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Lightning strike, fire on ship halts oil containment effort
Posted on 6/15/10 at 2:40 pm
Posted on 6/15/10 at 2:40 pm
A bolt of lightning struck the ship capturing oil from the blown-out BP well in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, igniting a fire that halted containment efforts in another setback for the embattled company in its nearly two-month struggle to stop the spill, the company said.
The fire was quickly extinguished and no one was injured. BP said it hopes to resume containing oil from the well sometime Tuesday afternoon.
The fire occurred on the Discoverer Enterprise, where engineers are siphoning about 630,000 gallons of oil a day through a cap on top of the well.
"At the moment, there's no capture, no containment going on, but we'll start up the Enterprise when it's safe to do so," BP spokesman Robert Wine said.
The fire was quickly extinguished and no one was injured. BP said it hopes to resume containing oil from the well sometime Tuesday afternoon.
The fire occurred on the Discoverer Enterprise, where engineers are siphoning about 630,000 gallons of oil a day through a cap on top of the well.
"At the moment, there's no capture, no containment going on, but we'll start up the Enterprise when it's safe to do so," BP spokesman Robert Wine said.
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Posted on 6/15/10 at 2:52 pm to Nike1
quote:
"At the moment, there's no capture, no containment going on, but we'll start up the Enterprise when it's safe to do so," BP spokesman Robert Wine said.
awesome.
Posted on 6/15/10 at 4:01 pm to Nike1
Sorry ... how many barrels is that equivalent to?
Posted on 6/15/10 at 4:02 pm to Nike1
so where does the oil go, just more coming out the hat ?
Posted on 6/15/10 at 4:19 pm to tiger91
quote:15,000 bbls
how many barrels is that equivalent to?
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