**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?
Same rig, but a better report the second time.
Is this the same rig?
Yes early reports didn’t have the depth correct as I understand it. The 340’ is correct.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_rig_explosion
The platform is in about 340 feet of water and about 100 miles south of Louisiana’s Vermilion Bay. It’s location is considered shallow water, much less than the approximately 5,000 feet where BP’s well spewed oil and gas for three months after the April rig explosion.
The rig is a fixed platform that was in production at the time of the fire, according to a homeland security operational update obtained by The Associated Press.
The update said the platform was producing 58,800 gallons of oil and 900,000 cubic feet of gas per day. The platform can store 4,200 gallons of oil.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said Mariner Energy officials told him there were seven active production wells on the platform, and they were shut down shortly after the fire broke out.
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First report is erroneous. The lease depth is officially 319 feet.