Oil rig disaster gets worse

yeahbut · **Joined:** Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:00 am **Posts:** 519

A truly amazing lack of coverage of this ongoing environmental disaster. The rig has been leaking 400 barrels/day into pristine ocean for 10 weeks.

Now it's on fire as well

Quote:

The damaged West Atlas rig, situated 125 miles off the coast of West Australia, caught fire on Sunday during the latest attempt to plug the leak which covered an area of at least 5,800 square miles in the ocean.

Last week scientists surveying the effects of the oil spill said it would have a detrimental effect on the environment and the local marine life, and compared its long-term effects to those of the Exxon Valdez spill near Alaska in 1989.

And yet, incredibly low level of reporting. Oh well, it's out at sea, and who knows where Timor is anyway?

americandream · **Posted:** Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:49 am

Yeah, yeah. We heard ya. Whens Gordon Ramsey on at?

yeahbut wrote:

A truly amazing lack of coverage of this ongoing environmental disaster. The rig has been leaking 400 barrels/day into pristine ocean for 10 weeks.

Now it's on fire as well

Quote:

The damaged West Atlas rig, situated 125 miles off the coast of West Australia, caught fire on Sunday during the latest attempt to plug the leak which covered an area of at least 5,800 square miles in the ocean.

Last week scientists surveying the effects of the oil spill said it would have a detrimental effect on the environment and the local marine life, and compared its long-term effects to those of the Exxon Valdez spill near Alaska in 1989.

And yet, incredibly low level of reporting. Oh well, it's out at sea, and who knows where Timor is anyway?

yeahbut · **Joined:** Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:00 am **Posts:** 519

americandream wrote:

Yeah, yeah. We heard ya. Whens Gordon Ramsey on at?

Heh heh. Zackly. :-D

Mesuge · **Posted:** Wed Nov 04, 2009 9:28 am

yeahbut wrote:

into pristine ocean

On Earth inhabitated with 7bln. toxic fecating crazymonkies, are you kidding?
Hardly, the closest pristine ocean to earth is probably located here:

Europa Moon:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=ens& ... a=N&tab=wi

Enceladus Moon:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&l ... i=&start=0

Cabrone · **Posted:** Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:15 am

Looks like they may have finally plugged it.

Oil spill finally stopped: company

Just as well as this is what it looked like a couple of days ago.

americandream · **Posted:** Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:04 pm

So the spillage is into monkey defecated swill. I think we all now that pristine aint as pristine should be on monkey planet. But what's your point?

Mesuge wrote:

yeahbut wrote:

into pristine ocean

On Earth inhabitated with 7bln. toxic fecating crazymonkies, are you kidding?
Hardly, the closest pristine ocean to earth is probably located here:

Europa Moon:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=ens& ... a=N&tab=wi

Enceladus Moon:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&l ... i=&start=0

Vogelzang · **Joined:** Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:00 am **Posts:** 249

There's natural oil seeps off shore in California.
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp& ... 0c846ce535
Obviously, this has been going on for billions of years without people drilling for it. A little oil is good for the environment. It keeps the insects and parasites in check.

Drill, Baby drill!!!

shyienemo · **Posted:** Wed Nov 04, 2009 4:09 pm

mud engineer's fault...
haha.

Maddog78 · **Joined:** Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:00 am **Posts:** 1081

Nah, probably the mud logger's fault. :lol:

Actually it said it was unmanned so who knows? Valve failure?
There will more than likely be an inquiry.

Cabrone · **Posted:** Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:31 am

Maddog78 wrote:

Nah, probably the mud logger's fault. :lol:

Actually it said it was unmanned so who knows? Valve failure?
There will more than likely be an inquiry.

....looks like it

Inquiry announced into Timor Sea oil spill

Oil rig disaster gets worse

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