Gulf of Mexico Oil Rig Explosions Attorney

Texas Drilling Platform Work Injury Lawyer

The Deepwater Horizon is a semi-submersible drilling rig owned by Transocean, Ltd., which was conducting drilling operations for BP Exploration and Production, Inc. about fifty miles off the coast of Louisiana, southeast of Venice. The Deepwater Horizon erupted into flames Tuesday, April 20, 2010, and continued to burn until it sank into the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, April 22, 2010.

According to news reports, the explosion left 12 workers critically injured and 11 other workers missing. The injured workers were transported to hotels between New Orleans, Louisiana and Mobile, Alabama.  Congress has identified 5 reasons for the BP Transocean Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and oil spill.

The Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN) has compiled a list of adverse health effects associated with dispersants Corexit 9500 and 9527 and Louisiana sweet crude oil coming from the BP wellhead.  Read the latest notice posted on the LEAN website.

The lawyers at Bohrer Law Firm are experienced maritime attorneys and have represented workers who are victims of offshore oil and gas, semi-submersible and drilling rig accidents and injuries for over 25 years. Special laws, such as the Jones Act and general maritime law, apply to workers who are injured aboard offshore oil and gas drilling rigs such as the Transocean Deepwater Horizon.

Call the maritime injury lawyers at Bohrer Law Firm, LLC at 225-372-1939 or 1-800-579-8340, or email us immediately for a confidential consultation to discuss your legal rights if you or a family member has been injured as a result of the fire and explosion aboard the Transocean Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. We have over twenty-five years experience representing workers who have been injured in the oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico.

Contact us for a confidential, no cost consultation.