re: #55 reine.de.tout

Absolutely they need to get the safety stuff right. Absolutely.
But this well wasn’t drilling, and it doesn’t appear it was even producing anything.
I’m sure by this afternoon we’ll know what happened and why.

Per Mariner’s statement they were producing.

Whatever that means.

Vermilion 380 Platform A was in fact producing oil and gas at the time of the accident, again contrary to Coast Guard statements that it was not producing at the time, the company statement said.
Mariner officials said it produced an average of 9.2 million cubic feet of natural gas per day and 1,400 barrels of oil and condensate a day during the last week of August