Oil Platform Fire in Louisiana

A Black Elk Energy oil production platform 40 kilometers east of Grand Isle is shown from 2,000 feet (610 meters) after an explosion and fire killed two workers and sent four others to a hospital with burns.

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Deadly Oil Platform Fire in Louisiana

A Black Elk Energy oil production platform 40 kilometers east of Grand Isle, La., in the Gulf of Mexico is shown Nov. 16, 2012, after an explosion and fire killed two workers and sent four others to a hospital with burns. U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Ed Cubanski told a news conference in New Orleans the well was not producing at the time and no oil was leaking. A small amount of oil spilled from the rig when workers using a torch cut into a 75-foot-long, 3-inch-wide line on the platform. Cubanski said a sheen one-half mile long and 200 yards (meters) wide was reported in the area.

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Unique identifier: GP04C0D

Type: Image

Shoot date: 16/11/2012

Locations: Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, North America, United States of America

Size: 3500px × 2271px 3.66 MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)