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Coast Guard: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico oil rig

Posted by trainsarefun on Thu Sep 2 11:50:50 2010

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Not this again! With luck, it is minor.

Gulf oil rig explodes off La. coast

September 2, 2010 11:37 AM EST | AP

GRAND ISLE, La. — An offshore oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill.

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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Re: Coast Guard: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico oil rig

Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Sep 2 11:55:26 2010, in response to Coast Guard: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico oil rig, posted by trainsarefun on Thu Sep 2 11:50:50 2010.

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Yup, here we go again.

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Re: Coast Guard: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico oil rig

Posted by Spider-Pig on Thu Sep 2 12:10:34 2010, in response to Coast Guard: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico oil rig, posted by trainsarefun on Thu Sep 2 11:50:50 2010.

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Drill baby, drill!

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Re: Coast Guard: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico production platform

Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu Sep 2 12:24:02 2010, in response to Coast Guard: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico oil rig, posted by trainsarefun on Thu Sep 2 11:50:50 2010.

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This was not a drilling rig, there's no well here to leak.

All 13 workers on it have been accounted for.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/09/wdsu-oil-rig-explosion-in-gulf-off-louisiana/1

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Re: Coast Guard: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico production platform

Posted by Charles G on Thu Sep 2 15:55:41 2010, in response to Re: Coast Guard: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico production platform, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu Sep 2 12:24:02 2010.

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This was not a drilling rig, there's no well here to leak.

There is a well. Production Platforms bring up the oil from wells that have already been drilled. Drilling Rigs drill the wells and then are moved away to make room for a Production Platform.

So there is a well that could leak. I don't believe this is a deep water well, if that is the case it should not be difficult to shut down any leak that is going on.

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Re: Coast Guard: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico production platform

Posted by Dutchrailnut on Thu Sep 2 16:00:51 2010, in response to Re: Coast Guard: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico production platform, posted by Charles G on Thu Sep 2 15:55:41 2010.

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water I believe is only 340 feet deep, the production platforms usually do have beter redundancy to shut the well off.


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Re: Coast Guard: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico oil rig

Posted by TransitChuckG on Thu Sep 2 16:01:57 2010, in response to Coast Guard: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico oil rig, posted by trainsarefun on Thu Sep 2 11:50:50 2010.

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Story Linked

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Re: Coast Guard: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico production platform

Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu Sep 2 16:04:55 2010, in response to Re: Coast Guard: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico production platform, posted by Charles G on Thu Sep 2 15:55:41 2010.

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From what I am reading, this platform is handling crude piped in from a nearby source. There's no leaking well, there's leaking pipes.

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Re: Coast Guard: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico production platform

Posted by Dutchrailnut on Thu Sep 2 16:19:09 2010, in response to Re: Coast Guard: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico production platform, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu Sep 2 16:04:55 2010.

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If the explosion was in engine room of rig the sheen may very well be just fuel oil for the rig.
from initial pictures it does not appear there is much damage to rig itself

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pictures: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico production platform

Posted by Dutchrailnut on Thu Sep 2 16:22:43 2010, in response to Re: Coast Guard: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico production platform, posted by Dutchrailnut on Thu Sep 2 16:19:09 2010.

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http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Boats-seen-spraying-water-oil-and-gas-platform-that-exploded/photo//100902/480/urn_publicid_ap_org71e954491801499faa0bd69571fa8851//s:/ap/us_gulf_rig_explosion

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Re: Coast Guard: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico production platform

Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu Sep 2 16:24:24 2010, in response to Re: Coast Guard: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico production platform, posted by Dutchrailnut on Thu Sep 2 16:19:09 2010.

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CNN has confirmed this. There is no leaking well, the oil sheen comes from onboard stores which leaked out due to the explosion. All the wells feeding this production rig have been safely shut down.

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Re: Coast Guard: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico production platform

Posted by Dutchrailnut on Thu Sep 2 16:50:59 2010, in response to Re: Coast Guard: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico production platform, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu Sep 2 16:24:24 2010.

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Im impressed CNN and you ;-) whats next Luch and ...... nahhhh

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Re: Coast Guard: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico production platform

Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu Sep 2 17:10:04 2010, in response to Re: Coast Guard: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico production platform, posted by Dutchrailnut on Thu Sep 2 16:50:59 2010.

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CNN can still do quality work with breaking stories. Yesterday it was the only news channel which did not break away from the Discovery Channel shootings for regularly scheduled partisan opinion programs.

From 5 PM to 8 PM, CNN is the ONLY cable news channel which does actual news.

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Re: Coast Guard: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico production platform

Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Sep 2 17:18:04 2010, in response to Re: Coast Guard: Explosion at Gulf of Mexico production platform, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu Sep 2 17:10:04 2010.

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Given what shitheads they have left for their news production these days, that's particularly damning for all the others. :(

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