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Marinex investigation reveals a history of negligences since 2018
NIKOLAS MAKRELIS COSTA Ploio, Kydontum, Rhayna
Published Thursday, September 26, 2024
The court responsible for the investigation into the Blue Monioch disaster has dug up reports as far back as 2018, 2 years after the purchase of Rhayco Oil and Gas Ltd. by Marinex.
The purchase of Rhayco O&G’s assets succeced the declaration of bankruptcy by the company after a long investigation due to apparent poor job quality standards, which made the company’s actions to decrease in price by 36%.
Since 2018, safety reports by Marinex seem to follow a pattern of minor negligences and multiple work accidents where, in most of them, workers where tagged at fault. These accidents were specially common aboard the Blue Monioch.
The accidents were mostly related to the drilling components, which ended with the explosion of the pipe that extracted the oil due to exceeding well pressures.
The defense stated they were not informed on the limits of the structure by their sellers even after multiple contacts, and that their engineers, upon investigation, assumed the oil rig to be rated for the depths they were working at.
The former members of Rhayco O&G, who were assimilated into the company after the purchase, have been called to court to testify.