Saipem: Vessel incident happened while maintenance operations in framework of Shah Deniz 2
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  • 11:29 10 May 2019

Saipem: Vessel incident happened while maintenance operations in framework of Shah Deniz 2

Yesterday evening, an explosion occurred on the vessel “Israfil Huseynov”, operated by Saipem for pipe-laying in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea in the framework of the Shah Deniz 2 project, Saipem told ONA.

“The incident was related to maintenance operations on an item of equipment during pipe-laying activities.”

“In the early hours of this morning, the transportation to hospital of the fourteen people involved in the accident, all employees of the Saipem Group, was completed,” said Saipem.

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