Mariner Reports Mile-Long Crude Oil Sheen Near Explosion in Gulf of Mexico

Mariner Energy Inc. reported an oil sheen one-nautical mile long by 100 feet wide near a platform in the Gulf of Mexico that was struck by an explosion, U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Colclough said in a telephone interview.

Mariner has sent three vessels to the platform. One has arrived and is trying to extinguish the fire, he said.

The platform was not producing today, U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Steve Lehmann, said in a telephone interview.

To contact the reporter on this story: Aaron Clark in New York at aclark27@bloomberg.net

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