http://wjz.com/national/oil.rig.explodes.2.1893006.html
A commercial helicopter company reported the blast around 9:30 a.m. CDT Thursday, Coast Guard Petty Officer Casey Ranel said. Seven helicopters, two airplanes and four boats were en route to the site, about 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay along the central Louisiana coast.
The Coast Guard said initial reports indicated all 13 crew members from the rig were in the water. One was injured, but there were no deaths.
The platform owned by Mariner Energy is in about 2,500 feet of water, the Coast Guard said, and was not currently producing.
**The platform owned by Mariner Energy is in about 2,500 feet of water, the Coast Guard said, and was not currently producing.**
In this reply, http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2582184/posts?page=24#24 you posted this
**The rig — Vermilion Oil Rig 380 — is an oil and gas production rig located in 340 feet of water in South Timbalier Block 316,**
Is this the same rig?