Chevron’s Angolan business said on Wednesday that there was one per
son missing after an early morning fire at its Benguela Belize Lobito Tomboco
BBLT) offshore oil platform on Tuesday.
Seventeen people were injured, four seriously, when the fire started around 3 a.m
. (0100 GMT) in the basement of the multi-story deep-water oil platform, Angolan
authorities and the U.S. oil major said on Tuesday.
The cause of the fire is currently under investigation. The BBLT platform is
found in Block 14 some 60 miles (97 km) offshore the Cabinda coast and injured
personnel had to be helicoptered to land for medical treatment.
Chevron subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Company (CABGOC) was working wi
th relevant agencies to help with search and rescue operations, a comp
any statement said.
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“CABGOC is collabora
ting with its contracting
partners to provide support to the impacted individuals and their families,” the company said.
(Reporting by Wendell R
oelf and Miguel Gomes in Luanda; editing by David Goodman and Louise Heavens)