Title: BREAKING: MARINER SAYS EXPLOSION ON OIL, GAS PRODUCTION PLATFORM IN GULF OF MEXICO Source:
BBG URL Source:http://www.bloomberg.com Published:Sep 2, 2010 Author:None Post Date:2010-09-02 11:32:57 by war Keywords:None Views:16476 Comments:29
GRAND ISLE, La. — The Coast Guard is responding to an explosion involving an offshore petroleum structure in the Gulf of Mexico.
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.
It's a darn good thing that Republicans opposed any sort of moratorium to make sure adequate safety standards were in place and that they were being followed, because as BP has taught us, we can always trust and rely on oil rig owners to properly manage their own rigs.
