I think that Haliburton must be working overtime. Where is Cheney these days?
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Eric Roberts <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > Isn't that #3? Makes you wonder how often this happened when we weren't > paying attention to oil wells? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 2:12 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Another Oil Rig in the Gulf goes boom. > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11014645 > > Explosion on Mariner Energy oil rig in Gulf of Mexico > > An explosion has torn through an offshore oil platform in the Gulf of > Mexico, west of the site of the blast in April that caused a huge oil > spill. > > The blast, which threw 13 people into the water, was reported by a > helicopter company at 0930 local time (1330 GMT). > > The platform, which caught fire, was not producing oil or gas, the > Department of Homeland Security said. > > The blast occurred around 130km (80 miles) south of Vermilion Bay > along the central Louisiana coast. > > Helicopters, boats and aircraft were sent to the site. > > All 13 workers who fell into the Gulf are accounted for and have been > transported to another platform by an oil support vessel, the Coast > Guard said. One person is reportedly injured. > > Before being rescued by the support boats, all 13 workers were given > special immersion suits to protect them from the water, said Coast > Guard chief petty officer John Edwards. > > The federal government was prepared to respond to the situation if > there had been reports of pollution, White House spokesman Robert > Gibbs said. > > Mr Gibbs added that President Barack Obama was in a national security > meeting, and he was unaware if the president was informed of the > blast. > > The platform is owned by Mariner Energy and is located in shallow > water, approximately 340ft (105m) from the floor of the Gulf. > > "Right now we're focused on search and rescue and then, ultimately, as > this thing progresses we're going to be looking into the cause," Mr > Edwards said. > > Mariner Energy Spokesman Patrick Cassidy told the CNN TV network the > blast occurred "quite a ways away" from any wells. > > Mr Cassidy confirmed the platform was not in production at the time of > the explosion. > > The structure had been undergoing maintenance activities prior to the > blast, said Melissa Schwartz, spokeswoman for Bureau of Energy > Management Regulation and Enforcement. > > Seven Coast Guard helicopters, two planes, and three boats were sent > to the site of the explosion from the states of Louisiana, Texas, and > Alabama. > > Coast Guard helicopters did not spot any oil floating around the > burning platform, said Coast Guard fireman Katherine McNamara. > > The latest explosion comes more than four months after an blast ripped > through a Deepwater Horizon rig run by BP, causing about hundreds of > million gallons of oil to be released into the Gulf of Mexico. > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > web: http://www.lyonsmorris.com/lyons > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryclyons > -- > The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. > - B. F. Skinner > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:326761 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
