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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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 Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:56 am Post subject: Oil rig explodes in Gulf |
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Is this deja vu all over again?
Gulf oil rig explodes off La. coast
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GRAND ISLE, La. � An offshore oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill.
Coast Guard Petty Officer Casey Ranel says the blast was reported by a commercial helicopter company about 9:30 a.m. CDT Thursday. Seven helicopters, two airplanes and four boats are en route to the site, about 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay along the central Louisiana coast.
Ranel says it hasn't been determined whether the structure is a production platform or a drilling rig or whether workers were aboard. Ranel says smoke was reported but it is unclear whether the rig is still burning. |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:05 am Post subject: |
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| Oh please let there be no oil spill this time. |
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Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:08 am Post subject: |
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| mises wrote: |
| Oh please let there be no oil spill this time. |
oh...I don't think it'd make much difference at this stage...
To do that you'd have to have a water spill. |
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