NEW ORLEANS The search for a worker who has been missing since an oil rig exploded ... aboard an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The missing crewman, Jerome Malagapo of the Philippines ...

GRAND ISLE, La., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- One worker killed and another still missing in last week's fire aboard an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico were from the Philippines, officials said Monday.

Prosafe has been awarded a Letter of Award (LOA) by Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. for the provision of the Safe Astoria accommodation rig at the Malampaya Shallow Water Platform offshore ...

The Philippines' Embassy ... Advertisement Workers on the platform reportedly set off the fire while cutting into a pipeline that contained oil. The rig wasn't in service at the time and no ...

and the Philippine National Oil Company-Exploration Corporation (PNOC-EC) -- led a ceremony at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel today to inaugurate the new platform, and mark the start of gas production.