Resilience Of Workers Helped In Putting out Fire At OML 20 Facility - NPDC

The Nigerian Petroleum Development Company Limited (NPDC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has announced that it was able to put out the fire at its OML 20 facility owing to the resilience of its workers.

On October 7, 2019, a fire at the facility had been triggered by activities of vandals.  

In a statement by the NNPC Acting Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. Samson Makoji said that that the fire, triggered by activities of vandals on October 7, 2019, occurred in a terrain that was submerged in water, thereby posing difficulties for firefighters was extinguished with zero fatality.

“The resilience and professionalism of NPDC personnel and professional divers from indigenous contractors eventually paid off, as they were finally able to contain the inferno on October 23, 2019."

Speaking on behalf of NPDC Managing Director, Mr. Mansur Sambo, the General Manager, Health, Safety, and Environment Division, Engr. Chris Ugwu said that the feat was accomplished in record time, despite the challenging environment, with also zero damage to facilities and at a minimal cost to the company.