There needs to be a requirement for a stand-by bulk head for every well along the seacoast of the USA. It just needs to be. This is ridiculous and there are two missing.
That is what happened at the Deepwater Horizon. The missing were searched for until it was hopeless to continue to search. I don't care if this is not an exploratory platform, to state the obvious of the parallels is nonsense.
Coast Guard: 4 injured, 2 missing after explosion on oil platform off coast of Louisiana (click here)
Updated at 11:03 AM todayNEW ORLEANS, LA (KTRK) -- At least four people have been injured in a fire at an oil drilling platform off the coast of Louisiana, and two workers are reported missing.
There was some sort of explosion at a Black Elk Energy Company oil and natural gas platform 20 nautical miles southeast of Grand Isle, LA. It is not clear if it is still burning.
Carlos Vega, a Coast Guard spokesperson, says four people on board were airlifted for medical treatment. A spokesperson for West Jefferson Medical Center said three patients are listed in critical condition and the fourth is being evaluated. More patients are expected as well.
Two others are missing, and may have gone overboard, but they have not been confirmed as dead at this time, Vega adds.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lally, a spokesman for the Coast Guard, says two helicopters, an airplane and small boats were sent to the area. He did not know if the fire caused by the explosion had been put out yet....
