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 ...
Probably a missile.
Viking kitties, white courtesy phone.
Fish people eat too.
Well they might have heard it in SC had it popped. 😳
Exactly. Facts matter. Liquid hydrocarbons don’t burn, their vapors do.
Vapors explode, liquid hydrocarbons dont.
An eco-disaster in the making.
Greta Thunberg has been dispatched with some bags of oil dri for a pr photo or two.
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
Well that posted poorly. Oh well.
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.
Thank you.
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.
Meanwhile. Oil above 90 dollars a barrel.
Oily to bed, and oily to rise...
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.
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