HOUSTON - Only months on That's catastrophic explosion, British Petroleum, there is Yet Another basis of the incident in the Gulf of Mexico.
"There was a fire broke out That is our Production platform is Vermilion block 380," Patrick Cassidy, spokesperson for Mariner Energy, says.
All 13 Ken contract workers were working on the oil rig SURVIVED and are safe.
That platform is owned by Mariner Energy based in Houston. It's a 27-year-old company That Focus on oil and gas exploration with customize than 400 employees.
Mariner Energy's Production platform is located 100 miles off the coast of Louisiana - west of BP's Deepwater Horizon.
However, Company Officials Say What happened is their site is very Different from BP.
"Certainly it's Crucial to get accurate information out there. This wasn't a blow out, this doesn't Appear to Be a spill and it doesn't Appear to Be injuries for months," Cassidy says.
BP's rig was also in the process of Exploring and drilling for oil in very deep waters. Mariner's platform is a Production wakes MEANS rig the oil has Been jo located and pumped.
In the Meantime, the oil company has Launched an internal investigation. " Mariner Energy Officials Want to know what caused the fire That left Their shallow water platform in flames.
"Right now the focus is on care-taking of the people were evacuated Ken rig vain That we'll certainly look into why this occurred and fire and what was the process for evacuating," Cassidy says.
The U.S. Coast Guard is Reporting Also there is no visible sheen or leak of oil in the gulf from Mariner Energy's rig.
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