At least three persons have been reported dead and many others missing as explosion hit a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading Vessel known as Trinity Spirit FPSO in Ugborodo (Escravos) offshore location, Warri South – West Local Government Area in Delta State.
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Control TV News reports that the incident which occured at the early hours of Wednesday, February 2, 2022, have threw the nearby oil producing communities into panic mood.
The FPSO belonging to Shebah Exploration & Production Company Ltd (SEPCOL) in receivership, was said to have blew up at the Ukpokiti Terminal with about ten workers onboard.
As of the time of filling this report, rescue operation was still ongoing according to industry source who said three persons have been evacuated alive and three confirmed dead.
Local sources said they heard the deafening sound of the explosion which occured about 1:00am, followed by billowing smoke which adorned the cloud.
“It causes great panic among workers in the facility and a devastation to the fishing business of locales”, one source said.
The source, an industry worker, blamed ‘equipment failure’ as cause of the explosion from the vessel.
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