A rig on the Gulf Coast had a problem. This came from an oil rig explosion. Only one individual was injured, and no fatalities occurred. There is no cause of blast yet. Near Vermillion Bay is where the oil platform explosion occurred. This is on the Louisiana coast. The rig, owned by Mariner Energy, is hundreds of miles west of the Bp oil platform that exploded in April. The Vermillion oil rig was luckily in very shallow water. This is much not the same as the Deepwater rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. Resource for this article – Vermillion oil rig explosion hits Gulf of Mexico drilling site by Personal Money Store.
Explosion only hurts one
Only one person was injured within the gas rig explosion. First, the drilling platform exploded. As that was happening, 13 people went overboard. After 9 a.m., the new York Times reports the Coast Guard got reports. These reports indicated that a gas platform was on fire. Helicopters and Coast Guard vessels arrived about an hour later. All 13 workers on duty were there and rescued. Numerous were astonished to hear that only a single person was injured within the surge. This is because 11 people were killed within the Deepwater oil platform explosion.
British Petroleum gas rig in deeper waters than this
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig was drilling in very deep water. The Vermillion Oil Rig 380 wasn’t. About 100 miles off the Louisiana coast was where the Vermillion oil rig sits with only 340 feet of water below. According to CNN, the oil rig had previously been producing 9.2 million cubic feet of natural gas and 1,400 barrels of oil per day on average. Getting the fire out is the first thing the Coast Guard hopes to do. This is the first priority. Immediately following the news of the explosion, shares for Mariner Energy dropped by 5 percent.
Numerous concerned about drilling offshore
The subject of offshore drilling has been a hot topic for years. Everybody gets worried when a gas rig explodes. They worry that there are too many environmental risks with the danger also there. British Petroleum is one of few companies to step up and take responsibility for its oil spill. Most businesses don’t meaning working class end up paying for fix it all.
CNN
edition.cnn.com/2010/US/09/02/louisiana.oil.platform.explosion/?hpt=T2#fbid=QdDzKvaTDgY and wom=false
NY Times
nytimes.com/2010/09/03/us/03rig.html?partner=rss and emc=rss
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