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To, does it sound like a natural gas explosion to you? >> caller: our understanding is it was a natural gas production platform. whether it was natural gas that exploded or whether there could be a fire of some other kind on the rig, i think we just dont know yet. >> ben castleman is a reporter for "the wall street journal." thanks for your time. appreciate it. cnn is your hurricane headquarters and we want to get you the up-to-date information on hurricane earl. reynolds wolf is tracking it f...

Sitting on the seabed. >> is there a difference between a production platform and a, and a drilling rig? >> yes. theres quite a bit of difference. now at times a production platform can host a drilling rig. it can, a rig can set up and work on the platform. and that with appear to be what was happening here. but there are several types of drilling rigs. this could have been what we call a workover rig, where they were working 0 an existing well as opposed to trying to drill a new well. and of co...

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Knowledge about the numbers. i do that because everybody gets nervous if i make a comment, somehow i knew the number. >> theres an oil production platform in the gulf thats on fire. does it present any of the same problems of the bp rig? its, obviously, not under a moratorium. do you know anything more about the accident? >> well, let me just say heres what i know before we came out here. this is, im told this is a production platform about 100 miles off the coast. i am told the depth of water i...

You can see that. we do not know if anyone is hurt. if they got away. the plane has just gone down. thats all i know. when we get the new information on this, context and perspective and facts we will bring it to you but i want to show you what happened although the signal is not too great from kgo. wait, one more thing -- no, no update. >> more breaking news and pictures of the rig explosion that happened in the gulf. brand new. happened today. and now to the newsroom. i have not seen video yet...

This is a producing rig, a drilling rig or a production platform. and there is a difference. it is the vermilion oil rig 380, owned by mariner energy. and the explosion happening about an hour ago, about 90 miles south of vermilion bay, in the terre bonne bay region. 13 workers on board the rig, all of them hit the water, all now accounted for. one with injuries, and we dont know the extent of the injuries. there was an explosion, there is is a fire ongoing, we understand. we will continue to tr...

Rig. but its also a production platform. can you help us sort out at least what this particular operation, this platform was functioning as at the time of this explosion and fire? >> caller: yeah, were still getting details on that. from what we understand right now, it is a so-called fixed-platform, that means it doesnt move around. its anchored to the sea floor in just about 300 feet of water and it primarily is a production platform. so, so oil and gas and it seems in this case, probably most...

There, and mariner says that the fire was reported to the coast guard on a rig 10:20 eastern time, and it burned for several hours. there were earlier reports of a sheen in the water, but a short time ago, the coast guard clarified all of that. >> the fire is out. coast guard helicopters on scene and vessels on scene have no reports of a visible sheen in the water there. is no report of an evidence of leaks, but we continue to investigate and monitor the situation to make sure it does not change...

Oil rig 380 owned by mariner energy. it exploded a little over an hour ago. about 90 miles south of vermilion bay. 13 people workers, on board that rig, all have been accounted tore. one suffering injuries. we do not know at this point the extent of the injuries. and this is being described now as a production platform. an explosion and fire, 13 people all accounted for. thats the good news, well continue to update the story for you right here in the cnn news room. ( revving, siren blares ) ther...

A very busy day in the cnn news room. two big stories were following for you right now. the left of your screen, it is the story of the production platform. and i think thats what were referring to it at this point. but a production platform explosion in the gulf of mexico. about 90 miles south of vermilion bay. again, about, lets get back to the white house briefing. because we believe robert gibbs is talking about the rig, the platform explosion. >> this is a, im told this is a production plat...