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Oil tanker capable of carrying 2 million barrels explodes off coast of Nigeria
NY Post ^ | February 3, 2022 | Anthony Blair,

Posted on 02/03/2022 9:47:46 AM PST by BenLurkin

Dramatic video shows the immense ship ablaze with thick black smoke pouring into the sky as it appears to be sinking into the sea.

None of the ship’s 10 crew members on board at the time of the explosion have been accounted for, according to the oil firm which owns the ship.

Reports claim the Trinity Spirit exploded on Thursday morning at the Ukpokiti oil field close to the River Niger delta near the Escravos terminal in Nigeria.

The cause of the explosion is still being investigated, according to Ikemefuna Okafor, chief executive of Shebah Exploration & Production Company Ltd (SEPCOL).

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: anthonyblair; escravos; explodes; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkpost; nigeria; oil; opec; tanker; trinityspirit; ukpokiti
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To: Red Badger

Probably a missile.


21 posted on 02/03/2022 10:43:01 AM PST by Delta 21 (It started as a virus, and mutated into an IQ test.)
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To: BenLurkin

Viking kitties, white courtesy phone.


22 posted on 02/03/2022 10:45:21 AM PST by jagusafr ( )
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To: Jeff Chandler

Fish people eat too.


23 posted on 02/03/2022 11:09:49 AM PST by Veto! (Political Correctness offends me)
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To: MacNaughton

Well they might have heard it in SC had it popped. 😳


24 posted on 02/03/2022 11:15:05 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Delta 21

Exactly. Facts matter. Liquid hydrocarbons don’t burn, their vapors do.

Vapors explode, liquid hydrocarbons dont.


25 posted on 02/03/2022 11:18:17 AM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: ad ferre non, velit esse sine defensione)
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To: Jeff Chandler

An eco-disaster in the making.

Greta Thunberg has been dispatched with some bags of oil dri for a pr photo or two.


26 posted on 02/03/2022 11:19:20 AM PST by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: Delta 21

don’t. The video, it appears to be leaking liquids burning on the waters surface. Probably not gasoline, but rather a heavier oil. That black smoke is telling


27 posted on 02/03/2022 11:20:37 AM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: ad ferre non, velit esse sine defensione)
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To: Blueflag

Well that posted poorly. Oh well.


28 posted on 02/03/2022 11:22:57 AM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: ad ferre non, velit esse sine defensione)
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To: Roccus

Not a refinery. A FPSO separates oil, gas, and water from the subsea wells. It reinjects gas and water. It stores the oil for a shuttle tanker to take the oil to a refinery. It is an economic offshore oil production solution in an area where the pipeline infrastructure is not developed.


29 posted on 02/03/2022 11:43:11 AM PST by Cheesehead in Texas
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To: Cheesehead in Texas

Thank you.


30 posted on 02/03/2022 11:48:07 AM PST by Roccus (First we beat the Nazis........Then we defeated the Soviets....... Now, we are them.)
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To: BenLurkin

FYI: the mus ... Amish in Nigeria are on jihad against the government and murdering Christians as well has having threatened to destroy the countries oil fields. To blow the tanker is not a great stretch.


31 posted on 02/03/2022 12:22:16 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: BenLurkin

Meanwhile. Oil above 90 dollars a barrel.


32 posted on 02/03/2022 12:35:50 PM PST by cowboyusa (America Cowboy up! )
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
Oily to bed, and oily to rise...

33 posted on 02/03/2022 8:44:22 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: BenLurkin; PGR88; SunkenCiv; Delta 21; Cheesehead in Texas; gandalftb; nuconvert
If someone states that it was 2 million barrels in Nigeria converted to smoke. I say show me the money: 2 million x 60 (https://www.cbn.gov.ng/rates/crudeoil.asp ) = $120 million

Was it 2 million barrels or much less ? What about the insurance?

Who would gain?

An ongoing dispute:

This is a case resulting from an application by Mojisola Owoseni of Lexavier Partners, legal practitioners, legal counsel to AMCON in suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/945/19 against ABC Orjiako, Shebah Exploration & Production Company Limited, with RC No 499348, and Allenne Limited.

In the application, AMCON asked the court to grant Francis Chuka, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, right to exercise its function as Receiver/Manager of Dr. Orjiako’s assets in Nigeria and abroad, including Shebah Exploration & Production Company Limited.

Mr. Chuka was appointed by AMCON as Receiver/Manager on July 30, 2019, with the mandate to “take possession of and preserve all its assets and undertakings” by Dr. Orjiako.

https://www.proshareng.com/news/Debtors-—Recovery/FHC-Abuja-Orders-Takeover-of-SEPLAT-Chai/46851

Conclusion stay away from Nigeria.

34 posted on 02/04/2022 11:01:37 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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