Tetra Technologies, Inc. v. Continental Insurance

DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

I

This appeal arises from an insurance coverage dispute concerning an industrial accident that occurred on a decommissioned platform in the Outer Continental Shelf, approximately 34 miles off the coast of Louisiana. Appellant Continental Insurance Co. (“Continental”) is the insurer of Vertex Services, LLC (“Vertex”), an oilfield services contractor. Pursuant to a Master Services Agreement (the “MSA”), Vertex employees performed work for Ap-pellees Tetra Technologies, Inc. (“Tetra”) and its subsidiary Maritech Resources, Inc. (“Maritech”). The MSA provides that Vertex must…