Rig Explosion Gulf of Mexico: Around four months after the devastating destruction of the BP platform, "Deepwater Horizon has again occurred an explosion on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. 13 people went overboard, but could be saved. At least one worker was injured, said the U.S. Coast Guard.
Nine helicopters and four ships of the Coast Guard were sent to the approximately 130 km south of Vermilion Bay in the U.S. state of Louisiana lying platform alliance, said Coast Guard spokesman John Edwards to the station MSNBC. Part of the rig were in flames. Contrary to initial claims was encouraged at the "Vermilion Oil Platform 380" Company Mariner Energy, based in Houston, according to the Department of Homeland Security at the time of the accident but oil.
According to the U.S. Coast Guard after the explosion was an approximately 1.5 km long oil discovered veil floating in the vicinity of the platform on the water. The Coast Guard is prepared according to own statements to the case of a new oil spill: The necessary equipment was ready.
Mariner Energy of Texas have sent three fire boats to the accident site. The first has already arrived and fight the flames. The platform is located about 100 meters deep water and so in much shallower waters than the Deepwater Horizon, "in which it went about 1500 feet down to the seabed.
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Nine helicopters and four ships of the Coast Guard were sent to the approximately 130 km south of Vermilion Bay in the U.S. state of Louisiana lying platform alliance, said Coast Guard spokesman John Edwards to the station MSNBC. Part of the rig were in flames. Contrary to initial claims was encouraged at the "Vermilion Oil Platform 380" Company Mariner Energy, based in Houston, according to the Department of Homeland Security at the time of the accident but oil.
According to the U.S. Coast Guard after the explosion was an approximately 1.5 km long oil discovered veil floating in the vicinity of the platform on the water. The Coast Guard is prepared according to own statements to the case of a new oil spill: The necessary equipment was ready.
Mariner Energy of Texas have sent three fire boats to the accident site. The first has already arrived and fight the flames. The platform is located about 100 meters deep water and so in much shallower waters than the Deepwater Horizon, "in which it went about 1500 feet down to the seabed.
[Cah Bagoes | Rig Explosion Gulf of Mexico]
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