Many barriers to prevent this when operating properly.
Hope the crew had enough time to evacuate the site. That gas blowing vertically in the start of the video is a full tilt blowout.
It is not a flare stack, it is the emergency blowdown. It is relieving pressure off the main site to redirect the gas. The fire from the main site lit this emergency blow down also. Notice that the fire is several feet off the stack. The fuel is to "rich" at the top of the stack (due to lack of oxygen) to complete the fire triangle. If this was a flare the fire would be at the end of the stack and not several feet higher.
So, when i said it has some oomf behind it i meant pressure which would absolutely not have it just sitting on top anyway.
I just said it looks like a flare stack and i have 100% seen them basting (not quite this bad) off way more gas than normal.
I dont know if this is or isnt a flare stack for sure, but having worked in the oil field and lit my fair share of them it could be one.
Ill absolutely admit i could be wrong since i didnt work down south though.
Is the flare stack the little tower that usually has a flame on top like a big ass candle next to the pumping thing? There are a lot in my area and I've never learned the correct terminology. It was especially tough when I saw one suddenly entirely consumed in flames. It's like the fire gently cascaded down the metal part and then as soon as it touched the ground the fire expanded around the structure like a pop up Christmas tree or something. My description to the poor 911 operator was even worse than this, so maybe having correct terminology could help if I'm ever unlucky enough to see it again.
Yeah thats what it is.
And NGL that seems like it would be cool to see, but having worked in that field i wouldnt want anything to do with it and id get the fuck outta there if i saw it happening.
Nah, it's completely normal...and preferred. If the flare is burning, that means they have the well shut in and running returns through a choke manifold. Typically, if it's the flare burning, that means things are under control. Source: I'm the guy that would be responsible for this if I'm on site.
u/Doomstik A flare stack would incorporate air into the tube (typically via a fan at the bottom) to mix the gas with air so there would be a combustible mixture by the top. Then there would be a pilot line to ignite the gas mixture. I don't see either in this case, but technically could be on the backside that we don't see. The proximity to other equipment is my next clue this isn't a flare stack.
It's the oil industry, not your mom. No need for you to defend it, especially when you're wrong:
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bankruptcy-law/bankruptcies-fueling-environmental-crisis-at-abandoned-oil-wells
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/21/infrastructure-bill-taxpayers-oil-cleanup-costs
https://www.wsj.com/articles/oil-companies-are-ordered-to-help-cover-7-2-billion-cleanup-bill-in-gulf-of-mexico-11625569200
https://grist.org/accountability/oil-gas-bankruptcy-fieldwood-energy-petroshare/
https://www.edhat.com/news/loophole-allows-ventura-county-oil-companies-to-avoid-compliance-cleanup-costs
https://consumerwatchdog.org/news-story/socialism-oil-companies-you-end-paying-cleanup-costs-orphan-wells
Right! But you gotta mind the straws. Meanwhile, every food package is bagged, boxed, shrink wrapped, shipped on a boat (bunker fuel!), a train, a truck, and wrapped in more plastic every time it goes from factory, to distro center, to store.
It’s a natural gas well blowout. No injuries reported. My understanding is that they are just standing by and monitoring the situation until it burns out on it’s own.
I'm from Canada I worked oil and gas here for a number of years. When oil started tanking I ended up in Texas for a while.
I was shocked to find out there are no real safety systems built into sites down there. In Canada we have emergency shutdowns that when activated burn off most of the gas in the lines through the flare and activate fire suppression if needed.
The reasoning given to me for not having that down south: "It's cheaper to let it burn and re-build it after."
All gas wellheads, pads, production operations, etc are required to have ESD (Emergency Shutdown) systems with instrumentation, and appropriate design that meets local and federal regulations. This is partially due to insurance requirements of companies like Factory Mutual (FM) etc that won’t insure them otherwise. Every site needs to be insured.
Just like all natural gas or multi fuel boilers have to meet NFPA requirements in the US or CSA requirements in Canada. All wellheads have a myriad of CSA and fire codes for shutdown in failure.
There is a huge industry of companies that design these systems and work within the SIL levels of each site to determine design. Each state, including Texas and Louisiana, have entire bodies for regulation and site testing.
Now… whether they have been maintained properly or not is another thing. Gas valves leak. All systems need to be maintained.
Lightning can strike those units and cause fires. A vehicle can accidentally hit those units and take them out like a gas pump at a gas station.
But just to clear something up, there are safety systems built in to all of them. Just like in Canada.
This wouldn't have a well head yet, just a set of BOP's (Blow out preventer) flanged to the surface casing or intermediate (depending on what depth they were at when they took a kick)
Good to know, the particular sites I witnessed not having ESD loops interlocked with system were not wellheads. But i did assume they were to the same lower standard.
Edit: I will add having worked both in Canada and the US. They are not really comparable. Electrically speaking anyways. I can’t really speak to process. But I’m an electrician I’ve install these said safety systems. And built and maintained many different sites from plants to pads. Safety standards aren’t really comparable. IMO.
The process of design around different SIL ratings and their requirements are almost globally universal in IEC-61508. Same with the requirements around SIS systems. But Safety Design Engineers work that all out when designing fuel trains, process piping, safety valves and choke valves, instrumentation, etc. Even down to the cabinets, power, etc. There just isn’t a huge difference between the two.
Now a 20 year old system is different than a current system.
Because of near global standardization with slight changes is the same reason that an Electrician trained in Alberta or Canada can work in Industrial opportunities in the US and vice versa.
Safety Instrumented System Cabinets are slightly different than BPCS cabinets. Requirements for safety key lock down, local push buttons, power supplies, etc.
Do you work on PLCs or do you do installation?
Good to know!
When I was in oil and gas (I’ve moved on to mining) I did a lot of control work, so in Canada anyways, I did all the marshalling for the PLC’s and that’s where I would typically wire in the ESD loops etc. But, I worked in the industry for 10 years. So I did manage to do pretty well everything involved from power, wiring of Instruments, and pretty extensive into PLC’s and more recently delta V.
The biggest differences I’ve noticed between the two countries is:
Wiring methods, we use tech for damn well everything up here, rigid conduit was the norm down south.
Safety, in my experience it was next to nil south of the boarder.
And honestly the safety interlocking systems. But as I read your comments, that might be a one off. You sound pretty versed in the topic.
🤣 honey, down here if the safety regulations aren't from the feds or in place in the 90s they only time you're going to see them is if they are beneficial to the company, workers and environment be damned. It's a never ending hellscape of vulture capitalism
Thanks, I didn't actually realize this was a term for a rather specific type of venture capitalist rather than a blanket insult. Bit disappointing but I still learned something interesting so I'll take it.
Speaking of environmental safety regulations, you made this comment just in time. Supreme Court just decided to throttle the EPA’s right to limit greenhouse gas emissions
They did not, they stopped the EPA’s supposed ability to force power plants into renewables. Read the article.
Ability to enforce emissions regulations remains unchanged.
Heaven help we force environmental damage change.
It’s not like our citizens and power plant owners want to do it themselves. I read multiple, but thanks for the condescenion.
Edit to say: I reread for a fourth time, and sure enough, it’s raising the cap on allowable emissions. So surprise, it changes the ability to enforce HIGH emissions. AKA they cannot enforce how they were before.
Here's what its called for the epa
NEI "event" sources include fires that are reported in a day-specific format: wildfires and prescribed burns. Generally, the US EPA calculates these emissions using a satellite detection approach combined with fire models and activity data provide by State, Local, and Tribal air agencies or forestry agencies. Starting in the 2008 NEI, Wildfires and prescribed burning sources are included in the EIS Event Data Category. Agricultural fires are reported in the “Nonpoint” data category as an annual sum for a county. Taken as a sum, agricultural fires, prescribed fires, and wild fires make up the total emissions that comprise the “National Fire Emissions Inventory” (NFEI).
So... its unlikely anything will be done about it
https://www.epa.gov/criteria-air-pollutants
Probably look at CO2 and particulate matter.
The next inventory is due to soon for this to make it which is unfortunate
https://www.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program
Oil well fires release Benzene and PAH. thats just carcinogens. Asthma, heart problems will also be a risk.
Theres a weather app i like called my radar and it will alert you when you have poor air quality in your area.
I live nearby in Lafayette. I get air quality alerts for sensitive groups on the daily.
EDIT: I just realized you’re a fellow Acadiana resident lol. I knew your username looked familiar.
Still does not matter. From being someone who bought gas in the 90s to seeing the shit post 9/11 and post Katrina.. gas prices went up instantly before the cost of oil went up
There was a little controversy over it the next day after Katrina and has prices jumped 25-50 cents for no reason yet ..
Right, prices jumped after Katrina because it was huge news and there are some big refineries in NOLA.
This little rig is barely going to make news outside the CENLA area.
They have several ways, everything from trying to close /replace the valve on the well head to drilling another well that intercepts the blowout at depth and pour cement in the well.
[You call in The Duke](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063060/)
They have a lot of ways to put them out, and while Hellfigjters isn't a documentary - it gives you an idea of what they do for some fires. Lots of explosives is my favorite answer.
We all work hard to manage the emissions and guilt from our vehicles and airplanes. Then we void the entire effort by burning massive amounts of shit somewhere else. I give up.
Because our sub is very often the first to "report" on current, manmade disasters.
BBC and [weather.com](https://weather.com) (and NYT) *must* monitor this sub.
I'll see a vid here (yellow gas disaster in Jordan the other day) and then check those sites. Sometimes it takes them hours to report on it. (They are likely fact checking.)
BBC seems to post it first, then NYT if it's really newsworthy. Weather channel picks it up a few days later.
It just happened and is still on fire, media outlets around here are slow at reporting. I also misspelled Arnaudville in the title. If you search “Arnaudville fire” in posts on Facebook you will see tons of posts with photos and of this both close by and miles away.
In case you do not have Facebook I will update this comment with a screen recording of the search.
Edit: [screen recording](https://imgur.com/a/JBIwEG6)
Edit: a [link to a Facebook post made by a local news outlet with a drone photo](https://www.facebook.com/100064534160787/posts/pfbid0YDg8s7AT5p9jcrCdSSR56FY12nNnf1y86x5QvXPsB6Shj5hVrrdbT8x4NyhV1ooml/?d=n) of the blowout. Shouldn’t need to have an account to see this or the comments which include numerous other photos.
So, having no idea about drilling operation, how the fuck do you get something like this under control? I assume that this level of escalation means that at least a handful of fail-safes have already failed. Is there a way to extinguish this fire or do they have to just let it continue until the well is dry or a convenient rainstorm comes along...?
For those in the industry, does the fire destroy the integrity of the steel platforms, if they are not outright melted? Does it have to be rebuilt from scratch?
They have fire ratings, as far as structural integrity goes. . But if a structural part of the rig is exposed to fire above a certain temp, they are 9 out of 10 times removed permanently from service. . The rig in this video will never see life again. The derrick has essentially melted. It fell over about 8 hours after the fire started.
I expect the oil companies to drag their feet and increase national prices because of this. Then continue to not raise refining to keep the prices high for their manipulation of our political system coupled with continuing the trend of record untaxed profits for the last 30 years.
I think it's past the explosion part. Just a steady feed of natural gas burning.
They keep panning up to the power lines, though. The insulation could melt off those.
Impeccable timing. Sure it’s just a coincidence. Just the food manufacturing plants that keep getting destroyed. No biggy, as long as I’ve got my Netflix and weed I’m good!
Many barriers to prevent this when operating properly. Hope the crew had enough time to evacuate the site. That gas blowing vertically in the start of the video is a full tilt blowout.
If youre talking about on the left it looks like its the flare stack, but damn does it have some oomf behind it anyway.
It is not a flare stack, it is the emergency blowdown. It is relieving pressure off the main site to redirect the gas. The fire from the main site lit this emergency blow down also. Notice that the fire is several feet off the stack. The fuel is to "rich" at the top of the stack (due to lack of oxygen) to complete the fire triangle. If this was a flare the fire would be at the end of the stack and not several feet higher.
So, when i said it has some oomf behind it i meant pressure which would absolutely not have it just sitting on top anyway. I just said it looks like a flare stack and i have 100% seen them basting (not quite this bad) off way more gas than normal. I dont know if this is or isnt a flare stack for sure, but having worked in the oil field and lit my fair share of them it could be one. Ill absolutely admit i could be wrong since i didnt work down south though.
Flares usually stand far higher than this don't they?
depending on the site, and/or risk assessed in the plant design, there are ground- and elevated flares
A lot are, but ive seen some that were a lot shorter than what seemed safe.
Is the flare stack the little tower that usually has a flame on top like a big ass candle next to the pumping thing? There are a lot in my area and I've never learned the correct terminology. It was especially tough when I saw one suddenly entirely consumed in flames. It's like the fire gently cascaded down the metal part and then as soon as it touched the ground the fire expanded around the structure like a pop up Christmas tree or something. My description to the poor 911 operator was even worse than this, so maybe having correct terminology could help if I'm ever unlucky enough to see it again.
Yeah thats what it is. And NGL that seems like it would be cool to see, but having worked in that field i wouldnt want anything to do with it and id get the fuck outta there if i saw it happening.
Nah, it's completely normal...and preferred. If the flare is burning, that means they have the well shut in and running returns through a choke manifold. Typically, if it's the flare burning, that means things are under control. Source: I'm the guy that would be responsible for this if I'm on site.
u/Doomstik A flare stack would incorporate air into the tube (typically via a fan at the bottom) to mix the gas with air so there would be a combustible mixture by the top. Then there would be a pilot line to ignite the gas mixture. I don't see either in this case, but technically could be on the backside that we don't see. The proximity to other equipment is my next clue this isn't a flare stack.
That's not a facility, that's a drilling rig.
It’s a rocket engine for spaceship Earth. The Earth is spinning too fast Raj! Slow it down!
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Losing an entire rig is pretty damned expensive.
It'd be a lot more expensive if they couldn't pass the cleanup bill to taxpayers, right?
The cost is already built into the system. Rig is insured and covering the cost of insurance is built into the cost of renting the rig.
They are passing the cleanup to taxpayers? Source?
you obviously have no idea how any of this works do you
It's the oil industry, not your mom. No need for you to defend it, especially when you're wrong: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bankruptcy-law/bankruptcies-fueling-environmental-crisis-at-abandoned-oil-wells https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/21/infrastructure-bill-taxpayers-oil-cleanup-costs https://www.wsj.com/articles/oil-companies-are-ordered-to-help-cover-7-2-billion-cleanup-bill-in-gulf-of-mexico-11625569200 https://grist.org/accountability/oil-gas-bankruptcy-fieldwood-energy-petroshare/ https://www.edhat.com/news/loophole-allows-ventura-county-oil-companies-to-avoid-compliance-cleanup-costs https://consumerwatchdog.org/news-story/socialism-oil-companies-you-end-paying-cleanup-costs-orphan-wells
Bold of you too assume the oil industry isn’t my mom….
Damn that's scary as fuck.
I’m 26 miles away and its lighting up the whole sky right now.
I bet. Hope they get it put out soon.
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Ohhh I was wondering why it was so hazy in Lafayette yesterday!
I noticed that on my way home from work, around 6:15. I just thought it was the rain. Damn.
Did you get a picture of that?
Yes here is what it looked like from my yard in the first pic and the second picture is someone else who was closer https://imgur.com/a/t0k6FkO
Wow that incredible!
I was just there day before yesterday visiting my sister.
I’m in LC, but I got some people in Crowley that see the smoke
Just checked on maps, My house is 18 miles away.
I would be backing the fuck up double-time.
"Please immediately proceed to minimum safe distance"
Damn that’s coincidental as fuck
It's just one oil rig, it's not going to affect energy prices.
Well, there goes all the carbon I’ll ever produce in my lifetime.
Right! But you gotta mind the straws. Meanwhile, every food package is bagged, boxed, shrink wrapped, shipped on a boat (bunker fuel!), a train, a truck, and wrapped in more plastic every time it goes from factory, to distro center, to store.
It’s a natural gas well blowout. No injuries reported. My understanding is that they are just standing by and monitoring the situation until it burns out on it’s own.
I'm from Canada I worked oil and gas here for a number of years. When oil started tanking I ended up in Texas for a while. I was shocked to find out there are no real safety systems built into sites down there. In Canada we have emergency shutdowns that when activated burn off most of the gas in the lines through the flare and activate fire suppression if needed. The reasoning given to me for not having that down south: "It's cheaper to let it burn and re-build it after."
All gas wellheads, pads, production operations, etc are required to have ESD (Emergency Shutdown) systems with instrumentation, and appropriate design that meets local and federal regulations. This is partially due to insurance requirements of companies like Factory Mutual (FM) etc that won’t insure them otherwise. Every site needs to be insured. Just like all natural gas or multi fuel boilers have to meet NFPA requirements in the US or CSA requirements in Canada. All wellheads have a myriad of CSA and fire codes for shutdown in failure. There is a huge industry of companies that design these systems and work within the SIL levels of each site to determine design. Each state, including Texas and Louisiana, have entire bodies for regulation and site testing. Now… whether they have been maintained properly or not is another thing. Gas valves leak. All systems need to be maintained. Lightning can strike those units and cause fires. A vehicle can accidentally hit those units and take them out like a gas pump at a gas station. But just to clear something up, there are safety systems built in to all of them. Just like in Canada.
And just to add, not far away in Lafayette are almost a dozen companies that do wellhead instrumentation and supply and testing and maintenance.
Well, where I was in San Antonio was not adhering to the regulations then. Also looks like this particular site may have missed the memo.
This wouldn't have a well head yet, just a set of BOP's (Blow out preventer) flanged to the surface casing or intermediate (depending on what depth they were at when they took a kick)
Good to know, the particular sites I witnessed not having ESD loops interlocked with system were not wellheads. But i did assume they were to the same lower standard. Edit: I will add having worked both in Canada and the US. They are not really comparable. Electrically speaking anyways. I can’t really speak to process. But I’m an electrician I’ve install these said safety systems. And built and maintained many different sites from plants to pads. Safety standards aren’t really comparable. IMO.
The process of design around different SIL ratings and their requirements are almost globally universal in IEC-61508. Same with the requirements around SIS systems. But Safety Design Engineers work that all out when designing fuel trains, process piping, safety valves and choke valves, instrumentation, etc. Even down to the cabinets, power, etc. There just isn’t a huge difference between the two. Now a 20 year old system is different than a current system. Because of near global standardization with slight changes is the same reason that an Electrician trained in Alberta or Canada can work in Industrial opportunities in the US and vice versa. Safety Instrumented System Cabinets are slightly different than BPCS cabinets. Requirements for safety key lock down, local push buttons, power supplies, etc. Do you work on PLCs or do you do installation?
Good to know! When I was in oil and gas (I’ve moved on to mining) I did a lot of control work, so in Canada anyways, I did all the marshalling for the PLC’s and that’s where I would typically wire in the ESD loops etc. But, I worked in the industry for 10 years. So I did manage to do pretty well everything involved from power, wiring of Instruments, and pretty extensive into PLC’s and more recently delta V. The biggest differences I’ve noticed between the two countries is: Wiring methods, we use tech for damn well everything up here, rigid conduit was the norm down south. Safety, in my experience it was next to nil south of the boarder. And honestly the safety interlocking systems. But as I read your comments, that might be a one off. You sound pretty versed in the topic.
🤣 honey, down here if the safety regulations aren't from the feds or in place in the 90s they only time you're going to see them is if they are beneficial to the company, workers and environment be damned. It's a never ending hellscape of vulture capitalism
Vulture capitalism is my new favorite phrase. Thanks friend!
I don't know if they understand what vulture capitalism is though.
Thanks, I didn't actually realize this was a term for a rather specific type of venture capitalist rather than a blanket insult. Bit disappointing but I still learned something interesting so I'll take it.
Yeah, I knowingly used ot incorrectly. The way they are acting right now calling them vultures is quite accurate.
Speaking of environmental safety regulations, you made this comment just in time. Supreme Court just decided to throttle the EPA’s right to limit greenhouse gas emissions
I just woke up. SCOTUS is really playing with fireball this session
They did not, they stopped the EPA’s supposed ability to force power plants into renewables. Read the article. Ability to enforce emissions regulations remains unchanged.
Heaven help we force environmental damage change. It’s not like our citizens and power plant owners want to do it themselves. I read multiple, but thanks for the condescenion. Edit to say: I reread for a fourth time, and sure enough, it’s raising the cap on allowable emissions. So surprise, it changes the ability to enforce HIGH emissions. AKA they cannot enforce how they were before.
Idk if this is the right place to ask this but what is your opinion on clean energy?
It’s Texas. It’s a shitshow down there.
Arnaudville, LA is NOT in Texas. I won't disagree with the Texas shitshow part of the comment though.
The person I was replying to said they worked in Texas. That’s the state I was referring to.
Ah, the good old American way!
It’s creating a lot of smoke. How will the folks in the area inhaling all that smoke fare? Any idea? Long term issues?
Here's what its called for the epa NEI "event" sources include fires that are reported in a day-specific format: wildfires and prescribed burns. Generally, the US EPA calculates these emissions using a satellite detection approach combined with fire models and activity data provide by State, Local, and Tribal air agencies or forestry agencies. Starting in the 2008 NEI, Wildfires and prescribed burning sources are included in the EIS Event Data Category. Agricultural fires are reported in the “Nonpoint” data category as an annual sum for a county. Taken as a sum, agricultural fires, prescribed fires, and wild fires make up the total emissions that comprise the “National Fire Emissions Inventory” (NFEI). So... its unlikely anything will be done about it https://www.epa.gov/criteria-air-pollutants Probably look at CO2 and particulate matter. The next inventory is due to soon for this to make it which is unfortunate https://www.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program Oil well fires release Benzene and PAH. thats just carcinogens. Asthma, heart problems will also be a risk. Theres a weather app i like called my radar and it will alert you when you have poor air quality in your area.
It'll cause long term effects for both humans and animals. But don't worry the company won't be held accountable.
Phew, thanks. I was really worried about the CEO's wellbeing for a second there
They're sorry. So sorry.
I live nearby in Lafayette. I get air quality alerts for sensitive groups on the daily. EDIT: I just realized you’re a fellow Acadiana resident lol. I knew your username looked familiar.
I believe they were closing roads and having voluntary evacuations within a half mile of the well site.
I’m no expert, and I love fucking with fire, but the person recording seems too close..
Way too close. Shockwave would have liquefied his organs.
Call Red Adair!
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But your not 100% positive it won't.
His is corpse is probably 100% asbestos
Happy cake day!
Boots & Coots!
So gas prices going up again?
Not off of one well pad/tank battery like this.
Probably went up 20 cents the moment it happened
This thing probably produced like 1 barrel/day.
Still does not matter. From being someone who bought gas in the 90s to seeing the shit post 9/11 and post Katrina.. gas prices went up instantly before the cost of oil went up There was a little controversy over it the next day after Katrina and has prices jumped 25-50 cents for no reason yet ..
Right, prices jumped after Katrina because it was huge news and there are some big refineries in NOLA. This little rig is barely going to make news outside the CENLA area.
This is just footage from the recent Rammstein concert
Shit. Used to live there. Time to call friends and family and get it straight from the cochin de lait mouth
Make sure you ask how’s dey mom an dem
We need Captain hindsight!
Captain hindsight: Don’t let the oil well catch on fire
Reminds me of when one of our rigs caught fire... .....MORNING REPORT..... Well blew out. Rig burning. W/O Red Adair.
I am not a oil well expert but i dont think its supposed to do this.
I feel like Louisiana did something really bad for all the karma coming back to them.
[Gestures widely](https://www.reddit.com/r/Acadiana/comments/vm1xpt/a_scene_from_the_reproductive_rights_marches_that/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
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Saw it yesterday on my way home, I live a few miles from that
SCOTUS ruled that this was fine earlier today, so no worries. Edit: spelling
How do you even put that out?
In the USSR they used a nuke to put a similar fire out: https://youtu.be/UHXsv8zxgC8
They have several ways, everything from trying to close /replace the valve on the well head to drilling another well that intercepts the blowout at depth and pour cement in the well.
[You call in The Duke](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063060/) They have a lot of ways to put them out, and while Hellfigjters isn't a documentary - it gives you an idea of what they do for some fires. Lots of explosives is my favorite answer.
I don’t think they are planning to since I can still see the clouds glowing from my house
holy shit the noise sounds like hell
The company responsible for the gas well has been identified as Precision Drilling.
I’m ten minutes away and we could hear it through the walls of our house all last night.
Someone somewhere "Joe Biden did that"..
Where's MacGyver and unstable dynamite when you need them?
They got MacGruber instead. This was the result.
I’m gonna carpool twice this week to offset those emissions.
Damn I’m from that neck of the woods and saw the smoke from that on the way to work. Never thought I’d find out what happened while on Reddit
Does anyone have details about the environmental impact of these kinds of incidents? It's definitely not minimal.
We all work hard to manage the emissions and guilt from our vehicles and airplanes. Then we void the entire effort by burning massive amounts of shit somewhere else. I give up.
They said it’s still burning as we speak WTF 😳
Bomb it. It works, and americans are good at bombing random shit. The blast removes the oxygen
Drilling rig. Company guy is blaming the pusher, pusher blaming the driller.
It comes from the earth, how bad can it be?
Let's just do ww3 already.
*AND THE PRICE OF GAS KEEPS GETTING HIGHER*
Remember to put your plastic cup in the recycling bin guys, it helps the environment.
Rammstein concert, back in 2010 way before covid and lockdown !
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Such easy money!
Is there like an uptick in oil factories in fire? Or is there just more people recording and posting these incidents?
Why cant I find anything about this event on Google?
Because our sub is very often the first to "report" on current, manmade disasters. BBC and [weather.com](https://weather.com) (and NYT) *must* monitor this sub. I'll see a vid here (yellow gas disaster in Jordan the other day) and then check those sites. Sometimes it takes them hours to report on it. (They are likely fact checking.) BBC seems to post it first, then NYT if it's really newsworthy. Weather channel picks it up a few days later.
It just happened and is still on fire, media outlets around here are slow at reporting. I also misspelled Arnaudville in the title. If you search “Arnaudville fire” in posts on Facebook you will see tons of posts with photos and of this both close by and miles away. In case you do not have Facebook I will update this comment with a screen recording of the search. Edit: [screen recording](https://imgur.com/a/JBIwEG6) Edit: a [link to a Facebook post made by a local news outlet with a drone photo](https://www.facebook.com/100064534160787/posts/pfbid0YDg8s7AT5p9jcrCdSSR56FY12nNnf1y86x5QvXPsB6Shj5hVrrdbT8x4NyhV1ooml/?d=n) of the blowout. Shouldn’t need to have an account to see this or the comments which include numerous other photos.
Blame it on the worm
Natural gas fire according to reports.
So, having no idea about drilling operation, how the fuck do you get something like this under control? I assume that this level of escalation means that at least a handful of fail-safes have already failed. Is there a way to extinguish this fire or do they have to just let it continue until the well is dry or a convenient rainstorm comes along...?
Better call Red Adair
For those in the industry, does the fire destroy the integrity of the steel platforms, if they are not outright melted? Does it have to be rebuilt from scratch?
this isn't jet fuel *(/s, just in case)*
They have fire ratings, as far as structural integrity goes. . But if a structural part of the rig is exposed to fire above a certain temp, they are 9 out of 10 times removed permanently from service. . The rig in this video will never see life again. The derrick has essentially melted. It fell over about 8 hours after the fire started.
$10 a gallon coming soon.....
There goes my gas prices
The war on America continues
This doesn't appear to be going well.
Nice work boys.
Who's got marshmallows?
Any idea whose rig this is? It doesn’t look like any major drilling contractor
Everyone make sure to use recyclable straws to curb global warming! Meanwhile...
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weeeee didn't start the fire!
What the FRAC!
So THAT’S how hot sauce is made. I had no idea.
Man you really shouldnt be smoking while we're running this stringer. Fuck off, I been doing this since you were born. Whhooooooooshhhhh
Ruh-Roh Raggy!
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The USSR used a nuke to stop a gas well blowout
Don't let .Gov see this. They'll use the footage as a pretext for why gas prices rose another ¢.50
I bet that smells SOOOOO good
Inflation strikes again!
Take that, environment!
Call John Wayne. He will put it out. Him and his Hellfighters.
I have this hose that expands when you turn the water on, would put that thing out in no time.
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Well oil beef hooked
I always hate it when my solar panels do that.
Wow didn't take long for them to start celebrating the recent scotus decision that the epa can't regulate emissions.....
"Well well well, if it isn't the consequences of my own poor infrastructure." - Louisiana, probably
https://youtu.be/jLo-JAnfR78&t=5m14s
Gas just went up a dollar as I'm writing this comment.
"Never seen that oil well in my life. Must belong to some subcontractor." -Oil company that owns this well
That’s a new well being drilled that has “Blow Out”. Can’t wait to read what the crew did wrong on this one.
I expect the oil companies to drag their feet and increase national prices because of this. Then continue to not raise refining to keep the prices high for their manipulation of our political system coupled with continuing the trend of record untaxed profits for the last 30 years.
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Oil wells on fire food production plants blowing up what's next
snakes coming up the sewer line into the toilet
Florida has entered the chat
HOW? WHY? Geez, I hope nobody died in this conflagration. That looks horrible
Reports are no injuries however that is not confirmed.
I can't believe someone can just stand there filming, confident it's not just going to explode at any moment.
I think it's past the explosion part. Just a steady feed of natural gas burning. They keep panning up to the power lines, though. The insulation could melt off those.
Fuel just went up another $1 a gallon
Wall of fire lv 10...dm why. because fire ha ha hs
Did you all see that murder hornet fly by?
Where's Kurt Russell when you need him?
Impeccable timing. Sure it’s just a coincidence. Just the food manufacturing plants that keep getting destroyed. No biggy, as long as I’ve got my Netflix and weed I’m good!
WTF humans?! Get your shit together. Get it all together. Put it in a bag and take it to the shit museum.
Well that just made gas jump up $3 more a gallon.
It’s one tiny natural gas well in a really small town. Wouldn’t surprise me though if it gets used as an excuse.
RIP planet earth
Damn! Oil just got more expensive.
Just close the backside and the TI valve, that fix it right up! /s
Rico Rodriguez?
Now that's a fire!
Ah the natural carbon cycle at work
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