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Two missing after oil platform tilted
Two missing after oil platform tilted
![Thirty four workers have been saved and two are still missing after strong wind brougt by typhoon Malou tilted an oil drilling platform in Bohai Bay on September 7, the platform's operator, Shengli Oilfield, a subsidiary of Sinopec, said Wednesday. The valve on the oil rig has been closed and there is no risk of an oil spill, the company said in a statement. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100909/000bcdb95f1d0df274ad07.jpg "Thirty four workers have been saved and two are still missing after strong wind brougt by typhoon Malou tilted an oil drilling platform in Bohai Bay on September 7, the platform's operator, Shengli Oilfield, a subsidiary of Sinopec, said Wednesday. The valve on the oil rig has been closed and there is no risk of an oil spill, the company said in a statement. [Xinhua]")
![Strong winds have prevented rescue boats from docking at the platform. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100909/000bcdb95f1d0df274b50d.jpg "Strong winds have prevented rescue boats from docking at the platform. [Xinhua]")
![Four people fell into the sea while 32 were trapped on the platform. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100909/000bcdb95f1d0df274c722.jpg "Four people fell into the sea while 32 were trapped on the platform. [Xinhua]")
![By 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, 34 people, including two who fell into the sea, had been saved. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100909/000bcdb95f1d0df274d031.jpg "By 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, 34 people, including two who fell into the sea, had been saved. [Xinhua]")
![Rescuers were still searching for the other two who fell into the sea. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100909/000bcdb95f1d0df274d743.jpg "Rescuers were still searching for the other two who fell into the sea. [Xinhua]")
![A rescue helicopter. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100909/000bcdb95f1d0df274e058.jpg "A rescue helicopter. [Xinhua]")
![The Shengli Oilfield No. 3 drilling platform leaned over 45 degrees when Typhoon Malou struck the Bohai Bay Tuesday evening. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100909/000bcdb95f1d0df274e70c.jpg "The Shengli Oilfield No. 3 drilling platform leaned over 45 degrees when Typhoon Malou struck the Bohai Bay Tuesday evening. [Xinhua]")
![The platform is located five nautical miles from the coast and is in waters seven meters deep. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100909/000bcdb95f1d0df274ee27.jpg "The platform is located five nautical miles from the coast and is in waters seven meters deep. [Xinhua]")
