"Steve B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 2 Sep 2010 10:24:08 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/02/rescue-efforts-underway-after-oil-rig-accident-in-gulf/?hpt=T2


Drill baby drill
Burn baby burn
Lie baby lie


This may actually be an example of the system working.
If the reports are right there were no fatalities and no oil was
spilled. That is better than the normal drive time experience in your
major city. Oil rig worker is a safer job than cab driver

There's a mile-long slick, according the news. An explosion is the
"system working"???

Just because there's oil on the water doesn't mean it came from
the well. I'm sure they have diesel generators on the rig and you
need to store the fuel. The explosion could have blown that up.

Yes, they use diesel on the drilling rigs to power the EMD's, but usually
they are not present on a production platform, as this one was. There may
have been some avgas present for the choppers. Production platforms use
natural gas straight from the wells, purified a little, to run their
generators and pumps.

I do notice that there was hysterical reporting of a slick a mile in size.
And then, a report that the slick was not even close to that big, but much
much smaller. Seems like only the first story got the publicity.

Since there was not a lot of blood and gore, this event will get little
play. I've been on rigs, and let me tell you, to evacuate during a fire
like they did, and all get away safely is a testament to their training,
preparation, equipment, safety procedures, company policies, and just
doing everything right. They need to be commended, that's what the press
should be touting now. The press loves it more when people screw up
rather than do it right.

Steve

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And, the regulations that prevented the fire/explosion worked perfectly!