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Please pray for the missing eleven.

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  April 21st, 2010 at 11:12 PM  | 

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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.

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  • gekster

    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.

    • http://www.suvstrategery.blogspot.com SoFiMil

      .

    • Woo_girl

      being sent their way. Hard job and hard working people. *bows head*

  • grandma

    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.

  • proudconservativerepublican

    go out to all the families that are injured and lost….not an easy job being a Roughneck and dangerous as well

  • The_Gadfly
  • shaitra

    to the people and families of all involved. May God bless them and grant comfort to them in their time of need.

  • penguin2

    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.