(Reuters) - An offshore gas drilling platform sank off the coast of Venezuela on Thursday, less than a month after a rig sank off the coast of Louisiana and left thousands of barrels of crude oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.
The accidents, particularly the Horizon spill, may lead to more scrutiny over offshore and deepwater oil drilling, which many energy analysts consider crucial to the world's future supply of crude oil and natural gas.
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