Friday, April 23, 2010

Who was on Transocean's Deepwater Horizon ?

"Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) reported a fire onboard its semisubmersible drilling rig Deepwater Horizon. The incident occurred April 20, 2010 at approximately 10:00 p.m. central time in the United States Gulf of Mexico. The rig was located approximately 41 miles offshore Louisiana on Mississippi Canyon block 252. Transocean's Emergency and Family Response Teams are working with the U.S. Coast Guard and lease operator BP Exploration & Production, Inc. to care for all rig personnel and search for missing rig personnel. A substantial majority of the 126 member crew is safe but some crew members remain unaccounted for at this time." There were seventy-nine Transocean workers, six BP employees and 41 contract workers were aboard. Transocean reports that of the 11 missing, 9 were Transocean employees and 2 were M-I SWACO emplyees.

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