Houston’s Transocean oil platform drilling rig fire may merit worker lawsuits


Tragically, a fire erupted Tuesday night aboard an offshore oil rig drilling platform owned by Houston’s Transocean Ltd. and leased by BP PLC. As many as 15 oil platform workers were missing as of Wednesday morning, but were being searched for by the U.S. Coast Guard. As many as seven offshore oil rig workers were reportedly critically injured and transported to hospitals in Louisiana and Alabama.

(See remarkable first-hand images from the fire at this link.)

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