Remaining Victims Recovered from Cidade de São Mateus FPSO Off Brazil

BW Offshore has confirmed that the remaining three lacking crew have been recovered from its Cidade de São Mateus FPSO, bringing the entire official variety of fatalities from final month’s explosion incident off Brazil to 9.

Two different crew members stay within the hospital in secure situation, the corporate mentioned.

“The rescue efforts of the past several days have now ended and all our men are accounted for. There is finally closure for the families of those we have lost. There will be continued efforts to provide the necessary support to the crew and families whose lives have been changed forever by this tragedy”, mentioned Carl Arnet, CEO.

The Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit Cidade de São Mateus was hit by an explosion on February 11, 2015 at roughly 12:50 p.m. native time. Of the 74 personnel onboard, there have been 5 fatalities initially reported and 4 lacking. The physique of one of many 4 lacking individuals was recovered from the unit on February 16.

The unit is operated for Petrobras by BW Offshore on the Camarupim and Camarupim Norte fields in Espirito Santo littoral roughly 120 km from the coast.

Production has been stopped and the unit has been shut down.

“We are grateful for the tireless support we have received from our client Petrobras and partners, as well as the local authorities. Our focus continues on getting to the root cause of the incident. We are also in discussions about reinstating the unit and finding continued employment for our crew”, Arnet added.

The 9 whole fatalities included 7 Brazilian nationals and one Indian.