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Vermilion Bay Explosion Update: Rig Fire Put Out, Oil Sheen Still Unconfirmed [SATELLITE IMAGE]

(Sept. 3) -- The fire on the Vermilion 380 oil platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday has been successfully put out, the U.S. Coast Guard reported in an update late Thursday night. Here's a satellite image of the fire shortly after it broke out Thursday, via NASA: According to the press release from...

What Exploded Off Vermilion Bay: An Oil Rig or a Platform?

(Sept. 2) -- As news broke on Thursday of yet another explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, several media outlets proclaimed that an "oil rig" had gone up in flames, echoing the devastating accident at BP's Deepwater Horizon rig. But as the story unfolds, the U.S. Coast Guard is taking pains to draw a distinction between oil...

Oil Platform Explosion Causes Panic Over Unconfirmed New Spill

(Sept. 2) -- Initial reports suggest that today's Gulf Coast oil platform explosion is not the beginning of a second major gulf oil spill disaster -- let alone one on the scale of the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion, which killed 11 (as opposed to today's good news that all 13 workers were saved). Yet many around the Web...

Coast Guard: New Gulf Oil Spill Will Take More Than a Week to Plug

(July 29) -- When it comes to the oil spills of 2010, sometimes it feels as if we're taking one step forward, two steps back. After initially announcing that the Barataria Bay oil spill might be contained this week, U.S. Coast Guard officials now say that the year's second spill in the Gulf of Mexico will take an...

Report: Oil Rig Workers Scared to Report Safety Problems

(July 22) -- A secret survey conducted aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig in the weeks before it exploded reveals that workers had safety concerns but feared punishment if they reported any problems, The New York Times reports. The rig's owner, Transocean Ltd., commissioned the survey in the weeks before the April 20...