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Reuters
28-05-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Three dead in Chevron's Angolan oil platform fire
May 28 (Reuters) - A second person died from their injuries in hospital following a fire at a Chevron-operated oil platform offshore Angola, bringing the number of fatalities to three, government and company officials said late on Tuesday. Two workers were initially transferred to specialist units at hospitals in South Africa, while the body of a third worker is yet to be retrieved from the ocean and identified, officials added. Seventeen people were injured, four seriously, when the fire started at the deep-water Benguela Belize Lobito Tomboco (BBLT) platform in the early morning hours of May 20. A government source told Reuters the accident occurred in the same week that the U.S. oil major was set to resume operations following a scheduled annual maintenance shutdown at BBLT, which produced its first oil in 2006. Chevron's Angolan business, Cabinda Gulf Oil Company, did not confirm the expected return-to-service date, saying it did not comment on operational matters as investigations into the cause of the fire continue.
TimesLIVE
22-05-2025
- TimesLIVE
One missing in Angolan offshore fire incident, says Chevron
Chevron's Angolan business said on Wednesday that there was one person 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 3am (1am GMT) in the basement of the multistorey deep-water oil platform, Angolan authorities and the US oil major said on Tuesday. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation. The BBLT platform is found in block 14 some 97km 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 with relevant agencies to help with search and rescue operations, a company statement said. "CABGOC is collaborating with its contracting partners to provide support to the impacted individuals and their families," the company said.
