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As New Oil Rig Explosion Burns In Gulf Of Mexico, Houston Maritime Lawyers Renew Calls for Better Protection of Offshore Workers
The Deepwater Horizon explosion in April and the Mariner Energy rig explosion on September 2 punctuate the need for better protection of the safety of oil rig crews and other maritime employees, the Houston maritime lawyers of Arnold & Itkin say.
Yahoo News | 2 September 2010:
Houston, Texas (PRWeb) September 2, 2010 -- A September 2, 2010 oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico illustrates...
Oil sheen spreading from Gulf platform explosion
Alan Sayre | Associated Press | 2 September 2010:
NEW ORLEANS, La. – A mile-long oil sheen spread Thursday from an offshore petroleum platform burning in the off Lousiana, west of the site of BP's massive spill.
Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Coklough said the sheen, about 100 feet wide, was spotted near the platform owned by Houston-based Mariner Energy Inc.
He said Mariner had deployed three...
Another Oil Rig Explodes in the Gulf of Mexico
An offshore oil rig exploded Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico, injuring at least one worker, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
William Branigin & Debbi Wilgoren | The Washington Post | 2 September 2010:
There were conflicting accounts of injuries among the workers and an oil sheen on the water near the rig. A Coast Guard official said one of the 13 was hurt, but Mariner Energy Inc., the oil and gas...
Blast At Oil Platform In Gulf Of Mexico
Sky News | 2 September 2010:
A blast has ripped through an oil platfrom in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site where BP's Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in April.
The explosion occurred at an oil and gas facility 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay along the central Louisiana coast.
There were 13 workers on board but it is thought all of them managed to don lifesaving gear and jump into the water.
White...
Rescue efforts under way after oil rig explosion in Gulf
Editor's Note: The date today is 02-09-2010 - If we play with the numbers using the rules of Gematria we get 3/11 [0+2+0+9=11; 2+0+1+0=3] which is definitely a number that the New World Order would understand as a signal that this event was deliberately planned and staged. 3 = Perfection; 9 = The Nephilim.
CNN.com | 2 September 2010 [ 3/11 !!! ]:
[Posted at 11:43 a.m.] U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer...
Coast Guard reporting rig incident south of Vermilion Bay
WWLTV.com | 2 September 2010:
An explosion on an oil rig south of Vermilion Bay sent the 13 people on board into the water Thursday morning around 9:30 a.m.
(See map)
Coast Guard spokesman Bill ColClough said all 13 people have been accounted for and that one of them was injured. The injured person is going to be taken to Terrebonne General Medical Center.
ColClough said the rig owned by Mariner...
WJLA’s Doug McKelway FIRED for telling the TRUTH on air about Obama’s Campaign Money from British Petroleum
From SayAnythingBlog.com:
Veteran TV newsman Doug McKelway may have said too much — not to viewers but to his boss. As a result, the WJLA-TV journalist has been ordered off the air and suspended indefinitely, according to sources at the station.
McKelway’s troubles began last month when he covered a Capitol Hill rally during WJLA’s noon newscast. The rally by religious and environmental groups...
Matt Simmons has Deceased & Last Bloomberg TV Interview
From WLbZ2.Com:
NORTH HAVEN, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - The Rockland area is mourning the loss of the man who had hoped to make the city the heart of a new energy industry. Matthew Simmons, a longtime summer resident of Rockport, died Sunday night at a summer house on North Haven island. He was 67 years old. According to the Medical Examiner's office, Simmons drowned. A statement earlier in the day from...
Environment: Government Cover Up – 3 oil spills, 3 buildings demolished on 9/11 – joined the dots yet?
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Scientists: BP dispersants have made spill more toxic
Group working for law firms suing BP cites ‘compelling evidence’.
Amna Nawaz, Rich Gardella & Lisa Myers | NBC News | 30 July 2010:
Amid growing concern about the use of dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico, a group of scientists working for law firms suing BP says their testing indicates that the dispersants being used to break up the oil are making this spill even more toxic to marine life.
Dr....
BP oil spill: safety breaches revealed
Federal hearings are told of alarm systems being switched off, computer crashes and concerns over the blowout preventer.
Ed Pilkington | The Guardian | 24 July 2010:
The testimony of Michael Williams, an electronics technician, that emergency alarms on board the Deepwater Horizon were disabled weeks before it exploded, killing 11 workers and spewing more than 4m barrels of oil into the Gulf of...
Deepwater Horizon alarms were switched off ‘to help workers sleep’
Alarms and safety mechanisms on gulf disaster oil rig were disabled, chief technician at Transocean reveals.
Ed Pilkington | The Guardian | 23 July 2010:
Vital warning systems on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig were switched off at the time of the explosion in order to spare workers being woken by false alarms, a federal investigation has heard.
The revelation that alarm systems on the rig at the...
Gulf of Mexico Sea Floor gassing off Methane and other Hydrocarbons
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This is from footage taken by one of BP Royal Dutch Shell's sea bed rovers. The rover has been stationary for some time at this point, so what you are seeing here is not sea bed disturbance by the robotic submarine rover, but the gassing off of Methane, other hydrocarbons and Volatile...
Gulf Oil Disaster: BP cover ups, lies, and manipulation
Three Part YouTube Video with interview by Matthew Simmons, founder of the Ocean Energy Institute.
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BP, feds clash over reopening capped Gulf oil well
Colleen Long & Harry R Weber - Associated Press - 19 July 2010:
NEW ORLEANS – BP and the Obama administration offered significantly differing views Sunday on whether the capped Gulf of Mexico oil well will have to be reopened, a contradiction that may be an effort by the oil giant to avoid blame if crude starts spewing again.
Pilloried for nearly three months as it tried repeatedly to stop...
Official: Seep found near BP’s blown out oil well
Colleen Long & Harry R Weber - Associated Press - 18 July 2010:
NEW ORLEANS – A federal official said Sunday that scientists are concerned about a seep and possible methane seen near BP's busted oil well in the Gulf of Mexico.
Both could be signs there are leaks in the well that's been capped off for three days.
The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Sunday because...
Water Samples Prove Toxic, Sample EXPLODES! Must Watch!!
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Recently, a News5 investigation collected samples from multiple beaches in and around the Gulf region. Samples were taken in areas where kids were playing and swimming. The results were absolutely terrifying. The Intel Hub has heavily documented the Gulf Disaster and this is just another...
CNN: Cherri Foytlin Calls for Help to President Obama
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CONFIRMED – LAB TESTED Gulf Coast Water Samples are ‘VERY TOXIC’ – Sea Spray is POISONOUS !!!
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A grim technical view on the BP Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico
The link below is from an obscure report that I stumbled upon after following several links. I tend to go down those 'rabbit holes'. This time it really paid off. The first link is to the Oil Drum Editor's extensive introduction to the report at The Oil Drum website. The editor of the Axis of Logis, Les Blough, said, "This is the most credible report/analyis we have read to date about what is really...
