Three missing after fire on CNOOC offshore platform April 9, 2021, by Nermina Kulovic
China’s oil and gas giant CNOOC Limited has put out a fire on its production platform located in the Bohai Bay off China and is now searching for three workers who went missing following the incident.
CNOOC said in a Hong Kong stock exchange filing on Friday that kicks and fire occurred on the V platform of the Pengbo Operating Company on Monday 5 April 2021.
On Monday evening of 5 April, shallow gas overflowed during drilling operation in well V29 of the V platform in the Penglai 19-3 field.