Posted on 09/02/2010 8:40:14 AM PDT by Pyro7480
WWL-TV in New Orleans has confirmed the Coast Guard is responding to a rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.
Dozens are reported injured.
According to the Coast Guard, it happened 80 miles south of Grand Isle.
Rescue choppers from New Orleans and Houston are responding.
The injured will be taken to hospitals in various coastal areas from Houston to the Louisiana/Mississippi border area.
Yes the oil industry and its related components have an ongoing list of events from minor to major with deaths and major injuries. That is the nature of the beast and when you deal with the human element involvement it becomes even more dangerous.
I was only pointing out Texas City and BP because the poster was questioning how long it would take for something to happen there. Fires and explosions happen all over if one is willing to search a bit for the info.
Just this week I-10 just west of Beaumont, Tx was closed both ways from Sunday about 4:00 am until Wednesday about 11:00am because of an overturned tanker carrying isobutane.
That was right before my wife and I moved to Houston. She was an environmental investigator for Galveston County, so had a front row seat to the BP plant explosion in ‘06. I think it was ‘06, maybe ‘07. I didn’t think much of it in terms of the bigger picture so details escape me. She knew someone whose husband died in that one.
But yeah, the ‘05 incident was a big mess. The repercussions of it were still a problem during our stay there. Who knows, maybe it was related to what’s going on now? Stranger things have happened.
Please ping me to that data as well. (data regarding Gulf of Mexico oil rig/platform accidents/disasters)
Thanks.
Oh yeah? When?
Most recent stats:
http://www.boemre.gov/incidents/firesexplosion.htm
Older data:
http://www.boemre.gov/incidents/Incidents1996-2005.htm
No, but after a couple decades in the oil/gas industry both onshore and offshore (mostly on) fires and explosions are just not that rare.
Fire fighting is a major part of the facilities design and training of nearly everyone there. It is the reason the hazardous area classificaion, fire and gas detection and equipment selection that I do every day is important.
We spend an immense amount of effort to prevent, limit and control fires and explosions, but reality is they are a normal part of the industry.
From my viewpoint, expecting an oil rig fire to be the result of a terrorist attact is like expecting every highway accident involving 3 or more vehicles to be an attack.
Post 385 is for you too. Enjoy!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2582137/posts?page=265#265
click the link this time. Maybe you could learn something.
And the answer was exactly what? All I got was an unsolicited smartassed comment. Is that what you 'oil and gas industry experts' consider a proper answer?
So at what point in time...will you admit you are wrong?
BTTT
http://www.boemre.gov/incidents/firesexplosion.htm
http://www.boemre.gov/incidents/Incidents1996-2005.htm
Try clicking the links provided multiple times. Just how much spoonfeeding do you need?
What, you mean you aren’t gonna cut and paste for him? No wonder you work in oil and gas. Sheesh.
I freely admit that I was wrong when I implied that I’m not an expert in this field. I have not had time to study all the links provided in this thread. If they prove that oil rigs blow up every couple of months in GOM I will then admit that I was wrong to state that they do not.
I should also say that if commenting on threads on FR were restricted only to experts in the referced field of the thread FR would be a lonely place.
As to my post, I am truly serious. Maybe I'm a bit more suspicious than you, but it does seem odd to me that another incident has happened so closely, in time and space, to the BP explosion.
Every couple months is a big difference from your initial claim of no way it could ever happen.
Y’all too?
Sheesh. *deep sigh*
Please read at least one link that thackney has kindly provided. That should, if you’re a thinking individual, convince you to take off the tinfoil hat.
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