Holy C_R_A_P!!!!!!!!!

hjorgan · 09-02-2010, 11:50 AM

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.

from CNN.COM....

WTF?????

Anyone have details

feelin' wright · 09-02-2010, 12:00 PM

Can't wait for the overreaction the federal government is going to have after this. Thye did find the one person that is missing so all crew is accounted for thank goodness. Hopefully this one does not leak like the last.

Anyone know which rig this was?

HateCheese · 09-02-2010, 12:02 PM

Here is what I found on Offshore Oil Rig Explodes In Gulf Of Mexico - kdka.com

GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) ― An offshore oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill.

A commercial helicopter company reported the blast around 9:30 a.m. CDT Thursday, Coast Guard Petty Officer Casey Ranel said. Seven helicopters, two airplanes and four boats were en route to the site, about 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay along the central Louisiana coast.

The Coast Guard said initial reports indicated all 13 crew members from the rig were in the water. One was injured, but there were no deaths.

The platform owned by Mariner Energy is in about 2,500 feet of water, the Coast Guard said, and was not currently producing.

About 206 million gallons of oil from an undersea well spilled into the Gulf after BP's Deepwater Horizon rig exploded April 20, killing 11 workers.

hjorgan · 09-03-2010, 01:18 AM

TWO OIL WELLS EXPLODE WEEKS APART ..
you gotta admit it's a bit suspect.

Burnt Drag · 09-05-2010, 06:34 AM

This was not a "rig" deepwater horizon was a rig. This was a production platform. Rigs are mobile, production platforms are stationary and fixed. That is not to say that a drilling rig can't be placed on the stationary platform, they do that all the time. They just place the drilling equipment on a boat and a crane takes that up to the platform. In many instances, mobile rigs are positioned very close to the production platform and a well is drilled that will be serviced by the production platform providing it is not a dry hole.

09-02-2010, 11:50 AM	#1
hjorgan Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,559	Holy C_R_A_P!!!!!!!!! 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. from CNN.COM.... WTF????? Anyone have details

09-03-2010, 01:18 AM	#4
hjorgan Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,559	Conspiracy theory is bound to happen... TWO OIL WELLS EXPLODE WEEKS APART .. you gotta admit it's a bit suspect.

09-05-2010, 06:34 AM	#5
Burnt Drag Senior Member Grouper Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 708	This was not a "rig" deepwater horizon was a rig. This was a production platform. Rigs are mobile, production platforms are stationary and fixed. That is not to say that a drilling rig can't be placed on the stationary platform, they do that all the time. They just place the drilling equipment on a boat and a crane takes that up to the platform. In many instances, mobile rigs are positioned very close to the production platform and a well is drilled that will be serviced by the production platform providing it is not a dry hole. Last edited by Burnt Drag; 09-05-2010 at 06:35 AM. Reason: spelling error

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09-02-2010, 12:00 PM	#2
feelin' wright Senior Member Grouper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: The suburbs of Mulat Posts: 882	Can't wait for the overreaction the federal government is going to have after this. Thye did find the one person that is missing so all crew is accounted for thank goodness. Hopefully this one does not leak like the last. Anyone know which rig this was?

09-02-2010, 12:02 PM	#3
HateCheese Senior Member Snapper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pensacola Posts: 428	Here is what I found on Offshore Oil Rig Explodes In Gulf Of Mexico - kdka.com GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) ― An offshore oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill. A commercial helicopter company reported the blast around 9:30 a.m. CDT Thursday, Coast Guard Petty Officer Casey Ranel said. Seven helicopters, two airplanes and four boats were en route to the site, about 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay along the central Louisiana coast. The Coast Guard said initial reports indicated all 13 crew members from the rig were in the water. One was injured, but there were no deaths. The platform owned by Mariner Energy is in about 2,500 feet of water, the Coast Guard said, and was not currently producing. About 206 million gallons of oil from an undersea well spilled into the Gulf after BP's Deepwater Horizon rig exploded April 20, killing 11 workers.

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