Last night, April 20 about 10 p.m. CDT, an explosion and fire erupted on the Deepwater Horizon, a semisubmersible drilling rig owned by Transocean Ltd., and contracted to BP Exploration & Production, Inc.
Of the 151 hands on board, 17 are injured and 11 still missing at this hour.
The Horizon was working in 5,000 feet of water and had just finished drilling an exploratory well to 18,000 from the surface. Speculation on the cause of the fire centers on a blowout, an uncontrolled flow of oil and gas to the surface.
The Horizon entered service in 2001. Replacement value of the rig is estimated at $600 million. It was working for BP at a day rate of just shy of $500,000 per day.
Cross-posted at VladEnBlog.
Moe Lane
Erick Erickson
Jeff Emanuel
Steve Maley
Caleb Howe
Dan Spencer
May God bless thier families.
gekster (Diary) Wednesday, April 21st at 11:40PM EDT (link)May God Bless those left behind.
They have my prayers.
And it’s not about drilling for oil.
It’s about lives lost.
Just like the Coal Miners in West Virginia.
They say Republicans are for the rich, Democrats are for the poor.
If they need more voters,
then they have to make more of who they are for.
We are there in the various Tea Party groups, leaderless, but not rudderless.
We steer always toward the Constitutional principles this nation was founded upon.
Erick Brockway
I’ve gone from
“Hope and Change” to
“Hopeless and Changeless”
Amen.
SoFiMil (Diary) Thursday, April 22nd at 12:43AM EDT (link).
www.suvstrategery.blogspot.com
My prayers and thoughts
Woo_girl Thursday, April 22nd at 12:48AM EDT (link)being sent their way. Hard job and hard working people. *bows head*
Asking HIS blessings and comfort
grandma Thursday, April 22nd at 12:51AM EDT (link)for the families of the missing, HIS mercy for those who are lost and may have died, physical healing and healing of heart for those are hurt.
Thoughts and Prayers
proudconservativerepublican Thursday, April 22nd at 12:55AM EDT (link)go out to all the families that are injured and lost….not an easy job being a Roughneck and dangerous as well
Prayers sent last night when I saw the news story on Fox (nt)
The_Gadfly (Diary) Thursday, April 22nd at 5:55AM EDT (link)Many prayers
shaitra (Diary) Thursday, April 22nd at 7:50AM EDT (link)to the people and families of all involved. May God bless them and grant comfort to them in their time of need.
The backbone of America.
penguin2 (Diary) Thursday, April 22nd at 8:37AM EDT (link)Men (and women) who face danger in the jobs they do. These are valiant men who face risks and challenges that most of us have no idea about.
I thought of you when I heard the news, Vladimir. Prayers are ongoing for them and their families and the family of your industry.
May God’s Strength and Comfort be with you all.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. – Benjamin Franklin
When Good stands up to Evil, Evil blinks. – Vassar Bushmills
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