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Breaking News: Another Oil Rig Explodes In The Gulf
allvoices … that it has made that oil spill, the worse environmental disaster in American history. I will bring you updates as they become available. … BP in £60m advertising blitz following oil spill |
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Oil rig explosion: 1 injured, rig explodes west of BP oil spill site
Examiner.com The rig exploded west of the BP oil spill site and is owned by Mariner Energy. Recent reports indicate that an oil sheen is spreading in the Gulf Word of … BP (BP) Updates on the Gulf Oil Spill; Says Total Costs are Around B Currently Oil Rig Explosion Updates: Vermilion Oil Rig 380 Exploded in Gulf of Mexico Mariner may be facing BP-style crisis |
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Gulf oil platform explodes, burning off La. coast
The Associated Press Responding to an oil spill in shallow water is much easier than in deep water, where crews depend on remote-operated vehicles access equipment on the sea … Gulf Oil Workers Safe After Explosion Causes Fire Oil rig explosion: 1 injured, rig explodes west of BP oil spill site Blast on gulf oil rig injures 1 worker |
NEW ORLEANS An explosion rocked an offshore oil drilling platform, sending a column of fire into the sky and touching off a frantic search at sea Wednesday for at least 11 reported missing. Most of the 126 workers on the rig Deepwater Horizon were believed to have escaped safely after the explosion about 10 pm Tuesday, Coast Guard Senior Chief Petty Officer Mike O’Berry said. The rig, more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana’s tip, was still burning Wednesday morning and was listing about 10 degrees. There was no estimate of when the flames might be out. Helicopters and boats searched the Gulf of Mexico for any sign of the workers who had not been accounted for. “We’re hoping everyone’s in a life raft,” O’Berry said. The Coast Guard said Wednesday that seven workers had been critically injured. Later in the day, West Jefferson Hospital in suburban New Orleans said it treated four people, three of whom had been released. The University of South Alabama Medical Center said it was treating one person in its burn unit and evaluating five others. O’Berry said many workers who escaped were being brought to land on a work boat expected to arrive Wednesday evening. When the explosion happened, the rig was drilling but was not in production, according to Greg Panagos, spokesman for its owner, Transocean Ltd. in Houston. The rig was under contract to BP PLC. BP spokesman Darren Beaudo said all BP personnel were safe but he didn’t know how many BP workers had been on the …
Vujasinovic & Beckcom PLLC, Board Certified Houston, Texas Maritime Accident Attorneys representing Oil Rig Workers, (877) 724-7800, www.MaritimeAccidentAttorney.comAfter Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible offshore rig exploded on April 21, 2010, countless lawyer websites and internet advertisements popped up all over the Internet. Much of this advertising suggests injured oil rig workers and their families must “immediately” hire a lawyer, or else their cases will somehow be lost. Unfortunately, this is not the case. In fact, offshore rig workers and their families who are victims of the Transocean Offshore Rig Explosion will be best served by taking their time in hiring an attorney.Interview a lot of lawyers. Ask them all a lot of questions. Ask if they are Board Certified. How many offshore injury cases have they handled? What is their track record in offshore injury cases? And find out whether their track record documented.Most importantly, take your time. Nothing bad will happen to any of these cases if lawyers are not hired “as soon as possible.” After you have interviewed at least several maritime law firms, choose the lawyer who you believe will do the best job on your case and who you feel most comfortable with.For more helpful information to victims of the Transocean Rig Blowout, please visit
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