According to Seplat Energy Plc, one person died as a result of the ‘Majestic’ oil rig near Ovhor in Delta State collapsing.
This was announced by the oil firm on Tuesday in a post on its official X account, which was originally a Twitter account.
It was reported that 92 of the crew’s 96 members were present and safe.
Three of the business’s crew members are still missing, the company said.
“Seplat Energy regrets to announce a serious incident on the Depthwise swamp drilling rig “Majestic” early this morning. Seplat, the operator of the SEPLAT/NNPCL joint venture, contracted the rig.
“It was in transit to its planned drilling location at Ovhor in Delta State when it capsized.
“92 of the 96-member crew are accounted for and safe. However, tragically one fatality occurred during the incident, while three other rig personnel are still missing”, the company wrote.