2 Missing as Dozens trapped on Collapsing Chinese oil rig
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Pastor Dale Morgan
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2 Missing as Dozens trapped on Collapsing Chinese oil rig
* From correspondents in Beijing
* From: AFP
* September 08, 2010 12:43PM
TWO workers were missing and more than 30 others were trapped on an oil rig off China's northeast coast after the platform leaned dramatically, state media said today.
Rescue teams have been sent to the Shengli oil field off Dongying in Shandong province, where the incident took place late yesterday, stranding 34 people on the platform in the East China Sea, the Xinhua news agency reported.
Helicopters were searching for the two people who slipped from the platform, now leaning at a 45-degree angle, but strong winds kept rescue boats from docking at the rig to retrieve those trapped, the agency said.
The Shengli oil field, the second-largest in China, is operated by Sinopec, the biggest oil refiner in Asia.
The rig's valve has been shut down and those on the platform are safe, the report quoted the oil field management office as saying.
Xinhua did not say whether any oil had been spilled in the incident.
2 Missing as Dozens trapped on Collapsing Chinese oil rig
* From correspondents in Beijing
* From: AFP
* September 08, 2010 12:43PM
TWO workers were missing and more than 30 others were trapped on an oil rig off China's northeast coast after the platform leaned dramatically, state media said today.
Rescue teams have been sent to the Shengli oil field off Dongying in Shandong province, where the incident took place late yesterday, stranding 34 people on the platform in the East China Sea, the Xinhua news agency reported.
Helicopters were searching for the two people who slipped from the platform, now leaning at a 45-degree angle, but strong winds kept rescue boats from docking at the rig to retrieve those trapped, the agency said.
The Shengli oil field, the second-largest in China, is operated by Sinopec, the biggest oil refiner in Asia.
The rig's valve has been shut down and those on the platform are safe, the report quoted the oil field management office as saying.
Xinhua did not say whether any oil had been spilled in the incident.
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