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GRAND ISLE, La. — An offshore oil platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay. All 13 workers were rescued from the water, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

The explosion aboard the platform, owned by Mariner Energy, occurred west of the site of the April offshore rig blast that caused the massive BP oil spill.

Patrick Cassidy, a spokesman for Mariner Energy, told CNBC that there does not appear to be any oil leaking.

The Coast Guard said no one was killed in the explosion, which was reported by a commercial helicopter flying over the site around 9 a.m. CDT.

All 13 workers at the platform were plucked from the water by a supply boat and taken to another platform where they were waiting to be picked up by the Coast Guard, the agency said.

Coast Guard Cmdr. Cheri Ben-Iesau said one of the 13 people rescued was reported injured.

In Washington, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said that person was being transported out of the area. The extent and nature of the injury was not immediately known.
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The platform continued to burn several hours hours after the explosion, said Coast Guard fireman Katherine McNamara.

No oil or sheen from the burning platform was seen in the water by Coast Guard helicopters on scene, McNamara said.

Coast Guard Cmdr. Cheri Ben-Iesau said seven Coast Guard helicopters, two airplanes and three cutters were dispatched to the scene from New Orleans, Houston and Mobile, Ala.

Gibbs said a federal government response was ready if needed.

"We obviously have response assets ready for deployment, should we receive reports of pollution in the water," Gibbs told a daily briefing.

The Department of Homeland Security said the platform, known as Vermilion Oil Platform 380, was owned by Mariner Energy of Houston. DHS said it was not producing oil and gas.
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Mariner Energy focuses on oil and gas exploration on the Gulf of Mexico. In April, Apache Corp., another independent petroleum company, announced plans to buy Mariner in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $3.9 billion, including the assumption of about $1.2 billion of Mariner's debt. That deal is pending.

Company records show that the platform and rig is in 340 feet of water.