Tullow Ghana Limited (TGL), the Operator of the Jubilee
field, on Wednesday said it was aware of an incident offshore involving a
contractor who jumped overboard the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah at 14:25 hours on
Tuesday.
A statement from the Company said full Emergency Response procedures were
activated, and the contractor was rescued at 14:33 hours.
“The individual received emergency treatment and is currently being managed by
a medical team in Accra. There was no injury following medical assessment.
Jubilee operations were not impacted and continues,” it said.
“Tullow and MODEC Ghana have contacted all relevant authorities. Safety and
security of all our people offshore and onshore are of utmost priority to
Tullow. The company continues to observe key safety measures,” the statement
added.
Background
A Sub-contractor working with Tullow Oil Ghana on the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah
escaped death after he fell from the massive vessel into the high current
waters of the Atlantic Ocean in the oil exploration enclave offshore Jubilee
Cape Three Points last Tuesday.
The cause of the incident was not immediately known.
It took the swift action of divers, whose rescue operation took less then 10
minutes, to pull the man, who is a sub-contractor on board the FPSO, from the
water.
GNA
