BREAKING Louisiana sinkhole Spewing gas! OIL PLATFORM NEAR LOUISIANA, EXPERIENCES BLOWOUT . 44 EVACUATED

 Published Date: July 23, 2013

 

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The blowout happened about 9:50 a.m. on Hercules Platform No. 265, which is located about 40 miles south and 10 to 15 miles west of Grand Isle, according to the Coast Guard.

Officials told WDSU that 44 people were evacuated on two life boats, and all are said to be OK.

A Coast Guard cutter and two aircraft were sent to assess the situation.

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Wall St. Journal, July 24, 2013 at 12:31p ET: Gas-Drilling Rig Begins to Implode in Gulf of Mexico […] A drilling rig that caught fire off the coast of Louisiana Tuesday night has started to collapse in on itself as natural gas continues to leak […] firefighting vessels that were in the area had to move away from the burning rig […] Analysts said the rig was equipped with blowout preventers, the safety equipment that is meant to shut off out-of-control oil and gas wells. A spokesman for Walter Oil & Gas initially said the blowout preventer appeared to have failed, but the company later said it was still investigating the incident […]

NBC News, July 24, 2013 at 1:19p ET: Gulf rig partially collapses as fire rages […] A Gulf of Mexico drilling rig has partially collapsed off the coast of Louisiana after catching fire because of a ruptured natural gas well, U.S. regulators said on Wednesday. […] The beams supporting the derrick and portable drilling rig floor have folded and have collapsed over the rig structure […]

WGNO, July 24, 2013 at 12:35p ET: No word on status of blown out natural gas platform in the Gulf […] the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement  “ the federal agency in charge of this incident   has been very tight-lipped about what’s going on with the rig today. […] However, the BSEE is not releasing any information this morning about what’s going on.   And that’s surprising knowing the history of south Louisiana offshore drilling and the BP oil spill three years ago.

Hercules Offshore owns the platform, but Jefferson Parish Emergency Management officials said Walter Oil and Gas was the company conducting drilling at the time of the incident. Initial reports indicate natural gas began working its way to the surface as crews were in the process of pumping mud.

JPEM participated in an early afternoon call that included members of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management as well as the Coast Guard. Responding agencies have established a unified command in Houma to manage the situation.

The Federal Aviation Administration has posted flight restrictions for the immediate area.

GRAND ISLE, La.  ”The Coast Guard said a Gulf of Mexico oil platform experienced a blowout Tuesday4 people evacuated on 2 life boats; all OKGRAND ISLE, La.  A Gulf of Mexico drilling platform experienced a blowout Tuesday and 44 workers were evacuated..The blowout happened about 9:50 a.m. on Hercules Platform No. 265, which is located about 40 miles south and 10 to 15 miles west of Grand Isle, according to the Coast Guard.Officials told WDSU that 44 people were evacuated on two life boats, and all are said to be OK.
This is the 2nd major blowout in the gulf in two weeks , with very little main stream coverage.
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 The Louisiana sinkhole is deeper than 750ft and could be letting off explosive Gases.

News came to us just as we landed from a picturesque six-hour flight on the Sabine River between Texas and Louisiana tracking endangered swallow-tailed kites: the Hercules Offshore drilling platform #265 located about 100 nm south of New Orleans had experienced a blowout this morning around 10am CDT. Lifeboats were used to evacuate 44 workers, none of whom experienced serious injuries.   We flew out there at around 2pm and found only about a mile of very light surface sheen to the east of the platform, which would support public statements that “only” natural gas is leaking at this time.

The rest of the facts will become clearer shortly, but for now, here are our photos from the site as of this afternoon. Stay tuned for our high-definition video to be uploaded shortly. As always, our high-resolution photos and videos are available for all uses whose intent is to benefit the Gulf of Mexico and her life.

Special thanks today to Peter Valdez, pilot and employee of Flightline First at New Orleans’ Lakefront Airport, for joining us on this flight and helping both with photography and flying!
Here is our video, and a few more photos. Apologies for being so rush and not editing the video better!

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