27 sick with covid19 on bpTT oil rig
FILE PHOTO: BPTT Angelin platform.
SOME 27 workers on a bpTT oil rig have contracted the covid19 virus, the company said in a brief statement on Friday from its communications adviser Luis Araujo.
He said, bp Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) can confirm that as part of testing conducted on the Maersk Discoverer drilling rig during the period May 3-9, 27 persons have tested positive for covid19. All those who have tested positive for covid19 are receiving care at approved isolation facilities.
BPTT has been working with the Ministry of Health in managing the cases and their primary contacts.
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[UPDATED] Shell, EOG report covid19 cases among employees
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Shell Energy House, the headquarters for Shell TT Ltd, in St Clair, Port of Spain. - Photo by Jeff Mayers
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TWO energy firms – Shell TT Ltd and EOG Resources Ltd – confirmed on Thursday several of their employees have contracted the covid19 virus.
Shell TT said ten people on board its Dolphin facility were positive, while EOG said there were an unstated number of positive cases at its shore base at Chaguaramas. This follows, the Health Ministry s update that 167 new cases, recorded from Monday to Wednesday, included 23 people from offshore platforms.