[thackney]

1 dead, 16 injured in Gulf of Mexico oil rig fire
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/gulf-mexico-oil-rig-catches-fire-300-workers-evacuated-article-1.2169496

One person was killed and 16 were injured after an oil rig burst into flame in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday, Mexico’s state-run oil company said.

The Abkatun platform, which sits in the middle of Campeche Bay, erupted in fire in the early morning and forced the evacuation of nearly 300 workers, Pemex said.

Two people were in serious condition as the injured were treated at a hospital in Ciudad del Carmen.

A city emergency services spokesman contradicted Pemex’s account and said at least 45 people were injured, RT News reported.

The person killed was a contractor, Pemex said.

It wasn’t immediately clear how the blaze started as eight firefighting boats tried to extinguish it.

[knarf]

I would imagine there are extremely strict rules and regulations regarding ANYthing that has to do with fire, so I wonder about these things ..

I would think sabotage before I thought of a wayward cigarette.

[ckilmer]

Here’s an interesting story about an interesting engine. Ever heard of this engine?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPc06A8FwN8

The Mighty Engine by inventor Raphial Morgado will burn soy oil, biodiesel, gas and most other fuels. 150+ mpg! It also has the highest power to weight ratio in the world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MBYg1NPzMY
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The MyT enegine would solve energy problems from other end were it developed and used..
http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Massive_Yet_Tiny_%28MYT%29_Engine

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imho the internal combustion engine world is going to need something like this in five years because the federal lab system has launched a manhattan project scale effort to make a super battery which would be the killer app for the electric car.
http://phys.org/news/2015-03-author-anl-efforts-super-battery.html