According to sources, the incident occurred this Saturday.
Two people remain missing, while 110 were rescued by naval and air units from Gabon’s Defense and Security Forces.
Charles Hubert Bekale Meyong, Chief of Staff of the Gabonese Navy, stated in a broadcast on public television that search operations are still underway in the area, and that the incident on the oil platform is now the subject of an investigation by the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
The platform, known as Prospector 5, was owned by the company Borr Drilling and operated by BW Energy Gabon SA.
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