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November 19, 2012

1 Dead, 1 Missing in Fire on Gulf Coast Oil Rig 
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At least one person has been killed and another is feared dead after a
massive fire erupted Friday on an oil platform in the Gulf Coast.
Another four workers have been hospitalized, two in critical condition.
The rig's operator, Black Elk Energy, says only a small amount of oil
was spilled as a result of the blast. It came just one day after the oil
giant BP agreed to pay a $4.5 billion fine for the 2010 Deepwater
Horizon oil rig explosion that killed 11 people and caused the worst
offshore oil spill in U.S. history.

 

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