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Fri Nov 16, 2012, 12:17 PM

Nov 2012

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GULF_RIG_FIRE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-11-16-11-11-21

COAST GUARD: FIRE ON OIL RIG IN GULF OF MEXICO

WEST COTE BLANCHE, La. (AP) -- Coast Guard officials say they are investigating a fire at an oil drilling platform off the coast of Louisiana.

A parish officials says the rig is not drilling at a deepwater site like the Macondo well that blew out in 2010. That blowout led to an explosion that killed 11 workers and led to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.

Jefferson Parish Councilman Chris Roberts tells WWL-TV that the platform is a shallow water platform in the Gulf of Mexico. It is near West Cote Blanche Bay, south of New Iberia on the south-central Louisiana coast.

The Coast Guard says it has activated a command center to investigate the fire.

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Report Two Dead, Two Missing in Gulf Platform Explosion [View all] Hissyspit Nov 2012 OP

Here we go again. MgtPA Nov 2012 #1

Fuck! Not again Pharaoh Nov 2012 #2

fuck... PatrynXX Nov 2012 #6

Not BP....independent company. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #22

fuck. nt xchrom Nov 2012 #3

I suppose the cause is due to more "cost-cutting measures" by the oil co or one of its contractors. valerief Nov 2012 #4

Has there been any new R&D and implementation for oil clean-up yet? Last I heard it was stuck in nc4bo Nov 2012 #20

and Deregulation! n/t sheshe2 Nov 2012 #34

OMG! MynameisBlarney Nov 2012 #5

Oh lord not again! hrmjustin Nov 2012 #7

from the ap xchrom Nov 2012 #8

Shallow water should be good news but who knows? yellowcanine Nov 2012 #11

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Righteous rant. nc4bo Nov 2012 #18

Spot on Hydra Nov 2012 #30

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How many years later will we wait... MrMickeysMom Nov 2012 #9

In related news....BP to pay $4-billion criminal fine in Deepwater Horizon spill Klukie Nov 2012 #10

Well, the good news is that it's a shallow water platform. bluedigger Nov 2012 #12

Thank goodness!! MightyAfrodite Nov 2012 #21

We are committing aggravated assault to our oceans all over the world. Lint Head Nov 2012 #13

Just a subset of mankind is destroying mankind. Mainly corporations and politicians. AAO Nov 2012 #33

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WWL-TV: US Coast Guard does not suspect oil rig fire in the Gulf of Mexico will produce a spill. nt Comrade_McKenzie Nov 2012 #16

and let's not forget DonCoquixote Nov 2012 #17

God.Dammit. Arugula Latte Nov 2012 #19

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Wow the day after the BP fine??? alp227 Nov 2012 #24

Exactly! Rhiannon12866 Nov 2012 #25

Awful conveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenient, isn't it? n/t durablend Nov 2012 #26

Black Elk is headed by John Hoffman, who left BP to start this offshore operation. Zen Democrat Nov 2012 #27

lmao Hydra Nov 2012 #31

Nice find there!!! dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #32

CNN TV just reported that a worker attempted to cut the wrong pipe, causing the explosion Rhiannon12866 Nov 2012 #28

Yeeeow. (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2012 #29

Company paid $300K fine 2 months ago MountainLaurel Nov 2012 #36