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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 bureau's website records of the violations. last year we found a heliport was taken out of commission after a fire. and there was a fine in that incident of $20,000. mariner got hit by that. and last year also, ...

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 371's 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 boats, one 175-foot kirt and one 210-foot cutter. the bristow-owned helicopter saw 13 people in the ...

With a lot of air. we'll show you what's behind this secret inflatable arsenal. i'm wolf blitzer. you're 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 reports an oil sheen, although the company says there was no hydrocarbon spill. production from the p...