From Rigzone:
All 13 workers on board a Mariner Energy-operated fixed platform on fire offshore Louisiana have been evacuated and safely accounted for, Houston-based Mariner reported today. Contrary to earlier media reports, no injuries have been reported, and no hydrocarbon spill was seen in an initial flyover of the site, Mariner said.
The cause of the fire that broke out this morning at Vermilion Block 380, located 102 miles off the central Louisiana coast, is...
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