One person has reportedly died while three others went missing after an oil rig, Majestic near Ovhor, collapsed in Delta State on Tuesday.
the swamp drilling rig, operated by a Nigerian oil firm, Depthwize, collapsed in the early hours of Tuesday
The rig was contracted by the Seplat/Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited joint venture when the incident occurred.
The rig was in transit to its planned drilling location at Ovhor in Delta State when it collapsed.
Seplat’s Chief Executive Officer, Roger Brown, in an email confirmed the incident.
Seplat said its emergency response and rescue response working alongside the rig owner and the authorities had been activated.
Checks revealed that a fire had broken out on the oil rig as far back as 2018.
