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 don t know the extent of the injuries. there was an explosion, there is is a fire ongoing, we understand. we will continue to try to gather additional information on this and update the story. if you need a home, listen up for a second here. habitat for humanity of indianapolis needs some first-time home-buyers. they say they won t be able to build any new homes next year unless they have qualified families for them. daniel miller with our cnn affiliate, wish has the story. reporter: in the 1000 block of east ninth street and indianapolis, volunteers are busy working to finish this new
of mexico. 102 miles south of vermilion bay, in the terre bonne bay region. 13 people on board the rig at the time of the explosion and fire, all accounted for, one with injuries. wall street journal reporter ben castleman is on the line with us. and ben, help us understand a little bit more about the company that owned this platform. what do you know about mariner energy? caller: well mariner energy is relatively small as far as offshore operators go. you get lots of these small companies that operate onshore relatively few of them offshore. interesting fact about mariner is it s in the process of being acquired by a somewhat larger company, apache corps. that deal has not been completed. and we ll see what impact this might have. what is this rig that we re talking about? i mean we ve got information that it is, it has the capability of being a drilling
question are we aware of any leak from this rig? caller: there are reports that the rig was not actively producing any product. so we do not know if there s any additional concerns of pollution. even though it was not producing product. so just sort of to recap here. we ve got an explosion and a fire on this rig, about 90 miles south of vermilion bay, terre bonne bay region? caller: yes, that s correct. it s in, it s 90 miles south of vermilion bay. and 13 people were on board this rig. everyone has been accounted for at this point? caller: yes, that is correct. and coast guard headquarters and coast guard cutters are on, are en route to rescue these people as soon as possible. and bill, no word yet as to whether or not there is a leak, an oil leak associated with this explosion and fire?
mckinsey report that talked about the literally trillions of dollars in economic productivity could be attributed to this great country if we could eliminate that achievement gap. i mean, i believe if we can eliminate the achievement gap, every state budget would be balanced. closing the achievement gap is no long aeromoral imperative. today it really is an economic imper quick update on the oil rig explosion. yes, another oil rig explosion in the gulf of mexico. this one taking place about 90 miles, 90 miles south of vermilion bay. we can give you a frame of reference on a map here. let s take a look at that in the terre bonne bay region, the vermilion oil rig 380, owned by mariner energy. a couple of minutes ago we talked about this explosion with
rescue vessels we understand are on the way. the rig is owned by mariner energy company based in houston. i talked with a coast guard petty officer a short time ago. caller: we received a report at approximately 10:30 a.m. that an oil rig approximately 90 miles south of vermilion bay in the terre bonne bay region of louisiana, that an oil rig owned by mariner energy exploded. the 13 crew members aboard the platform, they abandoned the rig. 12 have been accounted for. they all have been accounted for. one is injured. the 12 are in emergent suits. four coast ard rescue helicopters from air station new orleans and four coast guard rescue helicopters from air station houston are en route. as well as the coast guard cutters, decisive manta skipjack and four civilian