Oil platform explosion off Louisiana coast

[Londo_Jowo]

4 hurt, 2 missing

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/national_world&id=8887666

NEW ORLEANS, LA (KTRK) -- At least four people have been injured in a fire at an oil drilling platform off the coast of Louisiana, and two workers are reported missing.

There was some sort of explosion at a Black Elk Energy Company oil and natural gas platform 20 nautical miles southeast of Grand Isle, LA. It is not clear if it is still burning.

 

[Jimzz]

Hopefully no ones dies, but this will cause gas prices to go back up no matter.

 

[zsdersw]

Hopefully no ones dies, but this will cause gas prices to go back up no matter.

An ill-timed fart by a Saudi prince causes oil/gas prices to go up.

 

[techs]

That was the exact headline in 2010
Did you check the date on the story?

 

[Londo_Jowo]

That was the exact headline in 2010
Did you check the date on the story?

Did you check?

 

[Svnla]

OP is correct. It happend earlier today, Friday 11-16-2012.

From another well know source in NO = http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2012/11/two_dead_two_missing_four_airl.html#incart_m-rpt-2

 

[techs]

That was the exact headline in 2010
Did you check the date on the story?

Did you check?

OP is correct. It happend earlier today, Friday 11-16-2012.

From another well know source in NO = http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2012/11/two_dead_two_missing_four_airl.html#incart_m-rpt-2

Geez, no one got the irony.

 

[Ausm]

I would think the Repubs would be rejoicing!

 

[boomerang]

I would think the Repubs would be rejoicing!

Yes...you would.

 

[Pr0d1gy]

When are we going to just get over our oil addiction?

 

[Jaskalas]

When are we going to just get over our oil addiction?

When are we JUST going to re-engineer the entire economy?

 

[ElFenix]

Geez, no one got the irony.

This word you keep using. I do not think it means what you think it means

 

[Pr0d1gy]

When are we JUST going to re-engineer the entire economy?

It doesn't have to happen overnight, but we could start making a big push in that direction. Peak oil is forecast to start in 2015 so just sitting around screaming economy is pretty fucking stupid at this point, don't you think?

 

[Matt1970]

An ill-timed fart by a Saudi prince causes oil/gas prices to go up.

LOL, so true.

 

[techs]

We can't do anything about it. If we fine them they will just increase the price of gas.

Got it? Just getting a jump on the Republican talking points.

 

[Darwin333]

Hopefully no ones dies, but this will cause gas prices to go back up no matter.

The rig wasn't even in production.....

 

[Darwin333]

When are we going to just get over our oil addiction?

A few decades after we invent some sort of technology that allows us to or we turn into a 3rd world shithole, whichever comes first.

 

[dmcowen674]

Oil platform explosion off Louisiana coasthttp://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/national_world&id=8887666

What did you forget to install again?

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

It doesn't have to happen overnight, but we could start making a big push in that direction. Peak oil is forecast to start in 2015 so just sitting around screaming economy is pretty fucking stupid at this point, don't you think?

As much as I think we should be working towards something more sustainable, peak oil has had a rolling start date or claimed to be already happening for a very long time now.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

What did you forget to install again?

Problem due to union welder using wrong cutting torch on oil pipe.

From original link (updated)

The fire, begun while workers were using a torch to cut an oil line, critically injured at least four workers who had burns over much of their bodies.

 

[Nemesis 1]

Yes...you would.

Kinda sick aren't they?

 

[Nemesis 1]

Problem due to union welder using wrong cutting torch on oil pipe.

From original link (updated)

So how did union work past test . To do said work . Knowing right equiment to use is part of certifacation . I was iron worker and many things one needs to know. These cerified platform works need to know much more . Hope the man who caused lives so he can explain why he used wrong torch . If he didn't know . Than he was wrongly certified and a man slaughter charge should be given to who ever certified that worker.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

It appears they didn't understand what was required to perform the job safely or chose to ignore the requirements.

http://www.khou.com/news/local/Coas...form-burning-in-Gulf-of-Mexico-179668691.html

At the time of the fire, the workers were cutting a 75-foot long pipe that was 3 inches in diameter and contained as much as 75 gallons of product, Hoffman said.

The process for cutting the pipe calls for a “cold-cutting device,” or a non-sparking tool, Hoffman said. However, he confirmed that a cutting torch was used instead, which ignited the vapors in the pipe.

 

[her209]

Spill Baby Spill

 

[Londo_Jowo]

Spill Baby Spill

What spill? 75 gallons?