New Offshore Drilling Risks - Pres. Obama - You Watching This Rig Burn in the US Gulf of Mexico?

Hang on to this photo - it could be off Virginia, Alaska and where else? Proven safety records and you can always trust the oil companies - NOT!

clipped from blog.skytruth.org Explosion and Fire at Deepwater Drilling Rig in the Gulf of Mexico Firefighters working to control blaze at the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Photograph courtesy of Rigzone. We've just begun seeing news reports of an explosion and fire last night that has forced the evacuation of 126 workers from an oil rig that was drilling an exploration well 41 miles off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico. The Deepwater Horizon is a massive semisubmersible drill rig built in 2001. It's owned and operated by Transocean Ltd, the world's largest offshore drilling contractor, with a global fleet of more than 140 rigs. Transocean operates 14 rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.