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Gulf Oil Rig Explodes Off La. Coast

Posted: 11:35 am EDT September 2, 2010
Updated: 11:56 am EDT September 2, 2010

GRAND ISLE, La. — An offshore oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill.

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.

About 206 million gallons of oil from an undersea well spilled into the Gulf after BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig exploded April 20, killing 11 workers.


157 posted on 09/02/2010 9:21:12 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather (Who needs an enemy when we have Barack Obama?)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

CRAP

oil was spilled?

The lack of the Obama agency that got cought with the last oil explosion- looking at porn and taking bribes to pass inspections should now be investigated. <-YEAH RIGHT

they will cover it all up again and use it to stop drilling for political reasons.


174 posted on 09/02/2010 9:25:49 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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