Gulf platform experiences blowout southwest of Grand Isle

[dixiegrrrrl]

Source: wdsu.com

GRAND ISLE, La. —A Gulf of Mexico drilling platform experienced a blowout Tuesday and 44 workers were evacuated..
The blowout happened about 9:50 a.m. on Hercules Platform No. 265, which is located about 40 miles south and 10 to 15 miles west of Grand Isle, according to the Coast Guard.

Officials told WDSU that 44 people were evacuated on two life boats, and all are said to be OK.

An environmental assessment has not yet taken place. Initial reports indicated the platform was designed for oil exploration, but a Jefferson Parish official describes it as a natural gas platform.

Read more: http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/coast-guard-oil-platform-experiences-blow-out-in-gulf-southwest-of-grand-isle/-/9853400/21127130/-/dphsnfz/-/index.html

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Conflicting info about oil or/and gas leaking out.
Poor Louisiana...

[heaven05]

1. idiots

[rwsanders]

3. I'll never forget the blowhard Rush mocking Gore for wanting a $0.50 tax on gas to fund alternate...

energy, efficient vehicles and mass transit.
Helped him lose in my opinion (inflamed many undecided).
But now we have gas prices that are higher, limited alternate energy and mass transit and the extra money is going to oil company CEO's. Americans are so gullible.

[wordpix]

6. "IT IS UNKNOWN IF THERE IS ANY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT."

Apologies for the caps but that's how it was on the transcript at link.

I'm sure there will be no impact considering there was a 'major cloud of gas' surrounding the platform

[tclambert]

7. I speak a little PR-ish. Allow me to translate: Expect horrible environmental impact.

Public Relations-ish is actually a pretty simple language. You just take the truth and turn it inside out.

[lark]

2. I hate big oil

This just gives me the creeps. Already 1/3 of the dolphin population in the gulf has died due to the BP tragedy, please, don't let another life stealing gusher of oil be happening. Don't think the Gulf or it's living organisms can survive another blow.

[asjr]

4. It is way past time we told the oil

companies just exactly where they can place the oil line!

[wordpix]

5. sigh, what a disaster & what can I say:-(

and there's no public transportation in my small town so I have to unfortunately use a car to go anywhere.

The poor dolphins, fish, birds in the Gulf...used to be a beautiful place.

[East Coast Pirate]

8. Gee,

I guess the inspectors missed something.

Say, doesn't our president support offshore drilling? Maybe he has some thoughts on this...

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

9. Here we go again?

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. So many of us are already emotionally tender after BP

and Katrina and the damn pipelines....

Dunno how much more this poor planet can take.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

13. Don't worry about the planet,

it will slowly heal after the human influence is gone.

[tclambert]

10. Don't worry. They have plenty of built-in safety features in those oil rigs.

Like blowout preventers. And when those fail, they have containment domes called top hats. And when those fail, they have floating booms to keep the oil spill confined to a small area. And when that fails, they have dispersants that help break up the oil faster.

Why, remember back in '06 when that rig in the Gulf of Mexico blew up, caught fire, and sank? Deepwater Horizon they called it. They activated all these safety features and procedures and kept the environmental impact to a bare minimum. Hardly any effect at all. Just if you visit the Gulf of Mexico, don't throw any cigarette butts overboard or you may set the ocean on fire. Other than that very little effect.

Okay, they struggled a little containing the spill after the Deepwater Horizon disaster. But they learned so much from that. They tightened up regulations and retro-fitted better safety equipment on all the other THOUSANDS of oil rigs in the Gulf.

Okay, they didn't really do any of that, either. So . . . just shut up.

[adirondacker]

12. The Deepwater Horizon occured in 2010, Prudhoe bay was the 2006 BP "accident"

Otherwise, spot on!

[Bosonic]

14. Fire breaks out on evacuated Gulf gas well

Fire breaks out on evacuated Gulf gas well

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An out-of-control natural gas well off the Louisiana coast caught fire late Tuesday, hours after 44 workers were safely evacuated from the drilling rig following a mid-morning blowout, a federal agency confirmed.

No injuries were reported as a result of the fire, Eileen Angelico, a spokeswoman for the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, told The Associated Press.

She said it wasn't known what caused the gas to ignite. It also wasn't clear early Wednesday how and when crews would attempt to extinguish the blaze. BSEE said earlier Tuesday that a firefighting vessel with water and foam capabilities had been dispatched to the scene.

Wild Well Control Inc. was hired to try to bring the well under control. Angelico said Wild Well personnel approached the well earlier Tuesday night, before the fire, but they determined it was unsafe to get closer when they were about 200 feet away from it.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/47-rescued-gulf-rig-natural-gas-leaking

[dixiegrrrrl]

15. Thank you for that update!

disheartening tho it is.

[wordpix]

16. "Wild Well personnel approached the well earlier Tuesday night, before the fire" - then fire starts

someone light a cigarette, perhaps?

The timing looks a bit suspicious, that's all

[primavera]

17. Be sure to thank Mary Landrieu (D) and David Vitter (R)

And our other elected "representatives" who toil away so tirelessly to ensure that the oil and gas industry is never refused a permit to do... well... anything.

[wordpix]

18. here, here ---and hand in hand with the O admin

[primavera]

21. At least Obama doesn't give free blow jobs...

... to the oil and gas industry lobbyists when violating the public trust like Mary does. Okay, so it's not much better, but, for what it's worth...

[dixiegrrrrl]

19. Landrieus sure have a grip on La.

No way I consider her a Dem.

[primavera]

20. She tilts Democratic in a couple of areas

There are at least a couple of points where I approve of her positions, which is certainly more than can be said for Mad Dog Vitter who is absolutely rabid in literally 100% of what he stands for. But, when it comes to the oil and gas industry, Mary is unquestionably their whore.