The Min­istry of En­er­gy and En­er­gy In­dus­tries has con­firmed that an in­ves­ti­ga­tion has been launched in­to an in­ci­dent in the ear­ly hours of Sun­day morn­ing, dur­ing which a drilling rig op­er­at­ed by Well Ser­vices Com­pa­ny Lim­it­ed col­lapsed.

In an of­fi­cial ad­vi­so­ry is­sued a short while ago, the Min­istry stat­ed that it had re­ceived re­ports of the in­ci­dent, and said it was work­ing close­ly with both Well Ser­vices and Her­itage Pe­tro­le­um Com­pa­ny Lim­it­ed, to de­ter­mine what had hap­pened and why.

The fol­low­ing is the Min­istry’s state­ment on the mat­ter…

Up­date #1 at 7:54 A.M.

On 22nd De­cem­ber 2024, the Min­istry of En­er­gy and En­er­gy In­dus­tries (MEEI) re­ceived re­ports of an in­ci­dent at Rig 110, an as­set op­er­at­ed by a pri­vate sec­tor com­pa­ny, Well Ser­vices Lim­it­ed.

Com­ment­ing on the in­ci­dent, The Ho­n­ourable Stu­art R. Young S.C. M.P. Min­is­ter of En­er­gy and En­er­gy and En­er­gy In­dus­tries has stat­ed,

“This un­for­tu­nate in­ci­dent oc­curred in the ear­ly hours of this morn­ing. I re­ceived my first brief­ing at around 3:30 a.m. I am aware that the rig is owned and op­er­at­ed by pri­vate sec­tor, Well Ser­vices. We are as­sist­ing via Her­itage and will ren­der what­ev­er as­sis­tance we can.”

The MEEI is cur­rent­ly li­ais­ing with both Her­itage Pe­tro­le­um Lim­it­ed and Well Ser­vices Lim­it­ed.

At this time, the in­ci­dent is un­der in­ves­ti­ga­tion.