- Title: USA: No signs of oil after Gulf platform fire
- Date: 4th September 2010
- Summary: AT SEA, GULF OF MEXICO, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 2, 2010) (REUTERS) AERIAL VIDEO SHOWING BOATS SPRAYING WATER TO EXTINGUISH FIRE ON OIL PLATFORM
- Embargoed: 19th September 2010 13:00
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- Location: Usa
- Country: USA
- Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
- Reuters ID: LVA9MSVAKLXLO8QA2V7R1XPCI8DC
- Story Text: Aerial video showed boats spraying water to extinguish a fire on an oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy off the Louisiana coast on Thursday (September 2).
The oil and gas platform burst into flames in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, but the crew of 13 escaped and there were no signs of an oil spill, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
The crew, plucked from the Gulf by an oil supply vessel, was transported to a hospital onshore and no injuries have been reported, the Houston-based company said.
Automated shutoff equipment turned off the flow of oil and gas from the platform's seven producing wells as the crew evacuated, Mariner said.
The cause of the fire is still unknown and under investigation, the company said. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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