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U.S.-based energy giant Chevron has revealed that its game plan during the Gulf of Mexico’s six-month hurricane season includes making sure its helicopters are ready to fly to and from the firm’s oil and gas platforms to lower the production disruptions should it become necessary to evacuate the offshore crew.
Jose-jaramilloChevronOffshore-rigFfshoreonce the fire is out we'll go out and determine the cause of the fire. >> eric: casey stiegel live with the details. any indication what may have caused this explosion? >> we have a little better idea. officials believe there were some type of cleaning chemicals on the surface of that massive offshore rig that somehow ignited and caught fire. but now that the sun is up the investigators are back out on the scene this morning to get a better idea of what happened collecting evidence and looking for clues. the rig out in the lake north of new orleans. it is used for storing oil until it is ready to be transferred back to land so there was no active drilling on site. witnesses report the loud explosion just after 7:00 p.m. it took a few minutes to realize what on earth had happened.
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