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« on: September 02, 2010, 11:02:57 AM »
Per WRAL breaking news there is another explosion on a gulf oil rig. No deaths but injuries. They have no news yet on what company but it is west of the BP rig.
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« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2010, 11:10:34 AM »
Sound fishy to me, why are these well doing this? One I can see, two makes me wonder if an outside force is responsible.
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« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2010, 11:18:19 AM »
Quote from: Silk_Hope on September 02, 2010, 11:10:34 AM
Sound fishy to me, why are these well doing this? One I can see, two makes me wonder if an outside force is responsible.

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« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2010, 11:47:41 AM »
I think it is just bad, old equipment and lack of oversight and regs. That is what happened to the 3 companies from BP's.
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« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2010, 12:42:20 PM »
Awful coincidental... especially because I would imagine that every oil company double checked their equipment when the BP rig went...
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« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2010, 12:58:37 PM »
Quote from: snowcamper on September 02, 2010, 12:42:20 PM
Awful coincidental... especially because I would imagine that every oil company double checked their equipment when the BP rig went...

 I have been out has any news as to what happened been released?
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« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2010, 01:24:11 PM »
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38973757/ns/us_news-life


Here is something I just found. Not too much but it belongs to a Houston oil company and is at Grand Isle La.
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« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2010, 01:51:41 PM »
It's not a drilling rig; it's a platform with an established well in (relatively) shallow water - 340'.

Pointless posting another link when they're both AP reports.
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« Reply #8 on: September 02, 2010, 02:22:26 PM »
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/02/louisiana.oil.platform.explosion/index.html?hpt=T1

This offers more detail on the platform's function. Pretty low production, a good bit of storage. Sounds like the fire is not with a well itself, but from barrels stored there.
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« Reply #9 on: September 02, 2010, 02:37:04 PM »
Some of the barrels must have exploded as they are saying from the air there is a mile long slick.
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« Reply #10 on: September 02, 2010, 02:43:39 PM »
Quote from: 1911A on September 02, 2010, 01:51:41 PM
It's not a drilling rig; it's a platform with an established well in (relatively) shallow water - 340'.

Pointless posting another link when they're both AP reports.


I said that because all the news are calling it a rig. I am not an oil worker so sorry.



http://www.wral.com/news/national_world/national/story/8231700/
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« Reply #11 on: September 02, 2010, 03:20:37 PM »
Quote from: mary51802 on September 02, 2010, 02:43:39 PM
Quote from: 1911A on September 02, 2010, 01:51:41 PM
It's not a drilling rig; it's a platform with an established well in (relatively) shallow water - 340'.

Pointless posting another link when they're both AP reports.


I said that because all the news are calling it a rig. I am not an oil worker so sorry.



http://www.wral.com/news/national_world/national/story/8231700/


Neither am I an oil worker and I am attempting to discover the proper nomenclature.  Your description was per the article and, as so, the emphasis was not meant to ding you, but in the interest of clarity. 
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« Reply #12 on: September 02, 2010, 03:42:21 PM »
Okay, for anybody who is interested, my industry source advises:

"An offshore drilling rig is designed to just drill wells (and all that goes with that), and then it moves off location.  A production platform is designed to operate wells, primarily, and will normally be on location for the productive life of the field.  A production platform may also have a rig on it, either permanently or from time to time.  These are cleverly called "platform rigs."  They may actually drill primary wells, sidetracks or just do mostly workover operations of various sorts.  Platform rigs can be moved from one platform to another, but only by boat or barge.  An offshore drilling rig is essentially it's own barge, although it usually will have to be towed to a new location.  Production platforms can range from the small and simple to the massive and complex, and at the upper end, can include extensions for living quarters, seperation facilities, etc."

Judging from that, in the case of today's equipment, it seems it's a production platform. 
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« Reply #13 on: September 03, 2010, 05:49:42 AM »
It has my attention. Let us watch closely for number three.

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« Reply #14 on: September 03, 2010, 05:56:27 AM »
No leak this time:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/02/louisiana.oil.platform.explosion/index.html
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