NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Coast Guard says it rescued two Chevron Corp. workers Monday from an oil rig in danger of collapsing in high seas churned up by Tropical Storm Ida.
The Chevron workers were rescued at about 5 a.m. after a lift boat tied to the rig broke loose and smashed into the rig. The workers feared the rig might collapse, the Coast Guard said.
The rig is located in the Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles south of New Orleans and lies in the vicinity of Ida.
Chevron says the workers were not injured and that the rig had not collapsed as of Monday afternoon.
