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The Joint military force deployed to protect oil infrastructure in the Niger Delta has confirmed a fire incident at an oilfield operated by Conoil in Koluama Southern Ijaw Local Government in Bayelsa.
The fire which started on Saturday morning engulfed an oil rig owned by
Depthwize Nigeria an oil services firm working at the oil block operated by Conoil.
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The rig is located within Nigerian territorial waters in the Atlantic
Ocean off Koluama community in Southern Ijaw area of Bayelsa.
Maj. Abdullahi Ibrahim, Spokesman for the joint military force
christened Operation Delta Safe who confirmed the incident on Saturday said that all personnel on board
the rig were successfully evacuated.
He said that the fire incident was already under control due to the
efforts of fire fighters adding that no life was lost.
Although that the number of personnel onboard the ill fated vessel named
MV Majestic could not be ascertained, it was gathered that the 232 feet rig had capacity to accommodate 120
men on board.
Also Mr George Ibobra, a community leader in Koluama confirmed the
incident and said that the people were grateful that no human life was lost in
the inferno.
It will be recalled that the youths of
Akassa, in Sanganna area of Bayelsa, had put out a fire which occurred on
Conoil offshore platform near Brass LGA, Bayelsa on Sept. 29, 2017.
Also in 2012 , an explosion of a
rig K.S Endeavour at an oilfield
operated by Chevron occurred near the North Apoi in koluama.
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