Explosion at Nigeria Oil Facility Kills Seven
An explosion at an oil production facility in southern Nigeria has
killed seven workers, the country's state-run oil group said Wednesday.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said the blast
happened during operations at the Gbetiokun OML 40 production platform
in the Niger Delta region of the West African country.
"The incident, which occurred on Tuesday during the installation of a
ladder on a platform ... unfortunately caused seven fatalities," the
NNPC said in a statement.
The company said other workers on the facility have been accounted
for, and an investigation has been launched into the incident.
The NNPC said the victims were employees of a firm engaged for the job.
Although Tuesday's incident was due to an operational factor,
pipeline and tanker truck explosions are common in Nigeria, where most
people live in poverty even though the country is the biggest oil
producer on the continent, with around two million barrels per day.
Some incidents happen when residents try to siphon off oil or petrol
from pipelines or when tanker drivers have accidents on the country's
ill-maintained roads.
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