14 WFIE - 1 day 10hrs ago
New Orleans, La. (AP) - An Oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana Coast Thursday, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. This time, the Coast Guard said there was no leak, and no one was killed.
The Coast Guard initially reported that an Oil
Associated Press - 1 day 14hrs ago
New Orleans, La. — The Coast Guard is backing off its earlier report that an Oil sheen about a mile long was spreading following a platform Explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.
Coast Guard Cmdr. Cheri Ben-Iesau said Thursday afternoon that crews was unable to confirm the Oil sheen. The Coast Guard says pla
Associated Press - 1 day 14hrs ago
New Orleans, La. — A mile-long Oil sheen spread Thursday from an offshore petroleum platform burning in the Gulf of Mexico off Lousiana, west of the site of BP's massive Spill.
Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Coklough said the sheen, about 100 feet wide, was spotted near the platform owned by Houston-based Ma