BREAKING NEWS! Another rig explosion?

[00slvrL]

Not many details yet just heard it over the radio, Said to be injuries and "some in the water"
Happened somewhere off Grand Isle, LA.

STAY TUNED!....:nonono:

 

[BLOWN PONY]

Wtf?

 

[WireEater]

1 Missing After Rig Explosion In Gulf - News Story - WDSU New Orleans

http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/Coa...-explosion-south-of-Grand-Isle-102065593.html

 

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Oil rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico - WAFB Channel 9, Baton Rouge, LA |

 

[Sniperdog]

all links are blocked can someone copy and paste some details? :thumbsup:

was it BP's or other

 

[ttk53]

all links are blocked can someone copy and paste some details? :thumbsup:

was it BP's or other

right click open in new window

 

[pho_phizzat]

CNN.com - Breaking News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News

 

[skyhighsd]

all links are blocked can someone copy and paste some details? :thumbsup:

was it BP's or other

NEW ORLEANS -- One person is missing after a rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, about 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
It happened around 9 a.m., and as of 10:15 a.m., the rig was still burning, the Coast Guard said. Rescue crews from New Orleans and Houston are responding.
Officials said there were 13 people aboard the rig, and all but one are accounted for.
Two helicopters from Houston and three from New Orleans are responding to the blast. Two other fixed-wing planes and two cutter ships are also responding, the Coast Guard said.
The rig is owned by Mariner Energy.
Stay with WDSU.com for the latest on this developing story.

 

[aaandht]

Here we go again. Certain politicians are going to love this to push through a certain controversial bill...

 

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all links are blocked can someone copy and paste some details? :thumbsup:

was it BP's or other

Mariner Energy acc to the article

 

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Acc to CNN it's Vermillion Oil 380, which puts it in a field dating between 1961 and 1975 and its in about 500m of water. BTW, it's platform, not a rig. All rigs are shut down b/c of the moratorium (no drilling = no drilling rigs working).

 

[Sniperdog]

Thanks guys

right click open in new window

Blocked due to work firewall, not ignorance on how to work a computer lol
:beer:

 

[N2DAMYSTIC]

Lovely!

 

[LUBaseball2]

maybe they can fix this one in less than 3 months

 

[pho_phizzat]

maybe they can fix this one in less than 3 months

no one said it is leaking.....


just an explosion

 

[kkman2112]

wtf

 

[blackvenom77]

I bet Obama did the facepalm.

 

[Huff035]

Now says there is a mile long oil sheen... wonderful...

 

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I bet Obama did the facepalm.

I'm picturing something more like this...

Now says there is a mile long oil sheen... wonderful...

The platform wasn't producing oil and hasn't for years...:dw:

...At least, according to what I've heard at work, and I trust those sources more than the AP and Homeland Security files.

 

[Sap]

it must be the terrorizers blowing up our wellz. :burn: