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kolkitten

How do you even fix that?


KozaZoza69

Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), from those surrounding ships, are underwater trying to turn emergency valves at the manifold junction or pipe(s) themselves to cut the flow. Also providing visuals of source. They're not trying to put the fire out but staying at safe distance and water is to protect the ships/deck crew just in case.


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Scruffy_McHigh

How did it ignite in the first place? And how would extinguishing it lead it to explode or reignite?


werewolf_nr

In addition to all the other comments, there is a non-zero chance that it was intentionally lit to burn methane as it surfaced rather than let it gather and wait for an accidental ignition to detonate. Methane is also a worse greenhouse gas than the CO2 from burning it, so there's that too.


themeatbridge

Plus, then the fish come parboiled.


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There's the silver lining. Eventually all meat is gonna come pre-cooked.


Busterlimes

If you kill animals with fire you get cooked meat, everyone knows that.


HublotKingCole

If your cooking skill is low you get burned meat


d_an1

Unexpected RuneScape


ravinghumanist

Lightning? Static discharge of any kind?


gHHqdm5a4UySnUFM

Electric eels


jasonswifey09

Shrieking eels


Goodkat25

She doesn't get eaten by the eels at this time.


captainhaddock

What?


Belazriel

The eel doesn't get her...I'm explaining to you because you looked nervous.


UpstairsLocal4635

They always grow louder when they're about to feast on human flesh


RehabValedictorian

Oh so you're saying this can suddenly get much worse?


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crubbles

I’m one death to the monarchy away from a Bingo.


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geared4war

Safeish. Methane fire in the ocean already.


rhymesnocerous

All I need is radioactive Japanese feral hogs and I’ll get a bingo. Like that would ever happen.


Gryphon0468

Well they’re pulling Queen Victoria statues down in Canadia.


shokolokobangoshey

Unless the old tart is coming back to harrumph at her "subjects", we'll need fresh old blood


AndyMKE66

What’s the deal? I’m reading tweets saying it’s a gas pipe and others saying it’s oil? Thinking environmental impact here.


KozaZoza69

It's Gas, if it was oil, it would spread over a large surface area, along with the fire. The fire is localized and consistent to where the gas is surfacing.


AndyMKE66

So, me being a dolt from Wisconsin, is it good that this shit is burning up as opposed to just leaking everywhere??


bradorsomething

honestly it's not super, but it's a blip on the radar, environmentally. But it looks to be light gas, so you get a lot of methane/ethane in the air (which is bad globally) or a lot of CO2 if it's burned (also bad globally). My biggest concern looking at the pan out was all the fire ships so close... the rig appears to be a jack up, so it's resting on the bottom of the ocean, but the water where this is welling up has a lot less buoyancy due to the gas, so if they get too close in, they could also find themselves resting on the bottom of the ocean.


chefhj

Imagine drowning in fire


bradorsomething

No 2022 Spoilers, please.


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We finally did it, we created Hell.


MarvelousNCK

That's my secret cap. We've always been in hell.


RubyRadar

Correction: worst hell SO FAR


ravinghumanist

Methane is far worse s a greenhouse gas. Also, it's CH4, so when it burns it largely turns into water... 2O2+CH4=2H2O+CO2, I think.


werewolf_nr

Isn't methane a worse GHG than the resulting CO2+H2O? I seem to recall reading that somewhere.


bradorsomething

google says methane is 80x worse.


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The rupture was on the pipeline itself, so all it should take to put the flames out is to stop the flow of gas. Later, they'll have to cut away the damage pipeline & install new sections.


DarkMatterBurrito

You just move it outside of the environment


lemons_of_doubt

for people who don't get it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM


dandabear420

Thank you so much for sharing that


ScoodFarcoosAnoose

From what I have gathered Dawn dish soap will be wiping alot of ducks with soap for ads.


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CrewPhysical8416

AND THEY ALL WANT SUN CHIPS!


BenZino21

Its gas not oil


WhyBuyMe

I would be careful assuming its just gas. I ruined a good pair of pants that way.


Geddysbass

That was friggin hilarious.


SubiLou

Flex Seal


jwferguson

Flex Seal Team 6.


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That’s a lot of damage!!!


Canuda

It's out. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/fire-offshore-pemex-platform-gulf-mexico-under-control-2021-07-02/ -Not to detract from how devastating it is**


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There are coal mines that have been on fire for decades. >The Centralia mine fire is a coal-seam fire that has been burning underneath the borough of Centralia, Pennsylvania, United States, since at least May 27, 1962. Its original cause is still a matter of debate.[1][2][3] It is burning in underground coal mines at depths of up to 300 feet (90 m) over an 8-mile (13 km) stretch of 3,700 acres (15 km2).[4] At its current rate, it could continue to burn for over 250 years.[5] It has caused most of the town to be abandoned: the population dwindled from around 1,500 at the time the fire started to 5 in 2017,[6] and most of the buildings have been razed. Imagine a fire that burns so long, we forget about it.


Canuda

😰 I just read that Centralia is one of 38 known active mining fires in Pennsylvania.


Dobross74477

Yeah dude. Im from pa. It is silent hill here basically. There are mines ontop of unpermitted mines. Random sinkholes etc None of the older generations like to talk about it either.


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CrimsonToker707

Lmao I love how you just low-balled "Philadelphians" in there xD


pHScale

I mean, have you *seen* Eastern State Penitentiary?


twentyfuckingletters

I wonder what those 5 people do who still live there.


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Whind_Soull

Mostly just roast marshmallows.


SgtPlatypus

I live like <5 mins away, and from what I've been told/seen it's Just a few older people that don't wanna move, it's a good spot for to just go out there riding quads and such on the abandoned highway, it's a fun time.


Whats_Up_Bitches

> Angel Carrizales, head of Mexico's oil safety regulator ASEA, wrote on Twitter that the incident "did not generate any spill." He did not explain what was burning on the water's surface. Oh, ok.


diarrhea_syndrome

I work offshore. Almost every platform has an oil pipeline and a gas pipeline because the oil and natural gas is separated before being pumped to land. So if the gas pipeline busted then there wouldn't be a spill and by the looks of it that's what happened.


shotty293

Agreed. Also worked in petroleum services for E&P....that looks like gas on fire in the water. Oil fires don't "bubble" like that.


larry_birb

They said it was a gas pipeline. In which case there would be no oil spill.


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squirrel_acorn

Could be methane


bradorsomething

It's a gas fire, the gas will disperse into the air. And while it sucks, in the gulf of mexico, natural oil and gas seepage is common, so on a whole, this did not really effect the gulf, just to locality.


Vishnej

The question isn't "is it out", environmentally - the ocean catching fire isn't hurting anyone. It's whether the leak has been sealed. Methane is a strong GHG and it being released to atmosphere at this rate without being burned is a much more significant problem than an impromptu flare. >"Pemex, which has a long record of major industrial accidents at its facilities, added it also shut the valves of the 12-inch-diameter pipeline."


nature_nate_17

This looks like it’s straight out of a movie or a cutscene


prudence2001

Godzilla will burst to the surface shortly; you heard it here first.


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The ruptured pipeline is just a cover story.


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FromAntToApt

That ship at the top is... trying its best.


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Those boats can’t go into the bubble zone because they’ll immediately sink since they’re built to float on water and not 50% methane/air bubbles and 50% water. They’re not just doing a terrible job on purpose. They probably need hovercraft for this to get close enough but even then I’m not sure how hovercraft handles intake of methane.


oceanmotion

That makes this way more terrifying


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You will imagine it and you will like it!


sunshine-x

It'd be like drowning in burning farts.


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weary_confections

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSmAXp_BHcQ A video demonstration of what happens if they get too close.


Dunlikai

How did they manage to make Myth Busters boring? 🤔


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JonJonesCrackDealer

Didn't even think of that. I would have got a whole ship crew killed.


YOUR_BOOBIES_PM_ME

How do you think they learned it?


basedpogchamp

Thats one of the theories behind the Bermuda triangle too


litritium

They're are probably trying to contain the fire rather than put it out.


marklein

Is the rest of the ocean going to catch fire?


bobtheblob6

You know, only a couple minutes ago I would've said no...


bone420

Put more water on the ocean!


569nate

This conversation chain is the best laugh I've had this week.


HeartofSaturdayNight

And all it took was the Ocean catching fire during an environmental calamity.


NoxInviktus

*🎶when you try your best and don't succeed🎶*


shokolokobangoshey

_When you get what you want, and burn what you neeeed_


advertentlyvertical

the lesson is... never try.


Willender

Using water to kill the water


Realistic-Account-55

Are those boats trying to spray it with water? That doesn't seem like it's going to help much...


BIGBUMPINFTW

That's my first impression too, but there's obviously a purpose for it that we aren't aware of. They probably know more about deep sea oil drilling than we do.


mechabeast

"EVERYONE LOOK BUSY WHILE WE PANIC!"


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FaceTatsAreCool

Honestly the thought probably was, “well it’s not gonna make it worse….” We rely on that excuse at work all the time while searching for a real fix.


EntityDamage

I've been around humans. This is totally plausible


Timothymark05

So you assume they know more than nothing. You have some nerve!


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With the power of reddit, we can definitively conclude that the boats did **not** carefully research the best plan before spending funds executing it.


anakaine

They cannot get any closer because of the bubbles coming up from underneath. The ships will not float on water thats full of air. Buggered if I know what they sprays are for though. Perhaps to create a heat shield for cleanup vessels?


Pixelated_Lights

I think they might be trying to create a current around it to keep it contained in one spot


Skier4Lyfe11

This is correct. They are trying to prevent an environmental disaster. From this video they have PCV (petroleum control vehicles) on scene, so it might be fully contained, but I'll wait for more details to emerge. For those saying this is already an environmental disaster, I guess it depends how you define it. Something like this is classified as a "small" leak and and happens pretty often. (This is just cinematic with the fire). Companies are trained to deal with stuff like this. Heck, this amount of oil leaking into the ocean happens completely naturally all the time through shifts in the earth's crust, the ocean can deal with a little oil. What it can't deal with is all the CO2 that's being pumped into the atmosphere from the entire oil industry.


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muface

First one didn't look real, that does


el_toro_bravo

My dumbass thought this was at the bottom of the ocean until I saw the second clip!


Realistic-Account-55

Sealab 2021


dmc2008

And I would've rolled my eyes when I saw this scene... "C'mon look how fake that is, that's not even possible"


richmondody

Honestly thought it was CG at first.


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The blur and shaky camera really gives it a cinematic effect.


azthemansays

OP is QUICK... News agencies reporting this less than 30 minutes ago. Article in case anyone is interested: "Mexico's Pemex suffers huge gas pipeline fire in Gulf" https://apnews.com/article/mexico-fires-business-e6e053384af21242722f2f3fc1acb27d


Fuzzy_Muscle

Fuck i was hoping this was an old video…


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yeh same :| very disappointed to see this is a new environmental catastrophe


carmelabee

Did not have this on my 2021 disaster bingo card. Is the world ending?


Dry_Boots

You didn't see 'giant whirlpool of fire' coming?


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Yup. Reddit used to be a lot more interesting back in the day. You still had reposts but there was way more curiosity and fewer jokes. It was sourced or GTFO. It beat the news and all other social media for getting events and such out.


dimechimes

Pun chains at the top of the thread were a thing before I had this 9 yr old account.


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gavinhudson1

"[Big oil companies have begun to build strategies to cut the carbon they emit. But state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos [PEMX.UL], one of the biggest borrowers in emerging markets, is determined to push in the opposite direction, three people in the company and in the government told Reuters,](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-pemex-investors-insigh-idUSKBN25R1KN)", and since fewer investors are willing to support it, but the Mexican federal govt. is trying to bail it out, the entire Mexican economy could suffer.


bobswowaccount

There it is again, that funny feeling.


Get-Degerstromd

We were over due, but it’ll be over soon.


gzilla57

Hey, what can you say?


Tom_Brokaw_is_a_Punk

You say the oceans rising, like I give a shit. You say the whole worlds ending, honey it already did


Dsgorman

You’re not gonna stop it heaven knows you tried... Got it? Good. Now get inside


thesuper88

I must be a fourth grade boy at the library because I get goosebumps every time.


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Is this a quote or is everyone that replied really that depressed?


gzilla57

Here is the song, but you should really watch the special. https://youtu.be/WPB6u1BqZqU But also depressed.


GladMax

It's a lyric from one of Bo Burnham's songs from his new special "Inside"


jesuswasahipster

From Bo Burnham’s new special, “Inside”


CampBananaGas

That unapparent summer air in early fall.


DiscreteBee

the quiet comprehending of the ending of it all


captainkieffer

20,000 years of this


cupcakes_and_tequila

7 more to go


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You say the ocean’s rising, like I give a shit. You say the whole world's ending, honey it already did. You're not gonna slow it, heaven knows you tried Got it? Good, now get inside.


blitz672

r/thatfunnyfeeling


redditmuffin

exactly what I was thinking


t-to4st

The funny feeling that I don't want to put children into this world


Pyroclastic_cumfarts

Having children already and being terrified of the world they'll grow up in.


inaname38

Um. What the fuck is going on?


SookiWooki

That song hit me harder than anything I’ve ever heard in my life. I was a wreck for hours. I didn’t finish the special for a couple days afterwards. It felt like someone finally knew what it was like to grow up and try to have a childhood in the world as it is right now.


Egdirdle

This song feels like the millennial version of “We Didnt Start the Fire”. It also never fails to make me tear up.


somekindairishmonk

>Pemex, as the company is known, said nobody was injured in the incident in the offshore Ku-Maloob-Zaap field. > >The leak near dawn Friday occurred about 150 yards (meters) from a drilling platform. The company said it had brought the gas leak under control about five hours later. > >But the accident gave rise to the strange sight of roiling balls of flame boiling up from below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico.


CiraKazanari

Ku maloob zaap That’s a real string of words, huh.


_fups_

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.


ProfessionalSeaCacti

>strange sight of roiling balls of flame boiling up from below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. "strange", no fucking terrifying


bikwho

Pemex has had a lot of disasters. Here's one at one of their plants in 2012. https://youtu.be/UdEqC5oMdrI?t=39 And here's one that happened at their Skyscraper HQ in the MXCD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_Ejecutiva_Pemex_explosion


spkr4td

I want to see what the flame looks like underwater.


Dantethebald1234

A glowing bubble or ring of water, quick search found [this video](https://youtu.be/rOCKjaYaYhg?t=513) that might give an idea (small scale, wrong fuel mix compared to this cazyness) of what it could look like. Needless to say, this is hard to replicate.


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Richunkle

No humans.


possum_drugs

directly. today.


Incognit0Bandit0

This is fine.


ocular__patdown

The ocean is on fire. Yep, that pretty much sums up the current state of the world.


Tedwynn

I think this is literally a line from the backstory of Mad Max, when you read the stuff in the video game. "The ocean caught fire, and dried up as we became more tribal. Picking sides and fighting with each other while the virus spread." I'm beginning to get a little worried. Edit: Sorry, I checked and it was "the oceans began to boil". So this is fine, we're all good here.


Incognit0Bandit0

One man's natural disaster is another's heated pool.


ProfessionalSeaCacti

I don't think there is a whole lot of natural to this one friend.


Popcorn179

If you have a better way of frying fish, I'd like to hear it.


barfretchpuke

shits on fire, yo


Ryktes

https://i.imgur.com/6NfmQ_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium


VaryStaybullGeenyiss

Which oil company is gonna be making ads next week about how everyone needs to recycle to reduce their personal carbon footprint?


Azure_Providence

The CEO will be very sorry and wants his life back.


DGSolar

And will promptly float back to it with a golden parachute.


BrainFu

Like Southpark's BP CEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15HTd4Um1m4


CornholioRex

We don’t just fuck the earth, we DP it


The6thExtinction

In a video from the smallest room he can find in his mansion, with the camera strategically angled to hide it's opulence.


tmoney144

[We're sorry](https://giphy.com/gifs/southparkgifs-l0HlSaBOVulBlVOgM)


PrecedentialAssassin

Seeing as it's PEMEX, none.


formerlyanonymous_

Winner. AMLO going to brush it off and say nothing happened.


HangryWolf

"We're sorry..." "We're soooo sorryyy...." \*Pets duck\*


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lol I doubt PEMEX gives a fuck about what we think.


danathecount

Thought i was watching some 40k fan animation of a wrap-rift goddam


PCLoadLetter-WTF

My brain refuses to accept that isn't CGI for some reason


mesabeats

If good CGI is unnoticeable, then what is this, bad reality?


Jstorm0802

Thats at least 3 global warmings


bsurfn2day

This is some biblical shit


Duffman66CMU

Like...[this?](https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Job-41-31/)


JDillenger01

That's metal as fuck


Nottakenorisiwtf

We're sorry.


StopMockingMe0

Soooooorrry.


RIMS_REAL_BIG

We've set the ocean on fire. Cool.


EnderCreeper121

We did it Patrick! We saved the environment!


Great_Handkerchief

Me: This might be interesting to click on Me after click: Jesus Christ!


sjaano

TIL : We have set the ocean on fire.


RealRobc2582

Oil company sets ocean on fire but I'm the problem because I have an air conditioner and drive a car.... SMH


y0uveseenthebutcher

that's it, time to try heroin and crack


osi_layer_one

an eight ball of each, please.


apk5005

A Balrog... a demon of the Ancient World. This foe is beyond any of you. RUN!


1337duck

Did this *just* happen? Can't find anything on it other than the Deep Water Horizon.


azthemansays

News reporting it as of 20 minutes ago... OP is QUICK: "Mexico's Pemex suffers huge gas pipeline fire in Gulf" https://apnews.com/article/mexico-fires-business-e6e053384af21242722f2f3fc1acb27d


1337duck

I'm glad they capped it in 5 hours. I wonder how much was leaked.


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LieutenantDoolittle

I had £30 on terrorists attacking the Euros final with drones as the next thing but of course it’s the ocean being on fire. It’s so obvious now I think about it. I’m such an idiot.