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Mayumba: what is known about the failure of the Prospector 5 oil platform in Gabon, and its consequences?

BBC Afrique · sub saharan africa

Les autorités gabonaises en alerte maximale ont déployé des moyens de recherche et de sauvetage pour retrouver cinq personnes portées disparues depuis l’accident survenu samedi en mer sur la plateforme de prospection pétrolière Prospector 5. Clotaire Kondja, le ministre gabonais du pétrole et du gaz, a fait face à la presse dimanche pour faire le point de la situation et annoncer les dispositions prises par le gouvernement.

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