Rig. Photo source: ©© Mike Towber
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A shallow-water Gulf of Mexico drilling rig has partially collapsed off the coast of Louisiana after catching fire because of a ruptured natural gas well, U.S. regulators said on Wednesday…
Louisiana Drilling Rig Blowout Causes Evacuation of 47 Workers, Guardian UK
3,200 Gulf wells unplugged, unprotected lie abandoned beneath the Gulf of Mexico, AP (Uploaded 04-20-2011)
More than 3,200 oil and gas wells classified as active lie abandoned beneath the Gulf of Mexico, with no cement plugging to help prevent leaks that could threaten the same waters fouled by last year’s BP spill. These wells likely pose an even greater environmental threat than the 27,000 wells in the Gulf that have been plugged and classified officially as “permanently abandoned” or “temporarily abandoned.”
