Breaking: Another Oil Rig Explodes Off Coast Of Louisiana (UPDATED)

by Glynnis MacNicol | 11:56 am, September 2nd, 2010

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This is pretty much the last news you want to hear coming out of the Gulf. CNN is reporting that another oil rig has exploded off the coast of Louisiana. Details are still sketchy but here’s what they have so far:

Update #2. More facts emerging regarding the rig explosion. A mile-long oil sheen has reportedly been spotted near where the explosion took place. Get ready for the ‘drill baby drill’ debate to shift into high gear. Below Gov. Jindal addresses the press. From the NYT:

All 13 members of the work crew on board Thursday were accounted for, the Coast Guard said, though the injured worker’s condition was not immediately known. The crew were pulled from the water by a civilian boat that had been in the area, the Crystal Clear, and taken to a nearby rig, Coast Guard officials said.

Rescuers, who arrived about an hour after receiving reports of the explosion, took the crew to Terrebone General Medical Center in Houma, La.

It was unclear whether the platform was in danger of foundering, or whether the explosion had set off any oil leaks.

Government officials said the Mariner platform had not been involved in any recent oil and gas production, and that it had been undergoing maintenance work. The platform was not affected by the Obama administration’s recent ban on deepwater oil drilling, imposed in the wake of the BP spill.

Earlier:

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.

Update: U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Colclough tells CNN that all 13 workers involved in the rig explosion are accounted for, but one person is injured.

Rescue attempts are under way for at least 12 people, Coast Guard spokesman John Edwards told CNN. 13 people were on board the rig total, Edwards said, noting 12 have been accounted for, but one person was missing.

The accident took place 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana on the Vermilion Oil rig 380, which is owned by Houston-based Mariner Energy.

The Coast Guard has multiple helicopters, an airplane and several Coast Guard cutters en route. It’s unknown if there are any injuries.

From the AP:

The platform owned by Mariner Energy (NYSE:ME) is in about 2,500 feet of water, the Coast Guard said, and was not currently producing.

CNN, oil spill

The Real Royal King

Thank goodness for the lives not lost, and prayers for the injured worker.

In the words of the Drop Out Governor: “Drill, baby, drill.”

THE INAUGURAL SPEECH – JUST ONE OF BECKERHEAD’S LIES,
FROM LAST SATURDAY’S DIMWIT AND HERETIC RALLY,
EXPOSED TO US ALL, THANKS TO THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES,
SOON, WE’LL NEED A SPREAD SHEET FOR AN ACCURATE TALLY.
alamo2

I think even if we disagree on a lot of things on this site, we can all pull together and pray that the workers make it out OK, and that this disaster can be contained.
More Liberty

The Real Royal King said:
In the words of the Drop Out Governor: “Drill, baby, drill.”

I hope we do keep drilling, and more. I really don’t want to have to rely on the Apartheid country of Saudi Arabia for the rest of my life. If you believe that some magic little machine, biofuel is going to reduce our oil consumption, anytime in the near or distant future….you’re even more ignorant than I thought.

Deaths are an unfortunate part of certain buisnesses, industries and jobs.
More Liberty

The Real Royal King said:
THE INAUGURAL SPEECH – JUST ONE OF BECKERHEAD’S LIES,
FROM LAST SATURDAY’S DIMWIT AND HERETIC RALLY,
EXPOSED TO US ALL, THANKS TO THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES,
SOON, WE’LL NEED A SPREAD SHEET FOR AN ACCURATE TALLY.

What about your lies king? You’ve been caught in telling lies. Oh yeah….I forgot, after someone busted you, you claimed it was satire.
ImJustThatDamnGood

How is that “Drill baby Drill” working for you?

Obama should apply more moratoriums.
mikepower

I was discounting all that conspiracy talk about the BP rig but after the incident at the Discovery Channel yesterday and the fact that these things continue to blow up maybe some enviro whackos are out there blowing them up.
Big_F-ing_Deal

So Obama blew up another one to further his political agenda, eh?

Can’t say I’m surprised.

Sneaky bastard.
stoogedudes

alamo2 said:
I think even if we disagree on a lot of things on this site, we can all pull together and pray that the workers make it out OK, and that this disaster can be contained.

Ditto.

I read this and let out a huge sigh. Let’s hope that this isn’t another “Deepwater Horizon” disaster.
notsofast

ImJustThatDamnGood said:
Obama should apply more moratoriums.

Yes, on his spending!
writer

In protest, Royal King plans to quit using his car. And since the other day he was slamming Thomas Edison, he also plans to stop going to movies, listening to recorded music, or using electric lights. What a man of principle!
http://Mediaite.com uggugg

Whoever is in charge of which oil companies allowed to drill in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, should be requiring high tech cameras posted on all four corners of every oil rig, with night and day recording. This is very cheap security to see that bad things don’t happen the second time if related to terrorism. Just practice Murphy Law.
alamo2

alamo2 said:
I think even if we disagree on a lot of things on this site, we can all pull together and pray that the workers make it out OK, and that this disaster can be contained.

I am appalled that two people would give this comment above thumbs down! Do they really have such narrow minds that they do not want the workers to make it out alive, and that the disaster can be contained. Thank God it is working out OK, but shame on those two people who don’t give a damn about others.
jinjin

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lilycorker

Oh no!! these oil rigs are gonna ruin the marine life…
LeanSpa