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BREAKING: Second drilling rig overturns in Louisiana

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HOUSTON, April 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday it was responding to another oil drilling rig accident near Morgan City, Louisiana.

The "mobile inland drilling unit" overturned in the Charenton navigational channel south of U.S. Highway 90 at Morgan City. (Reporting by Bruce Nichols)

Reuters AlertNet - Second drilling rig overturns in Louisiana

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Excerpted from “Oil rig overturns in La.; no leaks detected,” Associated Press – 1 hour ago
[SIZE="+2"]O[/SIZE]fficials say an oil drilling rig on its way to a scrap yard has overturned in Louisiana.

No injuries have been reported. The overturned rig is unrelated to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that threatens the coast's fragile ecosystem.

The Coast Guard said Friday that the rig overturned about 80 miles west-southwest of New Orleans.

It can carry about 20,000 gallons of diesel fuel, but Coast Guard officials did not know how much fuel was on board. Coast Guard investigators say no fuel leaks have been found. …

Well, the rig wasn't operational, but still, today is not a good day to spill anything in that area.
 
I hope for a silver lining that people seriously start looking at less dangerous ways of obtaining energy. At the way it is now, you have oil companies go deeper and deeper to search for the stuff. These accidents should not be surprising.

*crosses and hopes that some will see the benefits of things such as concentrated solar as an energy solution*
 
Well, the rig wasn't operational, but still, today is not a good day to spill anything in that area.

Guys!! This was most likely an accident but come on now it is in no way even remotely similar to the incident a week ago. GMAB !!
 
*crosses and hopes that some will see the benefits of things such as concentrated solar as an energy solution*

Wait. We can get energy from the sun? I thank you for passing this vital and earth-shattering news to me.

Some green-sorcerers told me out there that wind is also a solution to our energy woes. I'm going to go to Wal-Mart, buy a pinwheel, and glue it to the roof of my car. Woohoo! I'll never go to the Shell station again.

After all, it must be that easy.
 
HOUSTON, April 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday it was responding to another oil drilling rig accident near Morgan City, Louisiana.

The "mobile inland drilling unit" overturned in the Charenton navigational channel south of U.S. Highway 90 at Morgan City. (Reporting by Bruce Nichols)

Reuters AlertNet - Second drilling rig overturns in Louisiana

REUTERS is a mainstream news source

I had an old car brake down on me while I was driving it to the junk yard.

Same thing.

This story is even less than unimportant.
 
I hope for a silver lining that people seriously start looking at less dangerous ways of obtaining energy. At the way it is now, you have oil companies go deeper and deeper to search for the stuff. These accidents should not be surprising.

*crosses and hopes that some will see the benefits of things such as concentrated solar as an energy solution*

I'm switching to whale blubber.
 
HOUSTON (Reuters) - An inland shallow-water drilling rig capsized near Morgan City, Louisiana, while being towed to a salvage yard, the Coast Guard said on Friday.

There were no injuries, and navigation was not affected by the incident in the Charenton navigation channel south of U.S. 90 near Morgan City, Coast Guard spokesman Mike O'Berry said.

"This is not a major waterway," he said. "Nobody was on board. It was being towed."

The incident followed the April 20 explosion of the Transocean Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, in which 11 people died. The rig sank and a disastrous oil spill has ensued.

A 210-foot-long barge rig, which worked swampland and shallow water oil and gas prospects, was involved in Friday's incident, the Coast Guard said.

It had a 20,000-gallon diesel tank but carried only about 200 gallons of fuel when it capsized. Spill containment boom was put around it as a precaution, the Coast Guard said.

O'Berry said the rig was owned by T. Moore Services in Franklin, Louisiana. A telephone call to the company was not returned.

Second Louisiana rig accident minor: report | Top News | Reuters
 
Wait. We can get energy from the sun? I thank you for passing this vital and earth-shattering news to me.

Some green-sorcerers told me out there that wind is also a solution to our energy woes. I'm going to go to Wal-Mart, buy a pinwheel, and glue it to the roof of my car. Woohoo! I'll never go to the Shell station again.

After all, it must be that easy.

If I ever had a breakthrough in a new form of cheap abundant energy I'd install the first unit in Rush Limbaugh's house. Not because I like him or even listen. Just to piss off the hippies :D



BTW, when will this be Bush's fault? Can it be his fault on a weekend or do we need to wait for the week to start up?
 
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BTW, when will this be Bush's fault? Can it be his fault on a weekend or do we need to wait for the week to start up?

Why would we liberals ever think to suspect that it might have something to do with Bush just because he was cozy with the oil industry, cared nothing for the environment, used his power to weaken government regulatory agencies, and TRULY GOD knows what else? Why ever would we think of that?

You obviously did, though.
 
Why would we liberals ever think to suspect that it might have something to do with Bush just because he was cozy with the oil industry, cared nothing for the environment, used his power to weaken government regulatory agencies, and TRULY GOD knows what else? Why ever would we think of that?

Are these pre-recorded talking points or did you just pop over to moveon.org and copy their front page?

You obviously did, though.

Actually I'm just following the far left nutjobs who always blame bush for everything that goes wrong.
 
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Wait. We can get energy from the sun? I thank you for passing this vital and earth-shattering news to me.

Some green-sorcerers told me out there that wind is also a solution to our energy woes. I'm going to go to Wal-Mart, buy a pinwheel, and glue it to the roof of my car. Woohoo! I'll never go to the Shell station again.

After all, it must be that easy.
We do need reform in our educational system as well. We must get away from this silly green fad crap.
Solar energy is and has been a economically feasible source of energy since the advent of man...Yet so few know about this...Same with wind energy..Yet some think its a big joke. Maybe part of the oil spill problem may be engineers with the same crummy attitude concerning the strength and stability of their oil lines.
 
This one wasn't producing yet. The only thing that might spill is diesel fuel, but so far, it hasn't. If it does, there is already a containment boom around it, so there is not going to be any spill.

This one is much ado about nothing. However, the first one is a nightmare, and will be much worse than Exxon Valdez was, but only a fraction as bad as the Gulf War spill.
 
I hope for a silver lining that people seriously start looking at less dangerous ways of obtaining energy. At the way it is now, you have oil companies go deeper and deeper to search for the stuff. These accidents should not be surprising.

*crosses and hopes that some will see the benefits of things such as concentrated solar as an energy solution*

We have a ton of oil on terra firma.
Let's get it.

Drill Baby Drill.

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Zimmer
Do you happen to play Mass Effect? Terra Firma is a political party in the game haha

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The first rig is going be the disastrous not this, since this one is not operational at this time...
 
Zimmer
Do you happen to play Mass Effect? Terra Firma is a political party in the game haha

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The first rig is going be the disastrous not this, since this one is not operational at this time...

Random House Dictionary said:
terra firma   /ˈfɜrmə/
–noun
firm or solid earth; dry land (as opposed to water or air).
:roll:

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earthworm said:
Solar energy is and has been a economically feasible source of energy since the advent of man...Yet so few know about this...Same with wind energy..Yet some think its a big joke. Maybe part of the oil spill problem may be engineers with the same crummy attitude concerning the strength and stability of their oil lines.

tinfoil-hat.jpg
 
We have a ton of oil on terra firma.
Let's get it.

Drill Baby Drill.

.

Yes, there's lots of oil, but it will get harder and harder to extract it as time goes on. In any case, it's a limited resource whereas solar/wind is limitless and nuclear is effectively limitless.
 
Just 4-5 years ago we were panicking because we couldn't get oil to flow in from the Gulf...

What a weird world we live in.
 
Has cow-tipping moved up a gear? Or is this another evil plot by Chuz's mysterious enemies of the state who blow stuff up?
 
If I ever had a breakthrough in a new form of cheap abundant energy I'd install the first unit in Rush Limbaugh's house. Not because I like him or even listen. Just to piss off the hippies :D



BTW, when will this be Bush's fault? Can it be his fault on a weekend or do we need to wait for the week to start up?
:boohoo: How cruel.
 
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