Two people were killed at Royal Dutch Shell’s Auger Tension Leg Platform in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico on Sunday morning, while testing mandatory safety equipment, the company informed.
According to initial information, a Shell employee and a contractor with oilfield services provider Danos Inc, were killed during a routine test of a lifeboat launch and retrieval capabilities at the platform located 214 miles south of New Orleans.
Another worker suffered a non-life-threatening injury and was transferred at a nearby hospital, Shell also told Reuters.
Operations on the platform continue as normal.
Auger began production in September 2014 in the Cardamom oil and gas field, which can yield up to 50,000 barrels of oil equivalent each day, according to Shell.
The US Coast Guard and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) have initiated investigations to determine the key causes of the incident.
