Rig Offshore Nigeria Continues to Burn and Has Partially Collapsed, Chevron Contracts Transocean to Drill Relief Well

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?The Rig Continues to Burn and has Partially Collapsed,? Chevron Contracts Transocean to Drill Relief Well
By Rob Almeida On January 17, 2012

On 16 January 2011, a jack-up drilling rig offshore Nigeria caught fire, forcing a complete evacuation. 2 rig workers are still reported missing, and according to the latest press release from Chevron, ?the well continues to burn and the rig has partially collapsed.?

As you?ll notice from the images, this looks somewhat similar to the Deepwater Horizon from 2010? However the situation is fundamentally less dire....