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BEIJING: Two oil workers were missing but more than 30 others were rescued from a listing Sinopec rig off China's northeast coast, the government said Wednesday, as the company insisted no oil was spilled.
Rescue teams saved 34 people who were working on the platform in the Shengli oil field off Dongying in Shandong province when the incident took place late Tuesday, the transport ministry told AFP.
Helicopters and rescue boats were searching for the two people who slipped from the platform, now leaning at a 45-degree angle, the Xinhua news agency said.
The Shengli oil field, the second-largest in China, is operated by Sinopec, the biggest oil refiner in Asia.
"No oil was spilled," a Sinopec spokesman, who asked not to be identified, told AFP, confirming the rig's valve had been immediately shut off and the 34 workers had been rescued.
"The cause of the accident is still under investigation," the spokesman said, adding it was probably due to powerful storms in the area.
-AFP/wk
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