Mariner Energy Oil Rig Explosion
The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued 13 employees from a Mariner Energy production platform positioned about eighty miles off the Louisiana coast where there was an explosion and fire this morning.
The explosion took location close to 9:30 a.m., according to a Rebecca Broussard, director with the Office of Emergency Management for Vermillion Parish, La.
All 13 team members were rescued from the water, sporting safety fits and huddled together, mentioned Coast Guard Petty Officer Matthew Masachi. A neighborhood offshore supply boat called the Crystal Clear heard the emergency response call and was the initial to arrive on scene to pull them safely aboard.
The boat transferred the crew members to a nearby platform in which they were later airlifted to Terrebonne hospital in Houma, he mentioned. One with the team members was injured, though his status was unknown.
Mariner had reported a slight sheen on the water measuring about one nautical mile by one hundred feet, Masachi stated.
read more detail at: 
