Five people dead after incident at platform

According to a social media statement by Ministry of Oil and Gas, the accident occurred during a workover operation (intervention inside wells). Seven of the twelve people on board the platform at the time of the accident were able to be evacuated. However, now the number of fatalities has gone from four to five.

 

Among the survivors, one injured in the leg was hospitalized in Port-Gentil. Another seriously burned person was transported to Libreville.