Posted on 09/02/2010 11:14:18 AM PDT by goseminoles
I have been going online today to various news outlets and they all differ on the gulf oil platform that blew up today.
I heard it was a submarine missle shot from either North Korean or George Soros
It’s the ‘age of Obama’. We never will know the truth.
Some reporters don’t know the difference between “How deep is the water?” and “How deep is the well?”....
16 years of Bush and Clinton and no accidents in the Gulf. In 4 months The Imam has two explosions? His bosses in Saudi Arabia want US oil production shut down. I guess all those nat gas finds around america and the huge reserves we have are getting them worried.
No rig accidents in the Gulf for 16 years? Don’t you think that is a bit of a stretch?
But seriously North Korea makes money selling miniature submarines to all sorts of folks. All they need is a "tender" offshore that looks like a fishing boat.
The trick is not to dive to the bottom of the ocean and blow something up ~ it's just to get underwater deep enough to evade ordinary detection then get close enough to your target to plant a remote controlled mine or IED.
The Coast Guard and Navy should be out there checking out the approaches to that rig ~ as recorded by our spy satellites.
Obama’s suit against the Moratorium got thrown out. so, a few of his thugs went out and blew it up.
Calls for a new moratorium in 3...2...1...
Not exactly...
Didn't say whether oil or Gas wells.
A crew was doing sandblasting and painting on the production platform....no oilspill or even an oil sheen....
Further details he didn't have.
Hell, that rule alone could reduce the number of posts by 190%.
I’ve read 2500 feet. I’ve read 300 feet. I’ve read one missing in the water. I’ve read all the water. I’ve read the rig was in production. I’ve read not in production. See where I’m going with this?
This could probably use your input.
A fire was started while a maintenance crew was working. Likely no explosion. Definitely has nothing to do with drilling or production.
Also, I am glad you referred to it as a platform and not a rig. AP’s intial headline was Rig Explosion, which is patently untrue, because this was a platform, not a rig.
They are aging wells, I’m surprised that there aren’t more rig accidents. So many different factors trying to control mother nature.
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If there was an explosion, which has not been proven yet, it would have happened on top of the platform. So a sub would either have to have a really cool torpedo that goes out of the water and hits a target, which someone would have seen, or the sub would have to get close, then a guy would climb all the way up the platform and strap a mine on top without beeing seen.
Lets be rational.
Rumor has it that it was Bush’s Fault
Gee, less than 50 years ago you wouldn’t have even known there was a rig explosion until tomorrow morning.
Not every rig has a PAO (Public affairs officer) on it, ready to deal with Fox News.
The dust will settle, so to speak, and details will come out.
Cheney and Rove did it. /sarc
All they needed was a simple delivery boom and some magnets.
Heard that there’s a 1 mile “sheen” around the rig. Fact or fiction?
You’re right. That decision just came down. I just heard it either this morning or yesterday. hmmmm.......
We dont even know if there was an explosion. All we know is there is a fire on top of the platform. How does an underwater mine, using magnets, climb out of the water, then another 50 feet and jump on top of the platform?
I swear, some people would rather blame nefarious forces than try to find the truth.
because this was a platform, not a rig.”
Per AP “Rig, platform - don’t understand why anyone would be upset, there’s no difference”. We should be thankful they at least didn’t say it occurred in the Mexican Ocean, although I understand that LA Governor now has his own Coast Guard. And we expect to get anything accurate from the press on this? We still haven’t had disclosure on the last one.
“Heard that there?s a 1 mile ?sheen? around the rig. Fact or fiction?”
Sarcasm tag?
Fox’s headline say “OIL RIG EXPLODES OFF LOUSIANA COAST”
And they are reporting oil sheen.
Just more proof that this was an act of sabotage. ;)
The update is the platform was producing 59,000 gallons of oil and 900,000 cubic feet of gas per day. The platform can store 4,200 gallons of oil.
So why can't you do this from a miniature submarine ~ sneak up on them, surface on one side the platform, toss a Molotov cocktail, and be gone in seconds.
Until we know the precise type of platform all things are possible.
I’m not sure the difference between rig and platform but the thing produces and holds oil and gas.
Heard Megyn Kelly on Fox @11AM say this. Haven’t heard or or read any more about it. I rely on FR for the facts!
I am an authority?....
well I feel honored....thanks....LOL!
Guess time to check there.
I checked The Oil Drum but I’m on a phone and don’t get all the content.
Another rig blows up in GOM, but hey, you didn't read it here first:
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Hex on September 2, 2010 - 11:57am
Another rig blows up in GOM, but hey, you didn't read it here first:
The rig is known as "Vermilion 398."
http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=13089364
And:
Solius on September 2, 2010 - 12:09pm
BBC reporting 13 thrown into the water.
There is a thread on FR about it.
Another subthread at TOD:
Quit reading..
Coast Guard: Mile-long sheen spreading from burning platform
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The Coast Guard is saying that a mile-long oil sheen is spreading from the site of the Mariner Energy-owned platform.
“At 9:19 a.m., the Coast Guard received a call from neighboring platform was that platform 380 completely engulfed in flames,” said Gov. Bobby Jindal during an afternoon update on the fire.
As of 1 p.m., Jindal said that fire was still burning, though Mariner officials had told his office that the blaze had been contained and nearly burned out.
Mariner informed the governor that the platform had seven active wells on the platform, and that one of the seven wells caught fire, said Jindal.
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CEO told CNBC all wells were closed......
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The platform was identified as Vermilion 308 A, according to Mariner.
"Mariner has notified and is working with regulatory authorities in response to this incident. The cause is not known, and an investigation will be undertaken. During the last week of August 2010, production from this facility averaged approximately 9.2 million cubic feet of natural gas per day and 1,400 barrels of oil and condensate," said Bill Mintz, a spokeman for Apache, in a statement.
Responding to an oil spill in shallow water is much easier than in deepwater, where crews depend on remote-operated vehicles access equipment on the sea floor.
The platform is about 200 miles west of BP's blown out Macondo well. On Friday, BP was expected to begin the process of removing the cap and failed blow-out preventer, another step toward completion of a relief well that would complete the choke of the well. The BP-leased rig Deepwater Horizon exploded April 20, killing 11 people and setting off a massive oil spill.
Media reports are still confused in important details I think.
Thanks much, Ernest!
I believe someone a whole lot wiser than I once said that the South will rise again. It’s just taking a little longer than we thought. Maybe caused by someone who was mad because Earl chose to go up the east cost rather than toward the Gulf. Tnx for the update. Will pass it on to a client whose livelihood depends on survival of the energy industry in the Gulf. Not quite as liberal leaning as he was before the last spill.
all I know is that
IT WAS NOT TERRORISM!!!!!
Oh, and I’m pretty sure Bush had something to do with it.
/sarcasm
Crist was just on the news saying we need a moratorium. What a loser.
How high can you throw a molotov cocktail (and accurately) from a sub?
Depends on the stability of the sub and the strength of the thrower, or maybe the guy used a RPG ~ a common enough weapon.
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