[SeaCliff]

US Coast Guard and several news outlets including the NYT all reporting that an oil rig has exploded off the Louisiana coast - updates as soon as I can get them....

[SeaCliff]

NEW ORLEANS -- One person is missing   after a rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, about 80 miles south of   Vermilion Bay, the U.S. Coast Guard said.It happened around 9   a.m., and as of 10:15 a.m., the rig was still burning, Chief Petty   Officer John Edwards said. Rescue crews from New Orleans and Houston are   responding.Officials said there were 13 people aboard the rig, and all but one are accounted for.Two   helicopters from Houston and three from New Orleans are responding to   the blast. Two other fixed-wing planes and two cutter ships are also   responding, the Coast Guard said.The rig is owned by Mariner Energy.