Everyone living along the Gulf of Mexico, say it together with me: Not this shit again - Polidicks

[URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/23430161"]Gas drilling rig on fire in Gulf of Mexico[/URL] [QUOTE]A fire has broken out on a rig drilling for gas in the Gulf of Mexico, 55 miles (85km) off the Louisiana coast, US officials say. A blowout at the well on Tuesday morning forced the evacuation of 44 workers from the platform. US Coast Guard and federal safety officials are still trying to assess the potential hazards. [...blah Deepwater Horizon blah...] The latest blowout was not of that magnitude, officials told the Associated Press news agency. The portable drilling rig - which operates in shallow waters of 154 feet (47m) is owned by Hercules, a contractor for the exploration and production company Walter Oil & Gas Corporation. One Coast Guard cutter, Pontano, is near the scene and another, Cypress, is travelling to the area. The fire continues to burn but the rig structure is still intact, Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer Carlos Vega told BBC News.[/QUOTE] At least it wasn't BP this time.

Gas? Like vaporized gas?

We're sorry. Well this is a natural gas rig at least it isn't raw oil.

[QUOTE=64fanatic;41576017]We're sorry.[/QUOTE] For good measure: [video=youtube;9u0EL_u4nvw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u0EL_u4nvw[/video]

[QUOTE=Alxnotorious;41576015]Gas? Like vaporized gas?[/QUOTE] [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas"]Wikipedia's article on natural gas[/URL]. It spends time as a solid and a liquid, and the wiki can explain the rest far better than me.

AG W'THU LOK CAE DU LEKO THE DARK ONE AWAKENS.

The blow out preventiors on shallow water rigs are above the surface, easier to operate and shut down in the event of a blowout assuming the BOP is functioning. They are attached to the bottom and don't float so there's no risk of sinking (it could still burn up though). [img]http://i.imgur.com/nRsPYYc.png[/img] That's smoke billowing out from under the drilling platform, it sounds like it's on fire in there from a natural gas leak. If that's the case it's probably being burned off mostly before it can contaminate the ocean. [editline]24th July 2013[/editline] [quote]The well continues to flow natural gas. From a BSEE overflight earlier today, BSEE inspectors reported a cloud of natural gas above the rig and a light sheen on the water one-half mile by 50 feet in area that is quickly dissipating.[/quote] Perhaps that is gas leaking out and not smoke. Looks more smoky to me though. [editline]24th July 2013[/editline] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7JDiUKhLLo[/media] The thing is, if the BOP failed, which it could very well have given the fact that it's burning, this thing could be [I]impossible[/I] to get at until the well burns out or the flow collapses on itself. It's not easy to do a manual shut-off on a BOP that's engulfed in flames with a constant fuel source. If that's the case this is going to be the worlds biggest gas lamp for quite some time. [url]http://gcaptain.com/how-a-jackup-rig-blowout-occurs/[/url] [editline]24th July 2013[/editline] The company has said it appears some of the shear rams on the BOP failed to close, but they're still investigating. In the meantime, a team of badass firefighters from Wild Well Control were dispatched to the well yesterday, no news on what they found. Here's hoping they can fix it. [quote]Wild Well Control Inc. was hired to try to bring the well under control. Angelico said Wild Well personnel approached the well earlier Tuesday night, before the fire, but they determined it was unsafe to get closer when they were about 200 feet away from it. Read more: [url]http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/07/24/fire-breaks-out-on-evacuated-gulf-gas-well/#ixzz2ZyQvkvSz[/url] [/quote] Nope it's fucked.

Whoever manufactures BOP's needs to be buttfucked. Dear god.

[QUOTE=Alxnotorious;41576015]Gas? Like vaporized gas?[/QUOTE] Yep, natural gas. The fallout from this will be significantly less than crude

[QUOTE=Smoot;41577304]Whoever manufactures BOP's needs to be buttfucked. Dear god.[/QUOTE] BOP failures probably have more to do with improper maintenance rather than the manufacturer. A functional BOP has something like 7-20 fail-safes.

[url]http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/Drilling-rig-on-fire-in-gulf-begins-to-collapse-216770531.html[/url] Well it collapsed. They're drilling a relief well though. Hopefully that will stop it.

[QUOTE=OvB;41581473][url]http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/Drilling-rig-on-fire-in-gulf-begins-to-collapse-216770531.html[/url] Well it collapsed. They're drilling a relief well though. Hopefully that will stop it.[/QUOTE] for fucks sake

Luckily since this is an offshore rig and not a deepwater rig, the relief well shouldn't take very long to drill.