Oil rig explosion wounded leaves Deepwater Horizon
Oil rig explosion at Deepwater Horizon launched a column of fire into the sky and triggered a frantic search on Wednesday in the sea of at least 11 missing workers.
The blast happened Tuesday night at the facility located 84 kilometers (52 miles) southeast of the city of Venice, Louisiana. On the platform were 126 workers at the time of the blast, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Mike O’Berry.
Almost all the 126 workers Deepwater Horizon platform apparently escaped unharmed after the oil rig explosion, said the officer. The platform was still burning on Wednesday morning and was skewed about 10 degrees. ”We hope that all are in a life raft,” said O’Berry.
However, the Coast Guard said Wednesday that seven workers suffered extensive injuries and their condition is critical. O’Berry said many of the workers who escaped were taken ashore in a boat owned.
When the oil rig explosion occurred, the deepwater horizon was drilling but not removing, according to Greg Panagos, a spokesman for the company owner, Transocean Ltd., of Houston.
The platform was working under contract with the British company BP PLC. BP spokesman Darren Beaudo said BP’s entire staff was safe but did not know the number of company employees working on deepwater horizon. ”For now we are focused on care staff,” insisted the spokesman.
O’Berry said several teams in the environment of the Coast Guard were prepared to assess potential pollution damages a fish that were smothered the fire. The officer said four helicopters, four Coast Guard vessels and aircraft involved in Wednesday’s search for the missing. There were no reports of death, followed O’Berry.
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with due respect I do not know where you got the picture for this article but that is not the deepwater horizon pictured. The horizon is not a jack-up rig for starters and it was not pulled up alongside another platform as pictured above. You may want to check your source more carefully in the future.
That is a picture of a jack up rig not a semisubmersible!! Your photo is incorrect. The Deepwater Horizon is a semisubmersible vessel ! !
sorry for all died family
well said souleyman, makes you wonder where these people get their info from, posting a picture like that is just nonesense, the picture above is of a jack-up up against a wellhead which is quite common in the british north sea where i have worked for over 30 years. sevensidedcube….get your act together…
also, to all my american fellow offshore workers and their families, my sympathies to you at this awful time, regards from scotland.
i think thats the piper alpha
piper alpha you narna, its the Adriatic 4 in the Med, Aug 2004
but wrong pictures aside, also being in the business, my heart goes out to the families of the lost, i may not know how you feel but i can appreciate.