Another Gulf rig explosion

[mako88sb]

Wow!. Hopefully we won't see the same result. What the heck is going on?


http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=11543764

[AVGWarhawk]

Swell.....:damn:

[yubba]

Just heard another rig blows no word on spill, crew safe. See if blow out preventer works.

[nikimcbee]

So my thought is: how long before the golfer in chief shows up and how long before they ban all oil rigs?

Sounds like the whole crew was rescued.:salute:

[nikimcbee]

@ yubba, nice avatar...
manslut:haha:

[Takeda Shingen]

So my thought is: how long before the golfer in chief shows up and how long before they ban all oil rigs?

I suppose that we'd have to wait for the Coast Guard to arrive first. :-?

[Konovalov]

Was it BP? Was it BP? I mean British Petroleum? :03:

[mako88sb]

Good news is that all 13 crew members are accounted for but one was injured. Hopefully not too seriously.

[nikimcbee]

I suppose that we'd have to wait for the Coast Guard to arrive first. :-?

Hopefully the CG will allow the fire crews to fight the fires instead of checking them for for permits, or something like the last time. I guess I can't tell any CG jokes today, as I'll be at the CG base.:woot:

[SteamWake]

Oh this is just great, just what they needed. Something inside of me wants to go the conspiricy route but thats just crazy.

Now the offshore drilling ban is a lock :-?

Never let a good crisis go to waste :03:

[Weiss Pinguin]

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/7366/inceptionlol.jpg

[Oberon]

Meanwhile, a few miles away:

http://www.specialoperations.com/Focus/Maritime_SOF/Image24.jpg

[papa_smurf]

At least it was going under maintenance, and not producing oil at the time.

[GoldenRivet]

Meanwhile, a few miles away:

http://www.specialoperations.com/Focus/Maritime_SOF/Image24.jpg

you're probably not far off base:nope:

[TLAM Strike]

you're probably not far off base:nope:
In fact the base is Havana... :O:

[mookiemookie]

Mile long oil sheen reported

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/02/louisiana.oil.platform.explosion/index.html?hpt=T1

Not again... :damn:

[ReFaN]

i dont know about you, but it smells of sabotage.

i could be wrong though, and probably are.

[August]

i dont know about you, but it smells of sabotage.

i could be wrong though, and probably are.

One is a tragedy, two is a coincidence, let's hope there isn't a third or you might be right.

[Zachstar]

It appears this at the very worst will be nowhere near that of the deep water horizon incident.

However, It solidifies why safety inspections at ALL rigs need to be performed before bans are lifted.

[Wolfehunter]

i dont know about you, but it smells of sabotage.

i could be wrong though, and probably are.I'm getting the same impression. :hmmm:

[WarlordATF]

Boats on the scene are not reporting an oil slick so thats good news at least. Something smells fishy here and it ain't the oil rig.

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20100902/US.Gulf.Rig.Explosion/

[Castout]

One is a tragedy, two is a coincidence, let's hope there isn't a third or you might be right.

A three would be a stupidity.

[August]

A three would be a stupidity.

Oh really? And why?

[SteamWake]

Evidently it was a fire and not an explosion, all hands safe, no major spill. In short the 'crisis' is already over.

But that doesent stop Sierra Club from jumping on the opportunity.


How many disasters will it take until our leaders decide to act? We don't want to see one more oil disaster. The BP disaster was supposed to be the wake up call, but we hit the snooze button. Today the alarm went off again.


The push for a ban on offshore drilling will once again become an issue.

[XabbaRus]

Hate to say it but in the UK and Norwegian sector we are way ahead on safety.

I know a rep who works for one of the big Ex (ATEX) Junction box manufacturers and he is moving to the US to head up breaking into the US market.

He was recently telling me that getting US companies to switch from weather proof only boxes to Explosion proof or safe boxes eg EExd and EExe is tough.

The ATEX boxes cost maybe $20 a box, the normal ones $5. He was surprised at how little the US engineers he dealt with knew about these kinds of boxes.

After Piper Alpha things really got cracked down on.

[Oberon]

Ee, Piper Alpha...that was a nasty incident, we learnt a lot from that, thank god. I mean, the Deepwater Horizon was bad in terms of environmental damage, but only killed directly eleven people...Alpha took a hundred and sixty seven when she went up. :nope:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqjUifxYxJ8

Bloody bad stuff

[TLAM Strike]

Hate to say it but in the UK and Norwegian sector we are way ahead on safety.

Actually I like to say that quite frequently, usually followed by: why the hell can't we be like them!

[Castout]

Oh really? And why?

One incident whether accident or sabotage should be enough to take lesson from.

A second incident is a proof that the first wasn't learned

A third incident would be proof nobody is learning anything or bother to learn anything which is a mark for stupidity, the inability to take lesson and learn from it :O:

[August]

A third incident would be proof nobody is learning anything or bother to learn anything which is a mark for stupidity, the inability to take lesson and learn from it :O:

If these explosions are deliberate sabotage then I don't think the perpetrators would give up after two attempts.

[Castout]

If these explosions are deliberate sabotage then I don't think the perpetrators would give up after two attempts.

Exactly :DL. They REALLY should investigate what caused those explosions for sure.