Leaking oil is pictured during dispersant operations at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, in this screen grab taken from a BP live video feed June 14, 2010. REUTERS/BP/Handout
Posted on 06/15/2010 12:23:14 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
NEW ORLEANS – A bolt of lightning struck the ship capturing oil from a blown-out BP well in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, igniting a fire that halted containment efforts in another setback for the embattled company in its nearly two-month struggle to stop the spill, the company said.
The fire was quickly extinguished and no one was injured. BP said it hopes to resume containing oil from the well sometime Tuesday afternoon.
The fire occurred on the Discoverer Enterprise, where engineers are siphoning about 630,000 gallons of oil a day through a cap on top of the well.
"At the moment, there's no capture, no containment going on, but we'll start up the Enterprise when it's safe to do so," BP spokesman Robert Wine said.
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Leaking oil is pictured during dispersant operations at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, in this screen grab taken from a BP live video feed June 14, 2010. REUTERS/BP/Handout
US President Barack Obama, seen here speaking at the Naval Air Technical Training Center of the Pensacola Naval Air Station, will seek to project a commanding aura and a way out of the US oil disaster, marking an "inflection" point in the crisis with his debut Oval Office address. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
"If it weren't for bad luck, they'd have no luck at all."
start with a FACE PALM
Damn that George Bush
/s
Tuesday afternoon? This afternoon, right?
Probably came from the same source as the bolt of lighting which blew up the Jesus Statue in Ohio before Obama’s visit.
God is showing his displeaseure with “The One”.
Speaking about ships, there were lots of countries with OIL SKIMMING expertise that offered to help us just a few days after the oil spill. I think 13 of them, including big time oil producing countries like Norway and the Netherlands.
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THAT ? WHY DID WE NOT ACCEPT THEIR OFFER ??
(We need a pic of those Dutch Oil ships sitting dockside NOT working the Oil Spill just like the Pic of the School Buses sitting in the water at N.O. after Katrina.)
Stuff Happens.. Some say there are no coincidences.. lol
What was the name of the guy that followed Superman around? Joe Bfltspk? or sumthin’ ? always had a dark cloud over him.. This has turned into a Bizarro affair.. an epic beyond compare.
If I was him, I’d be asking.. What Next? too.
It's all about him. Obeeee can never show a commanding aura. He's a bozo.
Geez - first Big Butter Jesus gets leveled by a lightning strike, now the BP ship gets it.
Someone up there is royally pissed.
Interestingly enough, the town where I used to live had a lightning strike take out a gasoline tank this weekend. One of the big ones - think "tank farm", not "lawn mower".
I happened to be out there that evening and saw the flash. It was fairly impressive.
Murphy is having a heyday with this one.
II think that's a great idea. Here's as close as I could come;
Arca
Flag: Netherlands. Oil recovery and research vessel and one of the most advanced oil clearance vessels of the world. She gained experience during the ERIKA and PRESTIGE spills and collected some 7000 tons of oil. She also undertakes a wide range of hydrographic surveys.
Seen in Royal Victoria Dock, London 23/3/06.
SCHARHÖRN
Marine Pollution Response Vessel, Oil Recovery Vessel, Chemical Recovery Vessel Equipped for Carriage of Oil Cargo
Blame Bush or the Halliburton Lightning Machine?
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