NEW ORLEANS, LA - The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is responding to a fire which occurred this morning at the SS266A Platform located in the Ship Shoal area of the Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles southwest of Grand Isle, Louisiana.
The offshore oil and gas operator, Renaissance Offshore, LLC, reported that a fire occurred at about 2:25 a.m., Jan. 5, 2017on the oil production platform. By 5:50 a.m., the fire had been extinguished and none of the four persons on board were injured although they evacuated by life raft and were recovered by an oilfield supply vessel. The four were flown to Terrebonne General Hospital in Houma for medical evaluation.
As a result of the fire, production has been shut in on both the A and B platforms, which are co-located and operated by Renaissance. The 10 wells on Platform A and seven on Platform B were shut in prior to the operators' evacuation this morning.
There is no visible oil sheen reported. BSEE inspectors are onsite and have begun conducting a thorough investigation.
More information will be provided as it becomes available.
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