Another oil rig just exploded in the Gulf

[NFS4]

Breaking on CNN...

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.

Rescue attempts are underway 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.

 

[TrueBlueLS]

Is it another BP rig?

 

[F1N3ST]

Boom.

 

[NFS4]

Is it another BP rig?

Vemilion rig owned by Mariner Energy.

13 people -- all accounted for. 12 in the water (safe), one injured.

 

[PricklyPete]

You better be shitt'n me.

 

[BoomerD]

Boom.

you rang?

 

[F1N3ST]

Oil rig explodes 80 miles off Louisiana coast; 12 people reported overboard and one missing, the Coast Guard says.

 

[Saint Nick]

Gee, I hope the safety valves are functioning...:whiste:

 

[FiLeZz]

nothing up about it yet on the web site.

 

[TrueBlueLS]

Someone's getting fired.

 

[Anubis]

You better be shitt'n me.

its up as "breaking news" on every major news site, but thats it just a headline no link

 

[Bill Brasky]

This is getting ridiculous.

 

[NFS4]

They're saying that it "wasn't actively producing product", so hopefully no more oil has been spilled.

 

[adlep]

Wrong Forum. I want you to receive an infraction for posting on wrong forums, as it is such a serious crime.

 

[SunnyD]

Wake up and get a clue world...

 

[techs]

I gotta run and gas up the car.

 

[Vette73]

I can see it later today...


Obama: see, I told you I was right.

 

[Sumguy]

Nothing about it on their main site, though I chuckled a bit when I saw what looked like a picture of a hurricane approaching Florida. Unless its a category 3+, it would be like reporting that there are clouds in the sky.

Apparently its cat4. Makes more sense now.

 

[PricklyPete]

Wrong Forum. I want you to receive an infraction for posting on wrong forums, as it is such a serious crime.

ok...

 

[ivan2]

fuck, any leaks?

 

[RedRooster]

Terrorists?

 

[Saint Nick]

Oil rigs exploding...CLASSIC.

 

[adlep]

ok...

What?
Posting on forums is a serious business.

 

[dfuze]

Crap, not again. At least they all survived.

 

[PottedMeat]

Vemilion rig owned by Mariner Energy.

13 people -- all accounted for. 12 in the water (safe), one injured.

If it had started to leak, BP would have had a way to weasel out of future claims heh. "How do you know it was our oil?"