Here are some differences between the Deepwater Horizon rig disaster April 20 and the oil production platform explosion Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico: (www.newsvine.com)

(Sept. 2) -- The explosion and fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico today intensified the debate over the Obama administration's temporary ban on deepwater drilling in the gulf, even though the accident apparently did not involve drilling and the ban doesn't apply to the rig because it's in shallow water. (www.aolnews.com)

Sept. 2: An offshore oil platform exploded and caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday, just west of where the Deepwater Horizon exploded in April. NBC's Anne Thompson reports.  (Nightly News) (nightly.newsvine.com)

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The Coast Guard is backing off its earlier report that an oil sheen about a mile long was spreading following a platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. (www.newsvine.com)

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(Sept. 2) -- Initial Reactions from Twitter in response to the Vermilion Bay Oil Platform Explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. (www.aolnews.com)

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(Sept. 2) -- Details on the bay's location, wildlife and history with oil rigs -- and oil disasters like Thursday's Mariner Energy platform explosion. (www.aolnews.com)

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The U.S. Coast Guard was responding Thursday to reports of a rig explosion off the coast of Grand Isle, La., WWL-TV in New Orleans reported. Rescue helicopters from New Orleans and Houston were responding to the scene south of Vermillion Bay, the report said. CBS Radio News reported the... (www.nypost.com)