Deepwater Horizon
The Coast Guard is reporting an explosion last night on the Deepwater Horizon, a Transocean drillship working for BP in the Gulf of Mexico. The Horizon was working in Mississippi Canyon Block 253 about 52 miles off the coast of Venice.
Details are sketchy, but 126 people are reported to have been evacuated. Local news is reporting 8 critical injuries and some missing personnel.
Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE) 
these oil rigs are very ditrimental to the environment.