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01/11/26 [The Peninsula Qatar] > Four bodies recovered from Gabon oil rig underwater wreckage : Four of the five workers missing after an offshore drilling platform collapsed off the coast of Gabon last weekend have been ...
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01/11/26 [Upstream Online] > Another body located offshore Gabon : A fourth body has been located following Borr Drilling’s rig tragedy offshore Gabon, West Africa, with search efforts ongoing for the fifth and final missing crew member.
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29/10/26 [The Rio Times] > Gabon Is Richer Than All Its Neighbours : Gabon's US$8,263 per person in 2025 tops Cameroon's US$1,972 and Congo's US$2,515. Yet its three land neighbours buy only 5.8% of its exports.
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29/10/26 [Reuters on MSN] > Three bodies recovered in Gabon following sinking of Borr Drilling rig : LIBREVILLE, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Three bodies were recovered in Gabon on Wednesday following the sinking at the weekend of Borr Drilling's Prospector 5 rig off the coast of the southern town of Mayumba, ...
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28/10/26 [Marine Insight] > Search & Rescue Continues For 5 Missing Workers After Borr Drilling Rig Sinks off Gabon : The search for 5 missing workers is an immediate and overriding priority after the Prospector 5 jack-up rig sank off Gabon. Borr Drilling stated the 2014-built rig lost stability and sank at about ...
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26/10/26 [Eurasia Review] > AEC Stands With Gabon, Affected Families And Offshore Workers As Search-And-Rescue Operations Continue Following Sinking Of Borr Drilling’s Jack-Up Rig – OpEd : The African Energy Chamber (AEC) extends its deepest condolences to the people of Gabon, the families of the workers involved and the employees of BW Energy, ...
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26/10/26 [AFP on MSN] > Botanists comb Gabon's rich rainforests with nature on the line : Each year, Gabon's lush rainforests yield the discovery of previously unknown plant species to botanists like Archange Boupoya -- who believes that this exceptional yet largely mysterious natural ...
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26/10/26 [Yahoo] > Giant oil rig sinks off Gabon : One person has been found dead and four are missing after an oil and gas rig sank off the coast of Gabon. The Prospector 5 platform, owned and operated by Bermuda-headquartered contractor Borr ...
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25/10/26 [World Oil] > One dead, four missing after Borr Drilling's Prospector 5 rig sinks offshore Gabon : Borr Drilling’s Prospector 5 drilling rig sank offshore Gabon during jacking operations. Five people remain missing as search-and-rescue efforts continue.
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25/10/26 [The Rio Times] > Gabon Oil Rig Sinks, 5 Workers Missing : Prospector 5 rig sinking off Mayumba, Gabon: 110 of 115 rescued, 5 workers missing after the 24 October accident. A state inquiry is under way.