A gas platform has sunk in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela
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He said all 95 workers were evacuated from the Aban Pearl platform before it sank in the early hours of Thursday.
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It was drilling some of the 16 gas wells in the Mariscal Sucre offshore natural gas project, in the extreme north-east of Sucre state.
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Later, Venezuela's Energy and Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said the Dragon 6 natural gas field being drilled by the Aban Pearl had been stabilised and there was no risk of leaks.
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