Breaking News! Another Oil Rig Exploded today!!Sep 02, 2010 in the gulf! Coincidence?

BREAKING NEWS
Oil rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico

Posted: Sep 02, 2010 11:19 AM EDT Updated: Sep 02, 2010 12:37 PM EDT
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VERMILION BAY, LA (WAFB) - The Coast Guard is responding to another oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.
According to the Coast Guard, 13 people were onboard when it exploded and caught fire Thursday morning.
Everyone is accounted for. Officials are reporting one injury.

The injured worker is being taken to Terrebonne General Medical Center in Houma.
The other workers are in the water in immersion suits.
The rig is located about 90 miles south of Vermilion Bay.




Rescue choppers from New Orleans and Houston are responding.
The explosion happened around 9:30 a.m. and as of 10:30 a.m. it was still on fire.
Coast Guard officials said they do not yet know if there is any type of leak associated with this explosion.
They said there are reports it was not actively producing product, but they will investigate whether there is any type of environmental impact.
The rig is known as "Vermilion 398."

The rig is owned by Mariner Energy, which is based in Houston, and is in water about 2,500 feet deep.
The company has an office in Lafayette.

This recent explosion is west of the one that happened on April 20 which caused a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Gov. Bobby Jindal will hold a news conference in Baton Rouge at the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness at 12:30 p.m. on the recent rig incident.
You can watch it LIVE on Cable Channel 9 or www.wafb.com.

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All 13 men have been rescued, just waiting to see if there is a leak or not

oh shit here we go again!!!!!!




this gotta be Al Queda, if it is our president is a complete dueche bag






Oil sheen spreading from Gulf platform explosion Sep 02, 2010


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By ALAN SAYRE, Associated Press Writer Alan Sayre, Associated Press Writer – 16 mins ago
NEW ORLEANS, La. – A mile-long oil sheen spread Thursday from an offshore petroleum platform burning in theGulf of Mexico off Lousiana, west of the site of BP's massive spill.
Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Coklough said the sheen, about 100 feet wide, was spotted near the platform owned by Houston-based Mariner Energy Inc.
He said Mariner had deployed three firefighting vessels to the site and one already was in place fighting the blaze.

The Coast Guard says no one was killed in the explosion and fire, which was reported by a commercial helicopter flying over the site around 9 a.m. CDT. All 13 people aboard the rig were rescued as they floated in the nearby water in survival outfits called gumby suits.

The platform is in about 340 feet of water and about 100 miles south of Vermilion Bay on the central Louisiana coast. It's location is considered shallow water, much less than the approximately 5,000 feet where BP's well spewed oil and gas for three months after an April rig explosion.

All 13 people aboard the rig were found floating in the water, sticking close together, Coast Guard spokesman Chief Petty Officer John Edwards said.
"These guys had the presence of mind, used their training to get into those gumby suits before they entered the water. It speaks volumes to safety training and the importance of it because beyond getting off the rig there's all the hazards of the water such as hypothermia and things of that nature," Edwards said.

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"Mariner has notified and is working with regulatory authorities in response to this incident. The cause is not known, and an investigation will be undertaken," the company said in a statement. It said the platform was located on Vermilion Block 380, approximately 100 miles off the Louisiana coast.

The platform is a fixed petroleum platform that was in production at the time of the fire, according to a homeland security operational update obtained by The Associated Press.
The update said the platform was producing about 58,800 gallons of oil and 900,000 cubic feet of gas per day. The platform can store 4,200 gallons of oil.
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.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said President Barack Obama was in a national security meeting and did not know whether Obama had been informed of the explosion.
"We obviously have response assets ready for deployment should we receive reports of pollution in the water," Gibbs said.

Mariner Energy focuses on oil and gas exploration and production in the Gulf of Mexico. In April, Apache Corp., another independent petroleum company, announced plans to buy Mariner in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $3.9 billion, including the assumption of about $1.2 billion of Mariner's debt. That deal is pending.

Apache spokesman Bob Dye said the platform is in shallow water. Responding to any oil spill in shallow water would be much easier than in deep water, where crews depend on remote-operated vehicles access equipment on the sea floor. Mariner said in initial flyover for no hydrocarbon spill.

A company report said the well was drilled in the third quarter of 2008.

The platform is about 200 miles west of BP's blown-out well. On Friday, BP was expected to begin the process of removing the cap and failed blowout preventer, another step toward completion of a relief well that would put a finals eal on the well. The BP-leased rig Deepwater Horizon exploded April 20, killing 11 people and setting off a three-month leak that totaled 206 million gallons of oil .
__ Associated Press writers Janet McConnaughey in New Orleans, Chris Kahn in New York and Eileen Sullivan, Matthew Daly and Gerry Bodlander in Washington contributed to this report.

Heard this on the news...


...The fuck?

"The company reported there were seven active wells on the platform and one caught fire, but all are now shut in. Mariner also reported the platform produced an average of 1,400 barrels of oil per day.
Gov. Bobby Jindal said an oil sheen was reported, but it has not been confirmed by the Coast Guard. The report is still being investigated. He said the company suspects material in storage is burning. Jindal added Louisiana government officials have not been able to confirm the information."

im speculating environmental extremists are sneaking up in paddle boats and placing IED's





how fucking hard is it to KEEP FIRE AWAY FROM OIL

We've been drilling for over 30 years without any incidents of this magnitude

Now We've had 4 within the past 6 mos!!! this is not coincidence

im just wondering why eco terrorists would destroy the environment they are trying to save. thats like pro-life people killing babies to draw attantion to how messed it is to abort fully developed fetuses


if this shit is on purpose who ever did it should be hanged and then finger banged

Generally speaking it takes a catastrophe to move the masses to action. I don't think this is a conspiracy but this will hopefully get our gov lips off big oils dick. Hopefully.

jamNburn said:

Generally speaking it takes a catastrophe to move the masses to action. I don't think this is a conspiracy but this will hopefully get our gov lips off big oils dick. Hopefully.

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how is that logical? if anything they are going to want more not less

Big P said:

if this shit is on purpose who ever did it should be hanged and then finger banged

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I did it. By hanged do you mean Keith Carradine style?

Keenly2 said:

how is that logical? if anything they are going to want more not less

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That's why hes hoping the government will realize it's risky with oil, and look for an alternative source of energy.

This is actually very old news. Matt Simmons reported on this months ago...