A fire broke out early Monday morning, April 21, on an offshore platform owned by Petrobras, injuring dozens of workers just months before its scheduled transfer to Perenco.
The platform, Cherne 1 (PCH-1), located about 80 miles off the coast in Brazil’s Campos Basin, caught fire around 7:20 am while still functioning as a relay unit for gas transfers.
According to the North Fluminense Oil Workers Union (Sindipetro-NF), the fire began after a likely explosion on one of...