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Coast Guard May Burn Parts of Massive Oil Spill

BATON ROUGE, La. (April 27) -- The Coast Guard is considering setting fire to parts of an oil spill that's been growing in the Gulf of Mexico since a massive oil rig exploded and sank off Louisiana's coast last week. Rear Adm. Mary Landry said today that a "controlled burn," far from the coast, is one option she's...

Robot Subs Dispatched to Gulf for Oil Rig Leak

BATON ROUGE, La. (April 26) -- A fleet of robotic submarines is leading efforts to plug an oil well that's spewing crude oil at the Gulf of Mexico's seabed, nearly a mile below the water's surface, although officials conceded the operation might not work. At least four remote-controlled subs are being used in an attempt...

OilRig News From the Web

10/24/11 Fishermen Of Bajau Origin From KK Caught In B... Source: Brudirect.com Six men caught fishing illegally near an oilrig in Brunei admitted to the offence in court and were sentenced to jail yesterday.
08/19/11 Vietnam inaugurates first indigenous made oil-rig Source: VietNamNet Bridge The first completely indigenous made-in-Vietnam oil-rig in Dai Hung Mine, 265 kilometers from the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau is now complete and fully operational.
03/14/11 Remote Control Technology Provides Wireless Solution... Source: PR-inside.com - Austria REDMOND, WA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/14/11 -- Remote Control Technology (RCT) was tasked with developing a simple wireless solution that could be customized to fit Grand Isle Shipyard's (GIS) specifications.

Background on OilRig

An oil platform, also referred to as an offshore platform or, somewhat incorrectly, oil rig, is a large structure with facilities to drill wells, to extract and process oil and natural gas, and to temporarily store product until it can be brought to shore for refining and marketing.

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