Platform 371 News Today

The offshore supply vessel, crystal clear, recovered all 13 survivors from the water and transported them to the closest platform in vermillion block 371. a civilian air ambulance helicopter and three coast guard helicopters transported survivors to terrabone medical hospital for attention. all survivors arrived between 2:30 and 3:30 this afternoon. mariner energy, the owner of the platform, has followed their fire response plan, and the fire is now extinguished. the coast guard cutter skip jack...

From captain peter troedsson from the u.s. coast guard, basically saying the 13 folks working on this platform is okay. the fire is out. he insists there are no reports of a visible sheen, meaning oil, on the surface of the gulf of mexico, but they are monitoring it. they are taking a closer look. they are investigating certainly the cause of this explosion that caused the fire and this incident, this second incident of this oil platform exploding in the gulf of mexico. well stay on top of this ...

We will get the latest right now on the fire that was burning in the gulf of mexico today. an offshore oil and natural gas platform went up in flames and 13 people were thrown into the sea. brian todd is following these developments for us. brian, all 13 of the folks have been accounted for? >> all 13 are accounted for according to the coast guard and mariner energy, the owner of the platform. we have dramatic new pictures of this from the tv station from lafayette, louisiana. and in one of the ...

We will get you the latest coming up. and also, breaking news off of the gulf of mexico. a fire on an oil and gas platform, and workers are forced to leap for their lives into the water. we have new details this hour. major afghan bank on the verge of collapse. it is threatening to take the countrys fragile economy with it. and now the brother of the afghan president wants a bank bailout from the united states of america. we want to welcome the viewers here in the united states and around the ...

[ inaudible question [. >> the company now reports it has been shut down, and, of course, we continue to monitor that to make double sure and quadruple sure that thats the case. well continue to monitor it. they tell us right now that it has been shut down. >> this platform is connected to separate wells? are you checking the connections to the wells underwater? >> again, thats something that i would rather not speculate on at this point. the company monitors each of those wells, and so their da...

This uses the product to the pipeline for the source, and this is not like the drilling rig of the bp rig. >> what did you find? >> well, an official with the bureau of ocean management said that the last time this platform was inspected was january 12th of this year, and this official not able to provide the results of the inspection, but we hope to get them soon. we have found on the bureaus website records of the violations. last year we found a heliport was taken out of commission after a fi...

At 0919 central time the coast guard received a phone call from a platform in vermillion block 371. that platform 380 was on fire and engulfed in flames. platform 371s helicopter, owned by bristo, flew to the scene and confirmed the fire, and 13 people in the water. this was 80 nautical miles south of vermillion bay. the coast guard then launched five helicopters from air station new orleans. two helicopters from air station houston, one fixed-wing c-144 from the station in mobile, four patrol b...

With a lot of air. well show you whats behind this secret inflatable arsenal. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." we begin with the breaking news. an oil and gas production platform caught fire in the gulf of mexico today about 100 miles off the coast of louisiana. mariner energy, the company that owns the platform, says the fire began at one of seven active wells connected to the rig. 13 workers were forced overboard, but the coast guard says no one was hurt. the coast guard repor...