Courtesy: Bonnier Television Group and Sport Fishing Television
A nonproducing oil rig caught fire today in the Gulf of Mexico, near the coast of Louisiana. Two crew members were killed, 11 were injured and two more are missing. With only 28 gallons thought to have spilled, this fire is no repeat of the Deepwater Horizon disaster -- just a reminder that getting oil out of the ground remains very dangerous work.
The photo comes from AJ Russo, whose brother witnessed the accident while working on a fishing show for Bonnier Television Group and Sport Fishing Television. What you're seeing is a viewfinder on one of the cameras. (How to send us stuff.)
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Yet another reminder of why WE desperately need alternative forms of energy production and why research money into other options is needed from the federal level.
Yeah, and the coal companies are trying to get a coal export terminal in Bellingham, Washington. They say they have the coal dust problem covered...
Fine. The coal is going to be shipped to China which means we will be importing more CO2 from there.
And their argument is, 'If we don't do it, someone else will.' ...not a selling point for me.
Is the fire still burning? What is fueling it? I'll reserve judgement about "how much oil is leaking" for a few days. Seems to me BP "minimized" their oil leak until they coudn't deny it any more!!
The oil companies are telling us that the Keystone pipeline is safe and the risks of spill and environmental damage are minimal. Anyone who believes that line is either stupid or naive. The pipeline will be a disaster waiting to happen and then we will find out that the oil companies do not have the tech to deal with the spill and the environmental damage. The BP oil spill killed large areas of coral which takes centuries to build and the oil is still on the Gulf seabed. How is BP going to fix that? They can't and everyone knows it.
They've already had two spills from that pipeline they can't clean up so there's already been a disaster and everyone is keeping mum about it. Can't wait until they ruin drinking water for miles around.
Non-producing yet still connected to oil at the bottom and most likely with the same blow out protection as the other well had. No worries?
thats dangerous must not take pictures like these.
http://www.northernmat.ca/matting/rig-matting