oil rig explosion

An oil and gas production platform has exploded 102 miles off the central coast of Louisiana, with 13 people overboard, including one injured, the Coast Guard said Thursday morning. All 13 people have been accounted for, . Another oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded today. All crew members survived. Right now, nobody knows whether or not the explosion caused a leak in any of the seven wells that the rig collects from. There have been reports of an oil . Here's one of the first photos of the Mariner Energy oil rig explosion from earlier today, showing the rig burning in the distance. No one was killed, but authorities report seeing a one-mile long oil sheen near the site. [CultureMap]. When comics and movies collide, we pick up the pieces..

For information on the oil spill, see Deepwater Horizon oil spill. 2010-04-21. http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/04/21/oil.rig.explosion/index.html. . An offshore oil rig exploded Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico, injuring at least one worker, the U.S. Coast Guard said.. All 13 people aboard the rig were rescued as they floated in the nearby water in well spewed oil and gas for three months after an April rig explosion. .