This story makes no sense whatsoever. Number one, what was the ignition source to start the fire. Number two, why would you bring in fire boats to try to douse the flames, which is not going to happen on an HVL fire. If you manage to extinguish the fire, which you probably won’t, then you’re dealing with a gas cloud which is exponentially worse than just letting it burn off while you block the pipeline in.
Another excuse for the ‘rats to destroy the fossil fuel industry and get prices to go even higher.
“Never let a crisis go to waste.”
One of the dangers of gas leakage under water is the loss of buoyancy should a ship enter the upwelling gas infused waters. Gas leakage underwater needs oxidizer to combust, thus needs to reach surface air for ignition to become possible.
The fire depicted is not large for a natural gas leak. Had one near Morgan City which blocked a waterway in the late 1990 period. Was visible from the 310 bridge near New Orleans at a distance of about 65 miles. It burned everything for a three-hundred yard radius about the wellhead.
Flames - in the water? C’mon man.
Lot’s of folks on Twitter blaming this on Capitalism...
...not knowing that Pemex is owned by Mexico.
HOW DO YOU PUT OUT A WATER FIRE WITH WATER ?