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Mile-Long Oil Sheen Is Spreading From Burning Oil Platform, Coast Guard Says
And didn't the government, pardon, CNBC, just promise that all is contained? Thank god they have learned their lesson with BP...or not.
GRAND ISLE, La. — A mile-long sheen is now visible where an
offshore petroleum platform exploded and burned Thursday off Louisiana,
the Coast Guard said.
The Coast Guard said no one was killed in the explosion, which was
spotted by a commercial helicopter flying over the site Thursday morning
at about 9 a.m. CDT.
All 13 people aboard the rig were found floating in the water in
survival gear called "gumby suits", sticking close together, Coast Guard
spokesman Chief Petty Officer John Edwards said.
"These guys had the presence of mind, used their training to get into
those gumby suits before they entered the water. It speaks volumes to
safety training and the importance of it because beyond getting off the
rig there's all the hazards of the water such as hypothermia and things
of that nature," Edwards said.
The platform was in about 340 feet of water, considered shallow water
and far less than the roughly 5,000 feet where BP's well spewed oil and
gas for three months after an April rig explosion.
The crew were rescued from the water by an offshore service vessel,
the Crystal Clear, and taken to a nearby platform, said Coast Guard
Cmdr. Cheri Ben-Eisai.
All were being flown to a hospital in Houma to be checked over.
Ben-Eisai said one person was injured, but the platform's owner,
Houston-based Mariner Energy, Inc., said there were no injuries.
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Two riggs blow in the GOM within the same calndar year? WTF?
all good things come in 3.
Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, third time suspect enemy activity.
You know who else said that -
Goldfinger in the book by Ian Fleming.
Quite apropos actually.
More likely Goldman Sachs, not Goldfinger
duplicate post
I heard that the CDC has been successful in isolating the genes that enable the oil-gobbling microbes to digest hydrocarbons. Next, they'll graft the package into anarobic yeast and innoculate the oil wells in the Middle East. One year later---no more oil.
What number are we at now? I've lost count of the number of oil and gas explosions in the last few months. I can think of 4 off the top of my head for the US, and a few others if we include Russia, China, and Iraq.
Are these really happening all the time and it's just been covered up until now or is this a new pattern?
This happens much more often then people think. There has been heightened tension after the GOM, and incidents that normally wouldn't hardly make the local paper are getting national coverage.
Which is even more alarming if true. Big explosions make for big news, so the lack of previous coverage is starting to look like a massive cover-up. Else, this pattern of explosions is getting worse... Do you have any data?
Well, what do you think most of them really want to report... (fake) green shoots, (real) shitty financial news, or Things Blowing The Fuck Up.
Sounds like an easy choice on their part that could explain the recent coverage.
I probably over emphasized explosions rather than releases. I work on oil and gas pipelines, and have worked on many leaks/spills/releases etc. Some of them were as big or bigger than some that have made headlines since GOM. I don't see it so much as a cover up, rather it was business as usual until GOM. Old systems leak and blow out. Environmental and governmental resistance to building new lines is the main reason more new infrastructure isn't built. The oil companies are not blameless, but the almighty dollar rules; in MANY cases it would be cheaper for them to replace rather than repair. They just aren't allowed to do it. SOoo they work with old shit, it leaks, they fix it and clean it up. Nothing nefarious.
Explosions happen, it's dangerous ass work. I lost a friend/co-worker a couple of years ago in a blowout. My opinion is that you just don't hear about them if there aren't pelicans and shrimp involved. Workers are dispensible, a good story is priceless.
That said, (and having NO offshore experience) the GOM incidentS are curious. We need more info. on this one before we get too worked up about conspiracies. I'm not down playing the incident, rather believe that it may be a bigger STORY for the media than anything else. Like Pennsylvania. Like Alaska. Like Texas (that one was just BAD ASS human error screwup btw) etc..
Yeah, I'm focusing on the big badda booms and trying to filter out the rest of the lesser stories such as a grounded tanker. I'm also trying to focus on incidents on US soil/waters beause it's no mystery why USer's don't give much attention to Mexican troubles, for example.
I'm also not assuming anything nefarious, however, I'm also NOT assuming the opposite, that BP "really cares about the little people" to quote the new BP talking head. Why presume that others give a hoot about you? There is no reason for someone else to add you to their scale except their own personal motivations, and this could easily work against you, as well.
On top of that, there are many crazy people out there who actually believe the planet is over populated. So they would not being acting immorally in their own minds if they helped solve that imagined problem. Quite the contrary, they would be all talk and no action if they didn't try to do something. Like gardening.
Believe me, you are correct. I have done work for a lot of the majors, and they do NOT "care about the little people." An old Superintendant of mine once told me about how they used to "budget" in for the people that would get killed during a project. They would actually figure it in, based on size of pipe, terrain, schedule, time of year etc... just like figuring equipment expense. (This was back in the 50's and 60's)
I do however, think that people tend to blame them for the wrong reasons. Again, "The Almighty Dollar." Generally speaking, they are well aware that in today's business and political (environmental) climate, it's more expensive to fix than to prevent. They certainly aren't benevolent, but they aren't stupid. I'm not so sure about our Government.
In terms of your big "badda booms", if this one turns out to be minimal, GOM is your only one. Pennsylvania while bad wasn't out of the ordinary, nor was Texas. (stupidity) The only thing I see out of the ordinary is our RIDICULOUS media.
Credos!
I used the same argument against someone who claimed BP is too profit driven and that's why this happened. I replied, and how has this helped them?
But, there was an opportunity for private hands to make a lot of money on this. Though I tend to think this wasn't a reason and was more of a cherry on top.
I don't really disagree. I do believe this could be just plain and simple an example of what happens when too many idiots are running the show. Then again, I don't distinguish much between idiocracy and moral degenerates. The two tend to go hand in hand, since I look at them as overall mental handicaps.
+1
That's why Bloggers who seek the truth are so popular with us. So many lies from those whom we have easy access to...ie...turn on the TV.
+1 agreed
My thought exactly.
Collecting on the insurance is the new growth model.
+AIG
Maybe its that same North Korean sub that blew up DWH.
<sacr on> (for all the literal dummies out there)
Could this be a plot by BP to distract attention from their own responsibility?
"The oil that killed that dolphin wasn't ours, it obviously came from Mariner's platform..."
Sabotage, bitchez!
SPIN: The sheen adds a certain beauty to the Gulf as the suns rays warm the slick and bounce ever so back to whence they came.
Rainbowz in da water. How loverly.
More rainbows=more unicorns=green indices.
And suddenly, it all makes sense.
Damn, that was lovely. Now even I am shitting skittles. Taste the rainbow.
taste the rainbow,
feel the H O R N† unicorn, get it.
Check it out MsC. You have your very own groupie. What gets her going may be a little disturbing, but hey, no accounting for other people's fetishes.
kathy - Kinda funny you thought my last two avatars were so bad... and here you are looking to film the sequel to 2 girls 1 cup. HaHaHahahaha!!
You may tell me to fuck off now, rapunzel.
and here you are looking to film the sequel to 2 girls 1 cup.
i got to think about this one.
Lots of rainbows in the sky these days, too, with all the military craft flying overhead. Funny, I checked out my window for fun, and, yep, there's a beautiful cloud in the shape of a chemtrail clear across an otherwise blue sky. I wonder if it's the metals in their fuel that makes for such neat lighting effects. Sure is pretty. The other day, I saw a reverse rainbow for the first time. Ever seen one of those?
Yes, but what does it mean?
reverse not forward, than it goes out.
It would be easy to say if I just had a scope that could measure the spectral lines. Astronomers use this technique all the time to determine the chemical constitution of celestial atmospheres. There's no need to get direct samples. Any astronomers out there looking to do a simple side project with a camera and scope?
- first images of platform;
http://www.katc.com/news/new-photos-from-oil-platform-explosion/
Hooray!!! :(
maybe obama will get that ban upheld and a carbon tax passed afterall
If not than maybe a small fire in a refinery at the coast or a ruptured pipleline, will speed things up
Pardon my ignorance, I am not completely clued in -- is the collective thinking that President Obama and his minions has arranged for these disasters so that drilling ban and carbon tax can be pushed thru?
Appreciate any reasonable explanation...
Yes
No, but I'll bet they are in the situation room working on how to 'not let it get away'
Bingo! Give that man a prize.
How does it go????
NEVER let a good crisis go to waste!!!!
Obama IS a minion. He arranges nothing, because he is more valuable as an innocent mouthpiece.
Now, Kissinger on the other hand...
Kissinger IS a minion. He arranges nothing, because he is more valuable as an innocent mouthpiece.
Now, Beck on the other hand...
Which is worse? Ignorance or apathy?
required answer: I don't know, and I don't care.
*rim shot*
What is this, the Owen & Cheese Show? You guys a stand up duo now?
Frankly, that was Cheesy...
A priest, a rabbi and a cheese walk into a bar ...
don't tell me ...
they were cheeses of Nazareth ...
Cheeses Christ that was funny (in a bad kind of way). Here you need this:
*rim shot*
I hope that's a basketball or drum reference... you stay away from guy's rims with that golden... thing.
I know what you mean Mr. Owen. Hate to inform you butt it is actually a really good shape. Remember you went here first, not me. If you continue you may find yourself the butt of a joke.
Did you just compliment my ass? Please - call me Frank... and er... call me ;)
I'm all hopped up on happiness today. Just scored a great job that pays 20% more than my old one, and has awesome benefits. I'm going to start mainlining coolaid tonight! The economy is fine! Bernanke knows what he's doing! That shit in GOM is harmless! I might even sell more gold... not!
OH, Ms, check this out - Harry Potter And The Golden Dildo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ8D61iZCyk
Congrats! Glad someone is having good things happen.
If you want to read a really freaky short story, related to topics you brought up, if you can handle it, read this. It starts slow. Hehe. It is also a response to your Harry Potter post. I shit you not, this story blew my mind.
Guts
http://chuckpalahniuk.net/features/shorts/guts
Chuck Palahniuk? That nutty nihilist - who the hell follows such a weirdo? (tongue in cheek)... I wish I hadn't read that... I'm not handling it well... That is truly sick... they let you teach kids?!
I am a State University Professor. I am teaching a course this semester on "Deviant Behavior." We will talk about Wall Street in there!
Ah, wall street... endless examples of deviant behavior. Even the good guys are now bad guys. I just finished dinner and while having a cigarette out on the deck afterwards, I realized I had read "guts" before. It is so messed up I had managed to wipe all but a tiny trace from my memory. I'm going to try and re-wash my brain.
i was going to ask those same questions, frank. but N O. on the whowho one, yes i guess to compliment your ass.
frank I don't see your reply, let's play fair.
cut the cheeses jokes
[snort] [gurf] Hahahahaa!
Havardi told them to stop.
what's a R I M s h o t ?
JUUUuuunk!!!
Sweet.
It's like Comedy Central around here today.
The government lies and corporate corruption must finally be getting to us. We're starting to giggle maniacally.
I think you are onto something there - It's like the war stories where they're in some trench in the middle of hell with death everywhere and the guy who's there with the kid from down the street backhome watches his buddy's head get blown off... so what does he do - he starts laughing hysterically. This might be a chapter in CD's upcoming book :)
My new job has Cost Of Living Allowance... Bring on the hyperinflation! lol - hysterically!
Don't clean it up, you can't get it all or Quick hide it!
http://www.google.com/finance?q=Mariner+Energy
JUST BOUGHT 2K puts at 20$ :)
BRING IT ON BITCHES!!!
FIRE!
IT GETS ME TO BURN!
Ut ...Oh ..... Run, run..........
(Reuters) - Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal said on Thursday afternoon that production from a burning oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico has been shut.
Jindal said operator Mariner Energy's (ME.N) senior officials told Louisiana officials the flow of oil from the sea floor had been stopped. The fire seen on the platform was from flammable material in storage on the platform.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSWEN936720100902
Better to get 2012 puts on Apache !!
Mariner will be bleeding Apache for a long time..
you are not alone. Huge put volume.
get some son - go on & get paid wit yo bad self
Oh, fuck
Don't worry, if it burns, sinks, bends the riser, and crashes on the seafloor, then the BOP is designed to keep it from leaking.
ba-dum-ching
anybody knows who supplied their BOP?
Some company in Belgium.
Hurricanes, exploding oil rigs, shitty economy.
What caused that bottle rocket under /ES?
Shit...If only we could get some fire breathing dragons flying around NYC, an earthquake to destroy LA, and for all of Florida to flood, we might actually get back to 14,000 on the DOW.
I told ya'll it's no big deal. There is enough dispersant in the gulf already to take care of the whole thing. Spill away!
The best kind of joke: Extremely sick, and really funny at the same time.
Pre-emptive cleaning. BP IS GOD!
They had time to get into gumby suits.
Okay, that's good news.
How long does that take? 15 minutes? it suggests they knew an explosion was imminent.
It would be really interesting to learn what all this was about. However I doubt they'll ever tell us anything.
You can get in the suit pretty quickly. The makeup takes more time:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nlsHJ2aB8r0/S005hi3KYaI/AAAAAAAACRM/MfBxptRZDV0/s400/EddieMurphy-Gumby.jpg
I know you want one of those. Go ahead, admit it.
removed
Damn I wanna know what got removed. Bet it was funny.
bet it was something he could risk HIS MOM reading
Absolutely sickening. It was no more than an hour ago they said "there is no leak". Should we just categorically think everything that comes out of officials might as well have been delivered by their backsides?
Lies, lies, and more god damn lies.
Listen, there was no leak until that guy flew over with the helicopter and looked down.
It's his fault.
--that was good...made me spew my water onto my desk...
:)
What the hell was he thinking!
You go talk to him about how curiosity kills.
Ah, so it's one of those Schroedinger's Leaks. It's not leaking til you're peeking!
Seriously, ther really is not a large leak and could come from things being stored ON THE DECK. Let's wait and see before we all start screaming FIRE.
But there is a fire! Wouldn't now be a good time to scream it?
Let's not talk about the elephant who just died from the smoke filling the room...
'Never waiste a good crisis' as a wise man said, well those crises seem to be multiplying lately
Burning wheat in soviet union. Burning oil rigs in gulf of mexico. Someone clearly wants prices rising.
Now all they need to do is figure out how to burn gold and silver, and it's in the bag.
Burning money is of course easy. Doesn't even involve fire; you just print more of it and what you have is burned up while still in your wallet.
Didn't you see the move Goldfinger? James Bond?
A dirty bomb in the gold reserves and it all becomes untradeable
Give me a break. The gold bugs on ZH would take radioactive gold in a New York second if it meant having physical.
Most of them are already bald and don't plan on reproducing anyway, so it's fine.
[/sarc]
huh?.. I thought I heard someone talking about me..
Bankers are bald.
Zero hedgers are hairy.
bald is beautiful, bitchez!
Hey don't you have stuff to sell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk
The hair on my back is thick enough to shield the radiation. If I comb it up over my head I have a pretty good rad suit.
wax, threading, no bitches.
Stop believing movies. Lead and gold stop radiation cold.
Nuking fort knox might actually be a good idea since most of what is in there is probably lead anyway. "Nuclear experiments have successfully transmuted lead into gold, but the expense far exceeds any gain."
Yeah, when they're not hot themselves. Generally if you're going to use something for shielding, then it needs to be less hot than what you're trying to shield with it.
But seriously, nuke the gold, and they'd build friggin' robots to go in and handle it. It's still gold, it's just... nucleus decay challenged.
No way to contaminiate a significant amount since all the reserves in fort knox and fed have been leased out.
This new explosion should also provide some cover for the BP well to continue spilling oil, which some people (I know who I am) don't think was ever successfully capped and all reports to the contrary are just whitewashing, and allow BP to wiggle out of paying new claims because "that's not our oil, that was Mariner's oil".
whitewashing....hmmm....I know what ya mean and I think you have a valid point, but whitewashing? We need a metaphor that is not something clean covering something dirty. We need filth mingling with filth to cover the other filth.
I got it! Congress and TBTFs!
Wait, I got thrown by the filth with filth thing, sorry.
So where are you taking your comedy act next month? You ever playing in the Bay Area?
And you don't have one yourself?
Some of us cope like this I think, laughing through tears or something to get the happy drug hit from giggling.
We are dying, this is mayhem, and no one is going to change.
*rim shot*
All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
And their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
'Cos I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very Mad World
Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday
Made to feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
Look right through me, look right through me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMHTjkCJews&feature=fvst
Water, water everywhere
and not a drop to drink.
Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner
are these carbon tax guys this powerful?
No they are this mean.
They have a market organized for Chicago also. They just need the legislation.
Saved by the depression?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/business/energy-environment/02iht-rentrade.html?_r=1
You do realize that Fraud Street loves the whole idea of Cap and Tax, don't you?
Who do you think is going to be running the "carbon exchanges" (and skimming their rent off the top)?
Granted, I'm inclined to think this is an accident (like New Horizon) barring further information to the contrary but certainly there are plenty of people who are going to make sure this crisis doesn't "go to waste", if you know what I mean.
A ton of CO2 on the CCX is down to ten cents.
I wonder if I should jump in now. You just know they're going to find a way to resurrect this thing.
They are going to need it.
Now BP can say "It isn't our oil". Just thinking out loud.
They should split the costs 50/50
and I'm not saying this because I'm shorting ME, but because that would be the fair thing to do.
Hmmm... 2.36 bil. market cap...
ehe....
10 billion cleanup, split 50/50...
5 billion... calculating....
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ERROR
I LOVE IT!!!
Hey, you know I think you might be cut out for corporate PR. How's that moral compass thing? Not easily conflicted, are you? That's great, send your resume they've got an opening.
Sorry. scatterbrains already addressed this thought on the previous post.
I'm from BP and I'm here to tell you all that slick washing up on the beach are belong to Marinar not us, Obama even said so..we cleaned our mess up. That will be all.
ICanHasReasonableDoubt
Crybaby
Does anybody have a violin for this guy?
YOU GUYS KILLED FLIPPER!!!
YOU GUYS KILLED FLIPPER!!!
that the best so far, debt†
MSNBC? You mean North Korea TV
``There's more to life than a little money, you know. Don't you know that? And here you are. And it's a beautiful day.''
--Marge Gunderson, Fargo
Sounds like some cheesy M.Night script: The earth is blowing up the oil rigs....
zzzzzZZZZZZ
Yep, stay asleep like good sheeple are supposed to! Whatever you do, DO NOT investigate anything about 'post glacial rebound' you dumb sheep! Just keep hoping for stocks to rally, its all youre useful for!
Whatever happens, happens man. I'm not foolish enough to think that any action I can take will change humanity or the world.
If it's pain & suffering, oh well. Mass extinction: so what?
I suppose if we pray enough, or carry around a flag and parrot the constitution, or something, that it'll change anything?
You're just coping in your own way, so if it makes you feel better in believing that your actions mean something, then keep believing.
No your right.. We should all just sit in front of the TV and be afraid to open our mouth least we be insulted by some asshole...
You should have left the constitution out of it. In addition, to discourage people from taking action or voicing dissent it quite telling of ones mindset..
Are you being paid by one of our gracious alphabet soup authorities?
No: I'm just a misanthropic nihilist. Should I be paid for being one?
Should? No, - Could? Yes..
Your attacks have value for TPTB.. They may kick down a couple shekels..
You can't be Satan, a misanthrope and a nihilist all at once. Personally I would go with nihilist, much less responsibility attached.
Breaking Spin: U.S. Coast Guard reports sighting a row boat with its occupant opening cans and dumping oil. Preliminary identification appears to be George Washington.
Junkable, but still funny.
Junk? Note the word SPIN, Dickhead; like in looking for someone to blame.
No no, capping on GW. Come on, the guy is working hard on this.
The comments on this story at FoxNews.com are straight up delightful (and the epitome of class, per usual.)