Offshore Driller Cox Sues for $225 Million Over Oil Tanker Crash

Offshore driller Cox Operating LLC sued the owner and manager of an oil tanker for more than $225 million after the ship allegedly rammed into a Cox platform off Louisiana last weekend.

The Suezmax vessel, M/V Atina, drifted off anchorage in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday morning and “forcefully” struck the northwest corner of the platform, causing significant damage, the Dallas-based oil producer claims in the suit, filed Sunday in U.S. federal court in New Orleans. The production facility is currently unable to operate, Cox claims.

The collision forced the shutdown of the platform and the evacuation of crew, ...