops there goes another oil rig fire From: Bill D Date: 02 Sep 10 - 03:44 PM "It's unclear if the platform was producing when the explosion occurred, but the Coast Guard said that a mile-long sheen is now visible." But whether it was actually pumping at the time or not, it is still connected and liable for leaks unless safety equipment worked. I can't imagine a fire and explosion with NO oil at all splattering about. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Oops there goes another oil rig fire From: GUEST,heric Date: 02 Sep 10 - 03:56 PM How did the British newspapers get the facts so wrong? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Oops there goes another oil rig fire From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 02 Sep 10 - 04:00 PM The platform, Vermillion 308A, has been in operation for some time, with seven wells, one of which blew out. The wells are primarily gas well, with minor oil. Apache is in the process of buying Mariner, the company operating the blown well, for $3.9 billion. During August, the well produced 9.e million cu. ft. gas/day and 1400 bbl. oil and condensate/day. A work-over crew was on the well, which was temporarily shut down, "sanding and welding." |
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Subject: RE: BS: Oops there goes another oil rig fire From: Joe Offer Date: 02 Sep 10 - 05:12 PM Come on Obama where are you. Kick ass. Maybe not, they are your buddies...or so says Authur_itis. It's true that Barack Obama tends to take a balanced, diplomatic approach and is not given to screaming accusations at anyone. I haven't really seen any evidence of cronyism between Obama and the oil interests. The same can't be said for George W. But that being said, I don't think Mariner Energy of Houston intended to cause this accident, any more than BP intended to cause the other one. These were both accidents, not intentional wrongdoing. These corporations were doing what corporations do, trying to make the most amount of money on the least expenditure. That's why there's a need for government regulation of industry - but we've had a long history of public disdain for government regulation, and the politicians and corporations are more than happy to go along with that disdain. Anybody like an egg today? -Joe- |
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Subject: RE: BS: Oops there goes another oil rig fire From: dick greenhaus Date: 02 Sep 10 - 05:22 PM Joe, when you're building a fire adjacent to the explosives shed, it doesn't much matter whether the ensuing big bang was an accident or intentional wrongdoing. The public may not care about regulation, but the government's job is to keep the fire away from the dynamite in the first place. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Oops there goes another oil rig fire From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 02 Sep 10 - 08:44 PM The flow of oil and gas was turned off by automatic safety valves before the fire started. The fire soon died out. There was no explosion. Statement from Mariner Energy. Not sure of what caught fire, but there were 100 or so bbls. of stored oil on the production platform. Perhaps the welding equipment caught the oil on fire, but Mariner said just painting and cleanup were going on. There have been no further announcements. No injuries. One worker caught without his suit, and seen in the water without it prompting the injury report, but the other workers held him up. WWL News, CNN News, All offshore platforms are constantly undergoing sanding, painting and repair, much like ships. The NOLA superdome will be busy tonight as Tulane plays Southeastern Louisiana in their season opener. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Oops there goes another oil rig fire From: Teribus Date: 03 Sep 10 - 01:25 AM Ah but Guest heric the BBC did not get the facts "So wrong" did they? Your Department of Homeland Security did Points of Difference: 1. It is not a "rig" it is a seven well Production PLATFORM, i.e. it (the structure) stands on the seabed. 2. The Platform was shut down for maintenance hence risk of "oil, or condensate spill" is virtually nil |
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Subject: RE: BS: Oops there goes another oil rig fire From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 03 Sep 10 - 02:36 AM I have heard here in Aus that there was no spill. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Oops there goes another oil rig fire From: Arthur_itus Date: 03 Sep 10 - 02:42 AM Nicely put Joe Must stop being so sarcastic :-) |
