Deep Rig Fires Up, Explodes, Sinks.

Associated Press Writers – Thu Apr 22, 7:27 pm ET ^ | Thu Apr 22, 7:27 pm ET | Writers Kevin Mcgill And Holbrook Mohr,

[Rabin]

Texas City at sea. BP, again.

[KansasCanadian]

Don’t drink bottled water for two months, so we can compensate.

[balch3]

remember when reports came out that ROP members were seeking frogman training?

[1066AD]

could unleash more than 300,000 of gallons of crude

This appears to be pure speculation, I've not found this figure anywhere else. It was not a production well and shouldn't the BOP have shut automatically ?

[ArmstedFragg]

Good old AP.....

No, the environmental hazard would be greatest if there actually IS a spill. A non-spill reaching the coast would be pretty benign. Major over-eagerness.

[american_ranger]

Zero’s fault.

[al baby]

Obama did it so he can renig on his drill baby promise oops can i say renig ?

[Eagles6]

I’m sure that “commander zero” will not waste this crisis.

[Libloather]

The sinking of the Deepwater Horizon, which burned violently until the gulf itself extinguished the fire, could unleash more than 300,000 of gallons of crude a day into the water. The environmental hazards would be greatest if the spill were to reach the Louisiana coast, some 50 miles away.

Hussein's fault?

[Lera]

remember when reports came out that ROP members were seeking frogman training?

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I would not be surprised at all if the ROP caused this.
I would be totally surprised if we ever found out the truth though. If it turns out they did it I think the liberals would do their best to hide it so they can carry on their agenda of not allowing more drilling. This explosion is convenient to both their causes just as the Oklahoma bombing was to them before .

[Libloather]

Hussein's fault?

On Earf Day?

[DTogo]

SEIU planted worker/saboteurs: give Obama cover to ban offshore drilling, promote Cap-n-Tax.

[Frank_2001]

“Hussein’s fault?”

You never know..an environmental Reichstag fire, for the next time someone says “Drill, baby, drill!”??

[Libloather]

...an environmental Reichstag fire, for the next time someone says “Drill, baby, drill!”??

Hey! That's what I say! (Should I be worried - being Amish and all?)

[1066AD]

More details here.

[21twelve]

I think I read something about them cementing in around the casing as they were done with the hole (to it’s final depth, exploration hole). In the environmental field they fill them with grout with some cement at the top. Not sure how they close off a deep oil/gas well though. But, if they were doing something similar, they might have deactivated or removed the BOP?

I think it is just a bad coincedence that it happened on “Earth Day”. But, no doubt it will be used in the war against free markets. (Oh, I meant “global warming”).

[Rabin]

Togo, “SEIU planted worker/saboteurs: give Obama cover to ban offshore drilling, promote Cap-n-Tax.”

DT, Seems a Bit of his meds tonight, Forgive.

Rab.

[Rabin]

Togo, “SEIU planted worker/saboteurs: give Obama cover to ban offshore drilling, promote Cap-n-Tax.”

DT, Seems a Bit of his meds tonight, Forgive.

Rab.

[Rabin]

Togo,

“SEIU planted worker/saboteurs: give Obama cover to ban offshore drilling, promote Cap-n-Tax.”

DT, Seems a Bit of his meds tonight, Forgive.

Rab.

[AZLiberty]

could unleash more than 300,000 of gallons of crude

Crude oil always measured in barrels until some AP hack needs to make it sound worse than it is.

I'm surprised they didn't go metric and announce that it was over a million liters per day.