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On Wednesday afternoon, an offshore oil rig owned by Houston-based Fieldwood Energy experienced an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, killing one contracted worker. The rig was not producing oil at the time, and no oil spilled into the Gulf, according to the company and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). “This was an isolated incident that has been fully contained,” Fieldwood Energy CEO Matt McCarroll said in a statement on Friday. “The facility was not damaged and there was no pollution that resulted from the incident.” Here’s everything we know, and everything we don’t know, about the incident so far. Three workers were injured in the blast, and one was killed Have you heard anything about this?
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 19:12:13 +0000

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