Brazil oil platform evacuated as precaution

  • Posted: Monday, April 30, 2012 12:21 a.m.
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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)

Associated Press
BRASILIA, Brazil — Rio de Janeiro’s port captain says about 100 workers have been evacuated from a tilting oil platform in that city’s bay.

The port captain’s office says in a Sunday statement that an inclination of three degrees prompted the Saturday night evacuation. It says no petroleum has leaked from the platform owned by the U.S. firm Transocean, and no one has been hurt and navigation is not affected.

The statement says the platform was undergoing maintenance when the problem was detected. The tilt, caused by water entering a platform pillar, has been corrected.

Transocean did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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