Rig sinks in Gulf of Mexico, oil spill risk looms

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

The rig was drilling BP Plc’s Macondo project with 126 workers on board when it was ripped by an explosion and fire on Tuesday night. Some 115 workers escaped, including 17 helicoptered to New Orleans area hospitals with injuries.

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1 Response to Rig sinks in Gulf of Mexico, oil spill risk looms

  1. slamdunk's avatar slamdunk says:
    April 23, 2010 at 5:26 pm

    Terrible fire. I hope they are able to control this.

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