Workers Injured by Fire Aboard Petrobras Platform Pending Sale to Perenco

Workers Injured by Fire Aboard Petrobras Platform Pending Sale to Perenco

Multiple injuries are being reported as fire hit one of the offshore platforms owned by Brazil’s Petrobras which is part of a pending sale to Perenco. The workers’ union was first to report the fire which it says took four hours to control. The incident was later confirmed by Petrobras. The fire started Monday morning, April 21, on the platform PCH-1 in the Cherne field in the Campos basin approximately 80 miles offshore. The union, Sindipetro-N…

Fire Breaks Out On Petrobras Offshore Platform Set For Sale, 32 Injured

Image Credits: Sindipetro-NF A fire broke out early Monday morning, April 21, on an offshore platform owned by Petrobras, injuring dozens of workers just months before its scheduled transfer to Perenco. The platform, Cherne 1 (PCH-1), located about 80 miles off the coast in Brazil’s Campos Basin, caught fire around 7:20 am while still functioning as a relay unit for gas transfers. According to the North Fluminense Oil Workers Union (Sindipetro-N…

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At the time of the explosion, 176 workers were on the platform; according to Sindipetro-NF, one of them is in serious condition