Tugboat causes another oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

[UberMario]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/27/boat-crashes-oil-creating-new-spill-gulf-mexico/

Source.

Fox News is being told by the Homeland Security director for Jefferson Parish, La., that a new oil leak has sprung up in the Gulf of Mexico after a boat struck an oil well in the early morning hours on Tuesday.

A tugboat or other workboat collided with the well near Bayou St. Dennis, La., shearing off its valve structure and releasing pressurized natural gas and light oil, DHS official Deano Bonano told Fox News.

Cleanup workers are currently booming off the area and the scene at sea has been taken over by federal agents. The U.S. Coast Guard, Jefferson Parish police and fire officials, as well as Vessels of Opportunity boats have all been dispatched to the scene.

Federal officials do not know who owns the well, but a contractor who handles wild wells is also on the way, Bonano said.

Oil is spewing about 20 feet in the air from the severed 4-inch pipe, a contractor who flew over the leak told Fox News. The area has been evacuated and civilian boats are being told not to enter the scene, where "a fair bit of oil" is leaking out, the contractor said.

If you didn't feel like reading all of that, basically a boat rammed an oil well, causing it to rupture nearby Louisiana. It doesn't look to be anywhere near the scale of the last one, but if you want to have a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lisd3oLSgsI&feature=player_embedded# and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8HRCuHRqIs&feature=channel

Also, earlier this month a bad oil spill happened in China and another minor one in Michigan, I don't recall them being this frequent, but maybe it's just the media making them more well known . . . .

 

[Sephiroths Masamune]

Wow... I think the Gulf of Mexico is just begging for more dead fish.

 

[Wrath`]

I am glad I don't eat shellfish, cause this is just going to suck for south coast restaurants that get fresh materials to cook with.

 

[Luigitoilet]

I'm glad I'm not a shellfish

 

[Dodongo]

Don't be so shellfish, this is a true clamity.

 

[Golem the Stern Father]

Generally, when a large disaster occurs, more security measures are established regarding that disaster and other locations to prevent set disaster. Now, they are becoming more widespread, instead of less. Maybe the world is doing a saftey combo-breaker of some sort...

 

[Mr.Freeman]

Don't be so shellfish, this is a true clamity.

I laughed a little.

I feel kinda bad.

 

[Metal~Mario]

Wow... I think the Gulf of Mexico is just begging for more dead fish.

Insult to injury.

I think this ensures my seafood consumption will cease for a while....

 

[GreenKirby]

Don't worry deregulation will take of it>_>

 

[Lawlb0t]

Black seas.