The Transocean oil rig, DEEPWATER HORIZON, leased by BP sank diminishing hopes that 11 missing crewmembers will be found. 42 miles off of the Louisiana coast, rescue teams are scouring the wreckage site with no signs of the workers. The missing crewmembers were on the rig floor at the time of the blast according to reports.
The night of the blast a pressure buildup alarm sounded followed by a second alarm to abandon the rig according to a worker preparing to start his shift. Louisiana and her oilfield workers are realizing the harsh risk they take in supplying America with oil. Death and destruction of families. I have represented families who lost a husband and father from offshore explosion, and can only imagine how difficult this must be for the families.
Our prayers are with the families of those killed and injured with hopes of a speedy recovery and closure of one of the worst offshore drilling disasters in U.S. history.
Richard J. Arsenault, 2011
