Mariner Energy,Oil Rig Explosion
Mariner Energy,Oil Rig Explosion:The sergeant said Matthew Masaschi MarketWatch, that Mariner Energy / quotes/comstock/13 *! I / quotes / NLS / I (22,83 ME, -0,52, -2,22%) reported seeing a sheen, which is about 100 feet wide and 1 mile long. The company reported that there was no oil flowing from the affected plant, which sits about 100 nautical miles off the south-central coast of Louisiana Vermillion Bay.
There was no immediate explanation from the source of an oil slick. Mariner Energy representative was not immediately available for comment.
Masaschi said that Mariner Energy reported it had brought the fire under control.
One injury reported among 13 workers who were on board the platform when the fire struck, shortly before 9:30 am Central.
Masaschi said 13 were rescued by boat supplies, “Crystal Clear”, and then taken to a nearby platform. Then the workers were taken to Terrebonne General Medical Center in Houma, Louisiana for examination.
Masaschi said the degree of injuries reported one was not yet known.
But the Marine Representative Patrick Cassidy initially told the cable news network CNBC, that all the wells associated with the platform were closed, and there was no evidence of any oil got into the Persian Gulf.
The fire broke out at the top of the rig from the well heads, he said, adding that the crew was painting and sandblasting at the time.
Mariner Energy shares were last down 2% to $ 22.87.
The Coast Guard has revised the number of helicopters sent to the scene, and now he says that nine helicopters all called for help, but they were withdrawn when Crystal Clear took the workers. Five of them were deployed in New Orleans and 4 in Houston.
Initially it was reported that two helicopters flew over the field Macondo, the site / quotes/comstock/13 * BP PLC in! BP / quotes / NLS / BP (BP 36,46, 0,30, 0,82%) Deepwater Horizon installation explosion in April and the subsequent oil spill. It was unclear whether these aircraft were deployed in New Orleans.
Four Coast Guard cutters were also sent, as well as the survey plane.
All Coast Guard personnel were withdrawn from the search and rescue operation, when it was reported that the workers were safe, Masaschi he said.
Mariner Energy bills itself as a leading independent oil and gas exploration and production company in the Gulf of Mexico. He said the interests of approximately 240 units on the continental shelf and 100 blocks in the water. About 85% of production comes from the Mariner Bank.
The fire at the moment, a thorough study on offshore oil and gas operations in the disaster Deepwater Horizon.
Drilling moratorium came into force during most of the Gulf of Mexico, and the cause of the explosion deep Horizon is still under investigation. But the moratorium applies only deepwater drilling. Mariner platform is 340 feet, which is not considered deep drilling rig, and his feet in the sea floor.
Mariner Energy announced April 15 it will be sold to Apache / quotes/comstock/13 *! Apa / quotes / NLS / APA (APA 90.90, -1.56, -1.69%), in the case should be completed by the end of the third quarter. A spokesman for the corporation Apache does not respond to messages seeking comment.
Mariner said in its annual report that its proved reserves attributed to Vermillion 380 fields were 33.2 billion cubic feet equivalent.
In 2008 and 2009, Mariner drilled 5 wells and added additional production capacity for “platform rig.
Hurricane Ike damaged the structure with the drilling rig on the platform, causing the company to stop drilling while underwater structural repairs was not.
