Oil Rig Explosion

According to sources at least 11 people were missing and seven were critically injured after an explosion at an oil drilling platform off the coast of Louisiana and authorities were searching for the missing workers. On Tuesday around 10 p.m. this horrifying incident happened and after that 126 workers had been safely evacuated. No deaths were reported after the explosion but some workers were injured.

It’s also said that no reason has been officially announced for the explosion and it’s still unclear what caused the fire. Most of the workers on the rig were Transocean employees and its located 41 miles offshore Louisiana. Seven workers were taken to the hospital and those workers were airlifted to a naval air station near New Orleans.


In 2009, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined the company $87 million and said that the company had failed to fix safety hazards at the refinery. It’s the largest amount in the history which they had to pay. The owner of this rig are Transocean Ltd and the company describes itself as the “World’s largest offshore drilling contractor.”