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Seven oil workers die as explosion rocks NNPC facility

Seven oil workers were killed in an explosion that rocked Gbetiokun, Oil Mining Lease (OML) 40, operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) on behalf of the NPDC/ Elcrest Joint Venture. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), which reported this incident yesterday, noted that the explosion “occurred on Tuesday during the installation of a ladder on a platform (Benin River Valve Station) for access during discharging of Gbetiokun production, unfortunately, causing seven fatalities.”

NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru, stated that detailed investigation of the cause of the explosion has commenced, while the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has been duly notified and Form 41 was being prepared for the industry regulator as required in circumstances of this nature. The bodies of casualties have been deposited in a morgue in Sapele, while families of the personnel involved are being contacted by their employers, Weld Affairs and Flow Impact, which are consultants to NPDC.

Obateru stated that all personnel on board the platform had been fully accounted for. NNPC Group Managing Director, Mallam Mele Kyari in the statement, commiserated with the families of the bereaved, praying that God grants them the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss of their loved ones.

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