BREAKING! ANOTHER OIL RIG EXPLOSION IN THE GULF OF MEXICO 9-2-2010

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Source: KLFY-TV in Lafayette, LA
Source: Coast Guard
Mariner Energy, Inc., Lafayette, LA
Click image to enlargeVERMILION BAY, LA (WAFB/AP) - An oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months.

Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Coklough said Mariner Energy, Inc., the Houston company that owns the rig, had deployed three firefighting vessels to the site and one already was in place fighting the blaze. The Coast Guard had reported that a 100-foot-wide oil sheen had been spotted near the platform, but now says there is no sign of an oil leak.

According to the Coast Guard, 13 people were on the platform when it caught fire Thursday morning. All 13 are accounted for and one injury was reported.

The workers will be taken to Terrebonne General Medical Center in Houma by helicopter to be fully checked out.

The rig is located about 90 miles south of Vermilion Bay.
http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=13089364

Thanks, first I've heard about it.

Do you think it's another distraction tool?

No question.

Also spreads liability from oil damage to the region. BP now has more reasonable doubt.

A lot cheaper to hire someone to sabatoge an oil rig than to hire lawyers.