Newly released video shows survivors of the plane crash that killed former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens being loaded into a Coast Guard plane and treated during a flight to Anchorage.
An oil platform exploded off the Louisiana coast Thursday, the second such disaster in less than five months. The Coast Guard said there was no leak and no one was killed.
NEW ORLEANS, La. A mile-long oil sheen spread Thursday from an offshore petroleum platform burning in the Gulf of Mexico off Lousiana, west of the site of BP’s massive spill. Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Coklough said the sheen, about 100 feet wide, was spotted near the platform owned by Houston-based Mariner Energy Inc. He [...]
An offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded threw 13 people in the water, injuring one. The explosion torn through the offshore oil rig, west of the Deepwater Horizon tragic oil spill. It happened around 130 kilometres south of the US mainland. Initial reports say that all 13 crew members are in the [...]
The Vermilion Oil rig 380 has exploded 90 miles south of Vermillion Bay in the Gulf of Mexico. As recently reported on CNN, the 13 people that were on the rig are accounted for. One has been taken to the hospital. Most of the workers are wearing “Gumby” immersion suits and are in the water [...]