Another oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico

DeToxRox · 09-02-2010, 10:51 AM

Just got an AP update on my phone, so I don't know all the details but it's apparently west of the BP explosion. No word on if there was an oil leak from the explosion but apparently no one died.

JonInMiddleGA · 09-02-2010, 10:54 AM

Here you go ...
Rescue efforts under way after oil rig explosion in Gulf – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs
Posted at 11:43 a.m.] U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Colclough tells CNN that all 13 workers involved in the rig explosion are accounted for, but one person is injured.

Coast Choppers are on the way to the site 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay.

[Posted at 11:33 a.m.] An oil rig has exploded 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana, with 12 people overboard and one missing, the Coast Guard said Thursday morning.

Rescue attempts are under way for at least 12 people, Coast Guard spokesman John Edwards told CNN. 13 people were on board the rig total, Edwards said, noting 12 have been accounted for, but one person was missing.

The accident took place 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana on the Vermilion Oil rig 380, which is owned by Houston-based Mariner Energy.

SirFozzie · 09-02-2010, 01:43 PM

I'll use this thread instead of mine, but apparently, things aren't as rosy as first reported.

All 13 people have been reported rescued, I hear, but:

The Coast Guard is saying that a mile-long oil sheen is spreading from the site off an offshore petroleum platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana.

sterlingice · 09-02-2010, 01:50 PM

I have a feeling we will start seeing a bunch of unfounded accusations of sabotage flying soon (because, frankly, if I were an oil company- that would be the doubt I'd want to be causing).

SI

AlexB · 09-02-2010, 02:02 PM

Wonder if there'll be a hyberbolic stigmatism of all things from Houston/Texas

SirFozzie · 09-02-2010, 02:40 PM

Update, apparently the sheen and burning is only what was in storage, the limiters on the seven wells at the site worked as planned, and there's nothing leaking from the wells.

sterlingice · 09-02-2010, 02:43 PM

Huzzah

SI

09-02-2010, 10:54 AM	#2
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Here you go ... Rescue efforts under way after oil rig explosion in Gulf – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs Posted at 11:43 a.m.] U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Colclough tells CNN that all 13 workers involved in the rig explosion are accounted for, but one person is injured. Coast Choppers are on the way to the site 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay. [Posted at 11:33 a.m.] An oil rig has exploded 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana, with 12 people overboard and one missing, the Coast Guard said Thursday morning. Rescue attempts are under way for at least 12 people, Coast Guard spokesman John Edwards told CNN. 13 people were on board the rig total, Edwards said, noting 12 have been accounted for, but one person was missing. The accident took place 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana on the Vermilion Oil rig 380, which is owned by Houston-based Mariner Energy. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

09-02-2010, 01:43 PM	#3
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	I'll use this thread instead of mine, but apparently, things aren't as rosy as first reported. All 13 people have been reported rescued, I hear, but: The Coast Guard is saying that a mile-long oil sheen is spreading from the site off an offshore petroleum platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana. __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com Last edited by SirFozzie : 09-02-2010 at 02:00 PM.

09-02-2010, 01:50 PM	#4
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	I have a feeling we will start seeing a bunch of unfounded accusations of sabotage flying soon (because, frankly, if I were an oil company- that would be the doubt I'd want to be causing). SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

09-02-2010, 02:02 PM	#5
AlexB Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Newbury, England	Wonder if there'll be a hyberbolic stigmatism of all things from Houston/Texas __________________ 'A song is a beautiful lie', Idlewild, Self Healer. When you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you. Sports!

09-02-2010, 02:40 PM	#6
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Update, apparently the sheen and burning is only what was in storage, the limiters on the seven wells at the site worked as planned, and there's nothing leaking from the wells. __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

09-02-2010, 02:43 PM	#7
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Huzzah SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

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