13 oil workers pulled from sea after second offshore rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico

September 3, 2010 by legitgov

13 oil workers pulled from sea after second offshore rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico 03 Sep 2010 An offshore petroleum platform has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill. U.S. Coast Guard officers received reports of the explosion at the rig which produces 1,400 barrels of oil a day from a commercial helicopter company at about 2.30pm today. Seven helicopters, two aeroplanes and four boats were sent to the site, about 100 miles south of Vermilion Bay off the central Louisiana coast.