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Breaking, Like The Wind: AP Reports Methane Gas Triggered Deepwater Horizon Explosion

Posted on | May 8, 2010 | 5 Comments

by Smitty (via Kiser of 73Wire)

Newsvine carries this AP report:

The deadly blowout of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was triggered by a bubble of methane gas that escaped from the well and shot up the drill column, expanding quickly as it burst through several seals and barriers before exploding, according to interviews with rig workers conducted during BP’s internal investigation.

While the cause of the explosion is still under investigation, the sequence of events described in the interviews provides the most detailed account of the April 20 blast that killed 11 workers and touched off the underwater gusher that has poured more than 3 million gallons of crude into the Gulf.

Let us hope that sufficient evidence is discovered for a reasonably conclusive answer. We can face the truly dark possibilities as required, but no one really wants to deal with incompetence, attacks, or conspiracies.

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5 Responses to “Breaking, Like The Wind: AP Reports Methane Gas Triggered Deepwater Horizon Explosion”

  1. Stogie
    May 8th, 2010 @ 6:01 pm

    No kidding! I would never have guessed that they keep cows on offshore oil rigs. Has anyone informed Al Gore? He was right all the time!

  2. Stogie
    May 8th, 2010 @ 1:01 pm

    No kidding! I would never have guessed that they keep cows on offshore oil rigs. Has anyone informed Al Gore? He was right all the time!

  3. Right-Wing Links (May 8, 2010)
    May 8th, 2010 @ 8:25 pm

    […] Breaking, Like The Wind: AP Reports Methane Gas Triggered Deepwater Horizon Explosion Naturally the common people don’t want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. — Hermann Goering […]

  4. Johnny O!
    May 9th, 2010 @ 2:27 am

    It came from the bowels of the earth

  5. Johnny O!
    May 8th, 2010 @ 9:27 pm

    It came from the bowels of the earth