Another one Soils the Ocean

[JerichoHill]

--Lt's hope the injured worker gets good medical care.

Note this is very near land.

http://content.usatoday.com/communi...dsu-oil-rig-explosion-in-gulf-off-louisiana/1

An oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Louisiana, WDSU reports. Thirteen workers aboard the rig were reportedly thrown into the water, but have been accounted for.

Update at 11:35 a.m. ET: MSNBC quotes a Coast Guard spokesman as saying all of the workers were wearing protective gear.

Update at 11:38 a.m. ET: MSNBC quotes Coast Guard Petty Officer John Edwards as saying one worker has been injured, but he did not know the extent of the injuries. Edwards says 9 helicopters and some fixed-wing aircraft as well as four Coast Guard cutters have been sent to the site.

 

[JohnRM]

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/02/rescue-efforts-underway-after-oil-rig-accident-in-gulf/

An oil rig has exploded 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana, with 12 people overboard and one missing, the Coast Guard said Thursday morning.

My first thought, "You've got to be [effing] kidding me!"

What do you think the consequences will be if there is another major leak?

 

[GhostWriter16]

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/02/rescue-efforts-underway-after-oil-rig-accident-in-gulf/



My first thought, "You've got to be [effing] kidding me!"

What do you think the consequences will be if there is another major leak?

Oh joy.

I'd say, "Keep drilling" we need the oil. However, they NEED to be more careful.

 

[Mansa Musa]

Oh joy.

I'd say, "Keep drilling" we need the oil. However, they NEED to be more careful.

Off-sea drilling only contributes a small amount of the United States' oil supply. Less than 5 percent. The risks are too great. I just hope in my country no one tries to drill in the high Arctic in my lifetime.

 

[GhostWriter16]

Off-sea drilling only contributes a small amount of the United States' oil supply. Less than 5 percent. The risks are too great. I just hope in my country no one tries to drill in the high Arctic in my lifetime.

We need to make most of our oil supply here, not from Saudi Arabia.

That is part of the purpose of offshore drilling.

 

[Immortal Ace]

What a gigantic cluster **** of a situation.

 

[Godwynn]

Yahoo! Finance

You can tell exactly when news of the oil rig explosion hit the market.

 

[JohnRM]

We need to make most of our oil supply here, not from Saudi Arabia.

That is part of the purpose of offshore drilling.

Most of our import supply comes from Canada, not Saudi Arabia. They are third down the list, IIRC.

We get the highest amount of our petroleum from our own sources.

 

[BSmith1068]

Here we go again!

(you beat me to it by 10 minutes John!)

EDIT: Although technically JH beat you to it as well...

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Everyone knows the best thing you can give to a crack whore is more crack.

 

[El_Machinae]

At some point it becomes wise to invest in our own lifestyles, such that we need to use less oil.

 

[Formaldehyde]

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0...nmasks-dangerous-myth-of-safety-lawmakers-say

April 23, 2010

“Big Oil has perpetuated a dangerous myth that coastline drilling is a completely safe endeavor, but accidents like this are a sober reminder just how far that is from the truth,” said Democratic Sens. Robert Menendez and Frank Lautenberg in a statement.

Still, the US Minerals Management Service says that, since 2001, 858 fires and explosions have broken out on oil and gas industry facilities in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in the loss of 55 lives.

 

[Mr. Dictator]

So wait, who owns this one?

 

[Godwynn]

So wait, who owns this one?

Apache Corporation, which bought/is buying the owner Mariner Energy.

What better way to honor the Native Americans than to name a company after them that drills for oil?

 

[Mansa Musa]

Most of our import supply comes from Canada, not Saudi Arabia. They are third down the list, IIRC.

We get the highest amount of our petroleum from our own sources.

Thanks John. Also beat me to it. As a Canadian, I see the environmental destruction of Northern Alberta and shudder. Much worse than pollution in the Gulf of Mexico. Unfortunately, the risks were not weighed effectively when the massive oil sands projects started. When Northern Alberta becomes a desert, i'll be sure to visit with my kids.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Apache Corporation

What better way to honor the Native Americans than to name a company after them that drills for oil?

Well I hope they shouted "Geronimo!" as they leapt from the burning rig then.

 

[El_Machinae]

Thanks John. Also beat me to it. As a Canadian, I see the environmental destruction of Northern Alberta and shudder. Much worse than pollution in the Gulf of Mexico. Unfortunately, the risks were not weighed effectively when the massive oil sands projects started. When Northern Alberta becomes a desert, i'll be sure to visit with my kids.

I was in the Bell Tower in Edmonton downtown, looking north. It's the last skyscraper of downtown and so you have a clear view. The city is very pretty from that angle (I was in near the 20th floor, iirc) and the stadium looks really awesome peeking up from the trees.

Across the entire horizon, from the ground to the lowest cloud, was a brown smudge in the distance. It was a visible pollution effect, a few hundred kilometers away. And that was a few years ago, I can only imagine it's gotten worse.

I don't disagree that Northern Alberta has some serious trouble.

The risk with an ocean spill, though, is that it can really hurt a stressed ecosystem that's much more important that the ecosystems of Northern Alberta. A 'coastline' is right at the interface of a lot of important things, and so they need more protection.

I guess there's not really any evidence of a leak here, though, huh?

 

[Quackers]

American legislators in there great wisdom forced oil companies way out in the ocean to drill for oil, unfortunately at these greater depths oil companies struggle to fix spills (see the recent gulf!).

Allow them to drill closer to the shore and the risks are reduced.

 

[Cheetah]

What? Seriously? You gotta be kidding me.

Hope the injured guy will be okay.

That was my first reaction.

My second reaction:

Today the CEO of the halfway state owned, biggest Norwegian oil company said he was thinking of buying stuff in the Gulf, cause small companies were probably scared away now and the prices would probably be cheaper...

Third reaction, knowing this isn't outside Norway, so my tax money won't go to fix it:

 

[Ajidica]

Great. Deregulation shows its failures.
At least it isn't a drilling platform, so only so much oil can spill.