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Another Oil Rig Explodes In Gulf Waters

By Scott Sarvay
September 2, 2010 Updated Sep 2, 2010 at 5:40 PM EDT

GULF OF MEXICO (Indiana's NewsCenter) - Another offshore oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.

The latest oil rig is located 200-miles west of the Deep-Water Horizon site that exploded in April.

Coast Guard Petty Officer Casey Ranel says the blast was reported by a commercial helicopter company about 9:30 a.m. Thursday. Seven helicopters, two airplanes and four boats are en route to the site, about 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay along the central Louisiana coast.

The rig, which is in about 2,500 feet of water, is owned by Mariner Energy of Houston and is not an active production site.

One of the 13 workers on the platform was injured.



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