RTAn explosion off the US coast in the Gulf of Mexico on an oil and gas platform has killed one worker and injured three others.
The blast occurred on the Echo Platform just before 3pm about 12 miles (19km) off the coast of Louisiana, according to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), as quoted by AP. The platform is owned by Texas-based company Fieldwood Energy, which has not yet released a statement on the reported incident.
Shannon Savoy, a spokeswoman for Fieldwood Energy, confirmed the death of one of its workers involved in the explosion off Louisiana’s coast.
“One employee of a contractor was fatally injured and a second contractor employee was seriously injured,” Savoy said in a statement. “We have accounted for all other personnel who were working at the facility.”
She described the explosion as an “isolated incident that has been fully contained. The facility was not damaged and there was no pollution that resulted from the incident.”
A statement released by BSEE said the platform was not operating at the time of the blast and damage was confined to the immediate area. There was no sign that any oil had spilled into the Gulf waters.
BSEE spokeswoman Chauntra Rideaux said the injured workers were receiving medical attention at a nearby hospital. She did not provide information on the location of the medical facility or the condition of the workers.
The incident is under investigation, Rideaux said.
Any accident involving offshore platforms is bound to stir up anxiety, especially in Louisiana, which was worst-affected by the April 2010 BP oil disaster – the largest marine oil spill in history. The US government estimated the total discharge of oil into the Gulf of Mexico at about 4.9 million barrels.
In 2011, a White House probe said the accident occurred following the implementation of cost-cutting measures and a faulty safety system.
Mini Deepwater Horizon,
Me thinks they are hitting methane wells, or natural gas.. and one little spark and BOOOOOOM!!!!
that area is having lots of quakes.
it could have been a damaged pipe, and if it wasnt then it may be next time.
they need to cap all those well’s and get the hell out of the area before something big hits them.
Pictures released several months after the Deepwater Horizon disaster showed that the basin floor is fractured… therefore, it cannot be capped.
The Russians said to nuke the basin floor, which would melt the sand to re-seal the floor. But regardless as to whether or not this would work, this solution was rejected by the USA authorities. Perhaps the FED wants this catastrophe to happen because we have the largest concentrations of welfare recipients and retired folk (defined by the FED as useless eaters) living along the Gulf shores and Florida.
Currently there is enough positive pressure from the basin vents releasing oil. Once the vent pressure reduces, Gulf water will start to leak in, which may lead to the collapse of the Gulf basin floor; especially if its a volcanic vent.
This is an interesting theory of potential extremes but I doubt the oil companies would find workers to man the drilling rigs if this is true. The money is great but its not worth risking your life.
This logic was used by most of the Louisiana fisherman along the Gulf… it wasn’t worth the cost to maintain a business fishing in dead waters, let alone risking your life with daily exposure to the airborne Corexit pollution.
they already nuked it,
there are documents floating around showing atleast 13 mini-nukes have been used for deep-fraking.
you have to remember you cant frak with hydraulics when the ground is already under massive pressure – you need something BIGGER.!!!
btw, what happened to that collapsing salt-dome in the area that was filling with oil from some place under it?
that was well over a year ago, and they have gone very silent on that one!!
http://enenews.com/?s=Louisiana+sinkhole
Thanks for the info a.g.
I wasn’t aware that mini-nukes were used in the Gulf. However, you said the nukes for fraking — not sealing the basin fractures?
Anyway… the enenews link you posted was from 2013.
I found another article from March/April 2014. It’s still growing.
http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2014/04/03/new-burp-and-slough-in-events-reported-at-louisiana-sinkhole/
BP part II?
Nothing to do with the recent LARGE drop in oil prices, I’m sure.