Ten crew members on board ‘Trinity Spirit’ a floating production, storage, and offloading vessel of SEPCOL oil, have died after it went up in flames.
The incident said to have happened in Niger Delta is said to have occurred on Wednesday.
Chief Executive Officer, Shebah Exploration and Production Company Ltd (in receivership), Ikemefuna Okafor, confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday, saying that no fatalities were recorded so far.
The statement read, “The management of Shebah Exploration & Production Company Ltd (SEPCOL) in RECEIVERSHIP hereby announce the unfortunate incident of a fire that engulfed our offshore facility, the FPSO Trinity Spirit located at the Ukpokiti Teminal, following an explosion during the early hours of Wednesday, 2nd of February 2022.
