Brazil oil platform evacuated as precaution

  • Monday, April 30th, 2012
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A Transocean Ltd. offshore oil rig is titled to one side in the Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, April 29, 2012. Rio de Janeiro's port captain says that an inclination of three degrees prompted a Saturday night evacuation of about 100 workers from the oil platform. The port captain's office released in a statement that stated no petroleum has leaked from the platform owned by the U.S. firm, no one was hurt and navigation has not been affected. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

A Transocean Ltd. offshore oil rig is titled to one side in the Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, April 29, 2012. Rio de Janeiro's port captain says that an inclination of three degrees prompted a Saturday night evacuation of about 100 workers from the oil platform. The port captain's office released in a statement that stated no petroleum has leaked from the platform owned by the U.S. firm, no one was hurt and navigation has not been affected. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)