Search for missing oil platform worker ends

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Black Elk Energy has halted the search for a worker missing since Friday’s explosion and fire aboard an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

The missing crewman, Jerome Malagapo of the Philippines, was employed by Grand Isle Shipyard Inc., which had a contract with Black Elk to refurbish the platform.

The company said in a statement released Tuesday night that they would focus on the victims and their families, including those injured in the incident.

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