According to Xinhua News Agency, on September 2nd, in the Gulf of Mexico waters south of Louisiana, rescue boats fired water on the blasting rig. The drilling platform exploded on that day and 13 workers on the platform have all been rescued.
The explosion took place in the Gulf of Mexico around 80 nautical miles (about 148 kilometers) south of Vermilion, in central Louisiana. A commercial helicopter company reported the explosion of the drilling platform around 9:30 am that day.
The accident occurred in the waters west of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform. The BP- leased Deepwater Horizon platform exploded in April this year, killing 11 workers and causing the worst crude oil spill in the United States.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said that the rig in which the accident occurred was located 2,500 feet (about 750 meters) underwater and belonged to an energy company headquartered in Houston.
The platform does not produce oil and natural gas. At present, it is still unclear whether there is a crude oil leak.
Several helicopters and Coast Guard speedboats have been dispatched to the accident site. There were 13 workers on the drilling platform where the accident occurred. One of them was injured in the explosion and it is unclear about the injury.
Progress of the incident:
Gulf of Mexico explosion oil platform has no fire extinguishing oil spill
China News Service, New York, September 2 (Reporter: Sun Yuting) The explosion of the oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that exploded on the morning of the 2nd was now extinguished. The US Coast Guard said that there were no signs of oil and gas leaks.
More than 9:00 AM local time on the 2nd, the Gulf of Mexico once again occurred in the offshore drilling explosion. The explosion site was located west of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil well that exploded in April and was about 145 kilometers from the Louisiana coast.
Peter Tlerdesson, the captain of the US Coast Guard team responsible for the area’s mission, said that the one-mile-long oil strip that had been discovered previously is currently missing and that no reports of oil spills have been received, but they will continue to monitor the The district will confirm that the situation will not change.
Workers who have been rescued on the oil platform told the search and rescue personnel that they had successfully shut down the well before the platform leaked.
The oil platform is affiliated with Mariner Energy of the United States. The House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, which is also investigating BP’s offshore oil well leakage, quickly sent a letter to the company asking for an explanation. The White House said it is also closely monitoring the progress of the situation.
The company said that the oil drilling is shallow water operation, about 100 meters below sea level. When the explosion occurred, the platform did not perform drilling operations. The platform had previously produced about 1,400 barrels of oil per day.
