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    1. Drilling & Completion

    Cook Inlet platform evacuated

    Oct. 3, 2014
    The US Coast Guard has safely evacuated all four crew on the Baker platform in Cook Inlet following report of a fire on the gas drilling facility.

    Offshore staff

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska –The US Coast Guard has safely evacuated all four crew on the Baker platform in Cook Inlet following report of a fire on the gas drilling facility.

    The Coast Guard also diverted a Hercules HC-130 and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter to overfly the platform in Cook Inlet, near Nikiski. Additionally, the Coast Guard launched the CutterMustang and the diverted the Cutter SPAR to the location. 

    A 5-mi (8-km), no-fly safety zone at 5,000 ft (1,524 m) and a 2-mi (3.2-km) safety zone are in effect around the platform.

    10/03/14