Rescuers look for 2 crew lost in rig spill
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September 9, 2010, Thursday
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MORE than 130 rescuers braved strong winds and big waves yesterday to search for two workers missing in an oil-drilling platform accident in Bohai Bay near east China's Shandong Province.
Local marine authorities and the platform's operator, Shengli Oilfield, a subsidiary of Sinopec, ordered six rescue vessels and a helicopter to continue searching for the two missing workers in the waters near the oil rig.
But rescuers said the stiff winds and waves brought by typhoon Malou made the search efforts "very difficult."
"The waves are too big and the winds are too strong for us to get close to the platform," a rescuer told the control room in Dongying City, where the oilfield is located.
Typhoon's winds
The accident occurred at the No. 3 drilling platform of Shengli Oilfield at around 6:52pm on Tuesday when strong winds brought by Malou tilted the oil rig.
Thirty-six workers were working on the platform when the accident happened, according to Shengli Oilfield. Four workers fell into water when the oil rig tilted.
By last night, 34 workers had been saved after local government and marine authorities sent out as many as six vessels and four helicopters to save those trapped workers.
"Given the weather conditions, there was slim hope of survival for the two missing workers," said an official for the oilfield's public relations department, who refused to give his name.
The valve on the oil rig has been closed and there is no risk of an oil spill, the company said in the statement.
The 34 rescued workers are all in stable condition, according to the statement.
Local marine authorities and the platform's operator, Shengli Oilfield, a subsidiary of Sinopec, ordered six rescue vessels and a helicopter to continue searching for the two missing workers in the waters near the oil rig.
But rescuers said the stiff winds and waves brought by typhoon Malou made the search efforts "very difficult."
"The waves are too big and the winds are too strong for us to get close to the platform," a rescuer told the control room in Dongying City, where the oilfield is located.
Typhoon's winds
The accident occurred at the No. 3 drilling platform of Shengli Oilfield at around 6:52pm on Tuesday when strong winds brought by Malou tilted the oil rig.
Thirty-six workers were working on the platform when the accident happened, according to Shengli Oilfield. Four workers fell into water when the oil rig tilted.
By last night, 34 workers had been saved after local government and marine authorities sent out as many as six vessels and four helicopters to save those trapped workers.
"Given the weather conditions, there was slim hope of survival for the two missing workers," said an official for the oilfield's public relations department, who refused to give his name.
The valve on the oil rig has been closed and there is no risk of an oil spill, the company said in the statement.
The 34 rescued workers are all in stable condition, according to the statement.
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