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(RTTNews) – An explosion ripped through an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, setting it on fire and forcing all the thirteen workers on board the oil platform into the water, the US Coast Guard said Thursday. According … see more

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which has been arguing that drilling in the Gulf is safe and that the BP explosion NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard called off its search Friday for 11 oil rig workers who had been missing since an explosion on the rig Tuesday night in the Gulf of Mexico Oil platform explosion in Gulf An overnight explosion in the Gulf of Mexico rocked the Deepwater Horizon oil rig Oil platform explosion reported in Gulf of Mexico An offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that exploded Thursday did not leak a Oil rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico said he considered what happened a fire, not an explosion sns-ap-us-gulf-rig-explosion Horizon drilling rig exploded April 20, killing 11 people and causing oil to gush into the Gulf of Mexico routine work and that there was no sign of trouble before the explosion Mexico, the US Coast Guard said An explosion occurred on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard is searching for 11 missing workers A search is continuing for 11 missing workers AN offshore oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of Deepwater Horizon blast that caused a massive oil spill The oil Gulf rig fire 2:56: Oil rig explosion pictures 0:42 By Sheila McNulty in Houston Published: September 2 2010 18 are worried about how their industry will withstand a growing oil spill that resulted from last week s explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico Oil rig fire triggers new pollution fear in Gulf of Mexico CBS News video: Oil Rig Explosion in Gulf of Mexico – The Coast Guard is searching for 11 missing workers after the fiery blast was not immediately known what caused the explosion, but the rig Here are some differences between the Deepwater Horizon rig disaster April 20 and the oil production platform explosion Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico: — Deepwater off the Louisiana coast Thursday was the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in An off-shore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded early Thursday, sending its crew of 13 scrambing into the water and creating a sheen of spilled oil on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico Co In what many are hoping isn t a repeat of the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig, a report from WWL-TV in New Orleans has confirmed the Coast Guard is responding She said there have been more than 800 offshore explosions and fires in the Gulf since The Coast Guard is responding to a report of a rig explosion and fire “and people in the water in the Gulf of Mexico south of Vermilion Bay, authorities said Oil Rig Explosion, Fire in Gulf of Mexico Coast Guard in Houston sending helicopters Rig explosion raises pollution fears Blast throws 13 workers into the water Coast guard says rig not in production AN EXPLOSION has ripped through another oil rig in the Gulf Thirteen workers flee drilling platform An offshore oil rig has exploded and burst into flames in the Gulf of Mexico just west of the infamous Another offshore oil facility caught fire Thursday morning in the Gulf of Mexico , sending 13 workers into the water to be rescued by boat, and sending enough burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in Platforms are vastly different from oil rigs Updated: Thursday, 02 Sep 2010, 10:48 AM CDT Published : Thursday, 02 Sep 2010, 10:29 An explosion ripped through an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday dumping 13 people into the water, one of whom was injured, the US Coast Guard said The oil industry has been under scrutiny since the April 20 explosion of An oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that caught fire after an explosion on Tuesday night has now sunk, the US Coast Guard has said The rig was the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded April 20, killing 11 people and causing oil to gush into the Gulf of Mexico