[OKSooner]

Just askin'.

[Jemian]

Dynamite

The timing of this was highly coincidental. and convenient.

[BornToBeAmerican]

Just one progressive commie with an agenda

[Lazamataz]

Venezualen divers paid by George Soros.

[Non-Sequitur]

Some thing explosive and a spark.

[listenhillary]

[Jane Long]

I dunno. Ask Dick Cheney. Didn’t he blow the levee up?

[allmost]

Numerous failsafes need to fail.

[mnehring]

When drilling, they can hit a pocket of high pressure natural gas. The pressure is higher than the valves can handle so it vents back out. When you have a cloud of natural gas around the rig, even a small spark can set it off.

[ozark hilljilly]

Between this and the latest coal mine tragedies one has to wonder.
Yeah, I know, the tin foil might be too snug-but seriously, with this bunch in charge how can you not be suspicious?
It’s been a looooooong time since we’ve had any probs with our oil rigs now all of a sudden we get this and for some reason they can’t seem to get a handle on it?!

[1rudeboy]

Somebody threw a span, and they threw it in the hole. Industrial disease.

[silverleaf]

I dunno, how many human torpedos does it take to sink a South Korean navy ship?

[subterfuge]

The ever-inquisitive media doesn’t seem to give a damn what caused it. It’s an “environmental disaster,” it’s going to poison the western hemisphere, and that is all we need to know.

[mad_as_he$$]

Actually fairly easy; large amounts of fuel and other chemicals onboard. IF the Horizon was engulfed by a massive NG bubble as they think it was. There would be steel flying all over and one sparky and your day is ruined. I once saw a high pressure NG pipeline catch on fire while under repair. The fire was sobering.

If it was sabotage then a relatively small charge in the right place would do it. Sabotage to the BOP would of required a lot of preplanning and a team to execute. This smells like a simple case of doing the wrong thing at the wrong time with several back up systems failing all a once - likely? No. Possible? Yes.

[justsaynomore]

What’s even scarier (to me) is this:

Deep Rig Fires Up, Explodes, Sinks - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2498776/posts
April - 25 killed in West Virginia mine blast - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2487460/posts
April - 5 die in Anacortes, Wash. refinery blast, fire - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2485880/posts
Feb- Several killed in Connecticut power plant blast - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2446472/posts

Notice a trend?

[Maceman]

What if I wanted to go blow up an offshore rig? How would I do it?

It strikes me that this isn't exactly the wisest question to ask on a public forum. I'm sure you're not planning to blow one up, but it is the sort of question that can be misconstrued. Just sayin'.

[mbynack]

These rigs are inherently dangerous. They have all kinds of chemicals on board and there's always a danger of a natural gas leak, blowout, or crude oil leak. They have hundreds of thousands of gallons of diesel fuel stored on board. It just takes a small leak and a spark.

[LRS]

“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste, and what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you didn’t think you could do before.”

Go ahead. Ask all the questions you want. With the current WH bunch, tin foil becomes mandatory. Remember, some are even Truthers...

[calex59]

Probably the same thing that caused a refinery to blow up today. Article on FR about it right now. Sorry, no link. Two mines, a Gulf oil rig and now a refinery in about 4 weeks. Nothing suspicious about that is there(especially with swat teams being deployed to other oil rigs)?

[thackney]

Sadly, oil rig fires and explosions happen more often than you realize. This event doesn’t even make the top 20 for deaths.

http://home.versatel.nl/the_sims/rig/index.htm

As many as shown at the link, far more fires occur and are put out before they become a problem.

[Truth29]

Hey, if people can believe that Bush blew up the New Orleans levees, then people can believe that Earth First blew up the drill ship...