BP Gulf oil spill

[xzpolskix]

Can it be happening all over again?

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Gulf oil platform explodes, burning off La. coast

GRAND ISLE, La. – An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles 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, Ala., 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 of water and owned by Mariner Energy of Houston. DHS said it was not producing oil and gas.

The Deepwater Horizon rig leased by BP was in about 5,000 feet of water when it exploded and sank in April, killing 11 workers and triggering a leak of about 206 million gallons of oil.

[MOTOCROSS MAVERICK]

EFFFING BP!

[xzpolskix]

Originally Posted by MOTOCROSS MAVERICK

EFFFING BP!

Damn instigator! Luckily this time it's not BP's well.

[MOTOCROSS MAVERICK]

Originally Posted by xzpolskix

Damn instigator! Luckily this time it's not BP's well.

Not what I heard! I heard the British government gave that name to cover this up!

[xzpolskix]

Originally Posted by MOTOCROSS MAVERICK

Not what I heard! I heard the British government gave that name to cover this up!

You seem to have some damn good connections to find that kind of stuff out

[MOTOCROSS MAVERICK]

SHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Im a Ninja!

[JimR]

Originally Posted by xzpolskix

Can it be happening all over again?

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Not BP then... who gets blamed for this one ? Mariner Energy .. perhaps we can just call them ME

[xzpolskix]

Nope, not BP this time. But still an oil rig fire. The Gulf doesn't seem to be having a good year.

[JimR]

Originally Posted by xzpolskix

Nope, not BP this time. But still an oil rig fire. The Gulf doesn't seem to be having a good year.

Seems not .... I do hope ME's MD gets the sack also !!! even though he knows nothing of the technical points of running a rig ... just the fall guy !

[xzpolskix]

Well, since there's no oil spilling into the gulf yet, they're not getting stuck with any kind of bill. Now, if they're rig problem affected the waters by spill record numbers of oil into the Gulf region, then shit yea they better get charged!