Structures collapsed at the offshore platform #441 of the Narimanovneft oil and gas production department on Oct. 23, according to an official message from Azerbaijan’s Sate Oil Company (SOCAR).
In a separate statement issued together with the Azeri Ministry of Emergency Situations, Socar has confirmed that ”the dead bodies of 3 of the 4 employees, missing after an accident at the faulty platform No 441 of the Narimanov oil and gas production department, have been found and taken to the shore by divers of SOCAR and Ministry of Emergency Situations.”
Following the incident, workers’ locker room on the platform fell onto a gas pipeline with a diameter of 700 millimeters, which caused a fire.
The Emergency Situations Ministry, the Vortex-5 fire ship and the vessels of the Caspian Sea Shipping Company are involved in extinguishing of the fire.
An investigation on the incident is underway.