# Gulf rig explosion

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/gulf-rig-explosion/13676>\
**Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\
**Created:** [November 20, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/gulf-rig-explosion/13676 "2014-11-20T21:04:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![sailcapt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5e9695/32.png) [@sailcapt](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/sailcapt)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/gulf-rig-explosion/13676/1 "2014-11-20T21:04:24Z")

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10 pm local news station WWL reporting 1 Dead 3 injured 11 miles south of Venice @ 1500

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**Author:** ![sailcapt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5e9695/32.png) [@sailcapt](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/sailcapt)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/gulf-rig-explosion/13676/2 "2014-11-20T21:13:10Z")

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[QUOTE=sailcapt;148351]10 pm local news station WWL reporting 1 Dead 3 injured 11 miles south of Venice @ 1500[/QUOTE]

Local news New Orleans

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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/quimby/32/3448_2.png) [@Quimby](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/gulf-rig-explosion/13676/3 "2014-11-20T21:25:02Z")

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> **[Drilling company says fatal explosion on drilling platform occurred during...](http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/article_978a9cdb-08ce-5e08-946d-67c25bc52568.html)**
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> NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A drilling company says a worker killed in an offshore explosion was cleaning a piece of equipment during routine maintenance at its oil-and-gas platform in the

Platform was not producing. Thoughts to the families involved.

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**Author:** ![OBXmariner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d9b06d/32.png) [@OBXmariner](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/OBXmariner)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/gulf-rig-explosion/13676/4 "2014-11-21T01:08:34Z")

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Terrible. Lord please be with those and thief families.

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**Author:** ![catherder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@catherder](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/catherder)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/gulf-rig-explosion/13676/5 "2014-11-21T15:40:50Z")

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This is sad. And a reminder of the dangers of the job.