BOEMRE/MMS data on fires and explosions in the Gulf for January 2009:
West Delta 30, 1/3/09
South Timbalier 54, 1/3/09
East Cameron 272, 1/5/09
South Timbalier 308, 1/8/09
South Timbalier 23, 1/11/09
Vermilion 39, 1/11/09
South Marsh Island 281, 1/18/09
East Cameron 321, 1/21/09
East Breaks 160, 1/21/09
Vermilion 340, 1/23/09
Ship Shoal 248, 1/25/09
Green Canyon 18, 1/26/09
West Delta 95, 1/29/09
Ship Shoal 300, 1/30/09
Unless the wall maps all over my office lie, those are all a) indeed in the Gulf, and b) considerably more recent than 1992.
Post 465 indicates that there were 14 fires and/or explosions in the Gulf in January 2009 alone.
Every two days strikes me as somewhat more than an isolated occurrence.
I refer you to post 441.
Major fires, explosions and blowouts in the Gulf of Mexico:
C.P. Parker - 1964
Main Pass Block - 1970
Keyes Marine 303 - 1990
Marine IV - 2001
Mississippi Cany. 311A - 1987
NFX Platform A - 1999
Penrod 52 - 1983
Pride 1001E - 1997
Rowan Odessa - 1994
Ship Shoal 246b - 1980
South Timbalier 26 - 1970
Sundowner 15 - 1996
Teledyne Movible 16 - 1989
Zapata Lexington - 1984
Zapata Topper III - 1975
Ocean King - 2002
Blake IV - 1992
Who’s right? You or Thackney?