An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site where BP’s undersea well spilled after a rig explosion.
The Department of Homeland Security said the platform was in about 2,500 feet of water and owned by Mariner Energy of Houston. DHS said it was not producing oil and gas.
Continue: Wasington Post
More:
Production platform explodes in Gulf of Mexico
Oprettet on torsdag, 2. september 2010 .
Du kan følge alle svar til dette indlæg via RSS 2.0-feedet.
350ppm Arctic atlantic ocean austalia biodiversity blue carbon carbon climate Climatechange Climate change ClimateGate climate talks co2 combating climate change COP16 drinking water drought in africa Energi environment environmental Flood Food global temperatur Global Warming great barrier reef ice on antarctica IPCC klima klimaændringer melting glacier melting ice ocean ocean acidification Oceans oilspill pacific ocean palm oil pure water saving orangutans UNFCCC waste management water water purification water scarcity women and water
WP Cumulus Flash tag cloud by Roy Tanck and Luke Morton requires Flash Player 9 or better.
