Oil Platform Explodes Vermilion Rig 380 Explosion An oil rig 90 miles off the coast of Louisiana exploded earlier today.
Another oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico but there are no reports of deaths and AP says the platform is above a well thats not currently producing oil.
An oil production platform in the Vermilion Bay exploded today around 930am with 13 people on board. All thirteen people aboard a production platform that exploded in the Gulf are accounted for and safely on a commercial vessel according to initial information the U.
Still reeling from the devastation caused by the explosion of BPs Deepwater Horizon rig the US got another scare Thursday as the US Coast Guard responded to another rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. The Coast Guard is saying there are no immediate signs of a spill from an oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast.
Uh oh Another oil platform explodes in gulf Update Milelong oil sheen spreading from platform. Thursday September 2 2010. As of 1030am the rig was still on fire. The rig was apparently inactive so the Coast Guards unsure of the risk of. Coast Guard said in a statement. One crew member was injured and 12 are in the water in immersion suits.
All 13 workers abandoned rig and are accounted for 1 injured.
NEW ORLEANS An oil platform explodes in the Gulf and at least one person is injured. The rig is owned by Mariner Energy.
Updated at 1231 p.
Worry not for another oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded this morning leaving all 13 crew members in the water but according to initial reports all are alive and only one is injured. All 13 crew members were rescued from the water in the second such disaster in. All 13 aboard are accounted for.
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