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This is never good news:

Oil rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico; 2 people missing, 4 rushed to hospital By Miguel Llanos and Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News
Two people were missing and four people were airlifted to a hospital Friday after an oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico some 17 miles southeast of Grand Isle, La., the U.S. Coast Guard told NBC News.
Rescue crews were searching the waters for the two. Officials did not immediately release the names of the missing or the injured. …
The owner of the platform is Houston-based Black Elk Energy. On its website, the company stated that this month it was starting to drill the first of 23 new wells in the Gulf of Mexico. ...
NBC News