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02.09.2010: Vermillion Oil Rig 380 explosion rises fears of Louisiana to face the next oil catastrophe
The Vermillion Oil Rig 380 fire on September 2, 2010 made the crew abandone the rig. The oil rig is located 100 miles south of Vermillion Bay on the central Louisiana coast. All workers could leave the platform. An oil spill was already seen by helicopters which survey the area. News concerning oil spill was not confirmed by the coast guard.
There were four accidents at the oil rig of Mariner Energy at Vermillion 380 during the last ten years. The company was sentenced to pay 85 000 USD for safety regulation violations.
This highlights the low disposition of crude oil producers to adhere to safety regulation. Recently Greenland Cairn Energy started to drill for oil and natural gas in 4 000 metres depth, in the Baffin Bay 200 kilometres from the shore of Greenland. Greenpeace occupied the Stena Don rig fearing its activity might endanger traditional fishing grounds of the Inuit population. The Brazilian president Lula proudly announced that Petrobraz is going to drill for oil at 6 000 metres depth. Petrobraz gathers US$ 64 billion for this rig, after the sinking of Petrobraz oil rig P-36 in March 2001. See picture
Eagerness to participate of natural resources made even the German research ship “Polarstern” to plan seismic tests along the Baffin Bay up to Greenland to search for oil and gas deposits. [1]
Enormous costs and efforts are spent running behind dwindling deposits instead of concentrating on solar energy , wind turbines and hydrogen as fuel for the post-oil decade. This new energy economy is easy to install, it can be started even by developing countries and is a natural resource of the Arabian countries located in the sun belt. Construction of photovoltaic/hydrogen plant in the desert area costs US$ 3,30/watt, compared with other running projects with costs of USD 7,00 and higher. Read more
[1] Inuit concerns stall seismic testing. Nature News. 12.08.2010. Doi:10.1038/news.2010.403
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100812/full/news.2010.403.html
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Obama and his Secretary of Energy Steven Chu continue the disastrous politics of George W. Bush expanding deepwater oil exploration of the US. Offshore drilling is planed to increase crude oil production to cope with rising demand, instead of supporting solar and wind energy with hydrogen as fuel for transportation and also as an energy storage.
Obama and Steven Chu cringe before the mighty energy corporation, instead of supporting Solar and wind energy together with hydrogen as fuel and energy storage.