Oil sheen spreading from Gulf platform explosion

[aaron]

Here we go again:

Alan Sayre, Associated Press Writer, On Thursday September 2, 2010, 2:03 pm
NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) -- The Coast Guard is saying that a mile-long oil sheen is spreading from the site off an offshore petroleum platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana.

The site of the explosion is west of where BP's massive spill occurred.

The Coast Guard said no one was killed Thursday in the explosion. The blast was spotted by a commercial helicopter flying over the site.

All 13 people aboard the rig were found floating in the water in survival gear.

[Jeff]

Re: Oil sheen spreading from Gulf platform explosion

I awaken to hear the strains of "I Got You, Babe" from the clock radio. Yes, boys and girls, it's Groundhog Day once again.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gree...oratorium.html
“Rigs are safe. They have so many fail-safes on those rigs. It’s ridiculous,” Anderson said. “I think it was pretty much a one-time fluke.... These kinds of disasters are not very common.”

Expect to hear more backpedalling, or is it just a twice in a lifetime event?

[don]

Re: Oil sheen spreading from Gulf platform explosion

do these come in threes....

And just in case Canada thought it was immune from waterborne crude (and derivatives) invasions, here is CBC reporting that a fuel tanker with 9 million liters of diesel has run aground in the Northwest Passage, on a sandbar close to the Nunavut community of Gjoa Haven. It is unclear if any of the diesel has spilled, although we expect some demonstrative eating of shrimp, penguins, Taq polymerase, or whatever it is that lives in these extreme temperatures, by some world leader, to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that all is well, and there is no need to panic.

A fuel tanker carrying nine million litres of diesel fuel has run aground in the Northwest Passage, the Canadian Coast Guard confirmed Thursday.

The tanker, which is owned by Woodward's Oil, ran aground on a sandbar Wednesday southwest of the western Nunavut community of Gjoa Haven.

It was carrying diesel to resupply Gjoa Haven and other remote communities in the region. No diesel is believed to have spilled, coast guard officials told CBC News.

Transport Canada is working with the company to get the tanker floating again.

The coast guard says it is too early to tell when the ship will be able to move.


http://www.zerohedge.com/article/fue...thwest-passage

[dummass]

Re: Oil sheen spreading from Gulf platform explosion

Bien Echo, Jeff

[Mega]

Re: Oil sheen spreading from Gulf platform explosion

Those Limey Bastards!
I bet they blew it!
Mike

[don]

Re: Oil sheen spreading from Gulf platform explosion

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/us/03rig.html?hp

[GRG55]

Re: Oil sheen spreading from Gulf platform explosion

I awaken to hear the strains of "I Got You, Babe" from the clock radio. Yes, boys and girls, it's Groundhog Day once again.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gree...oratorium.html
“Rigs are safe. They have so many fail-safes on those rigs. It’s ridiculous,” Anderson said. “I think it was pretty much a one-time fluke.... These kinds of disasters are not very common.”

Expect to hear more backpedalling, or is it just a twice in a lifetime event?

It's a dangerous business. Shzt happens. Ignore the press releases and happy face public statements crafted by "communications consultants". Finding and producing petroleum is a dangerous business...period.

These are neither the first two rig explosions and fires, nor that last two...

[GRG55]

Re: Oil sheen spreading from Gulf platform explosion

do these come in threes....

And just in case Canada thought it was immune from waterborne crude (and derivatives) invasions, here is CBC reporting that a fuel tanker with 9 million liters of diesel has run aground in the Northwest Passage, on a sandbar close to the Nunavut community of Gjoa Haven. It is unclear if any of the diesel has spilled, although we expect some demonstrative eating of shrimp, penguins, Taq polymerase, or whatever it is that lives in these extreme temperatures, by some world leader, to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that all is well, and there is no need to panic.

A fuel tanker carrying nine million litres of diesel fuel has run aground in the Northwest Passage, the Canadian Coast Guard confirmed Thursday.

The tanker, which is owned by Woodward's Oil, ran aground on a sandbar Wednesday southwest of the western Nunavut community of Gjoa Haven.

It was carrying diesel to resupply Gjoa Haven and other remote communities in the region. No diesel is believed to have spilled, coast guard officials told CBC News.

Transport Canada is working with the company to get the tanker floating again.

The coast guard says it is too early to tell when the ship will be able to move.


http://www.zerohedge.com/article/fue...thwest-passage

There's no penguins in the Arctic.

Maybe we should just de-populate the Arctic, and then we wouldn't have these problems trying to deliver energy supplies to these remote communities. ;-)