{"id":656583,"date":"2026-10-25T11:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T11:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/656583\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T11:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T11:32:10","slug":"borr-drilling-rig-sinks-off-gabon-five-personnel-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/656583\/","title":{"rendered":"Borr Drilling rig sinks off Gabon, five personnel\u00a0missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-primary article-summary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Oct 25 &#8211; Borr Drilling&#8217;s Prospector 5 drilling rig sank during jacking operations off the coast of Gabon as it prepared for a drilling campaign, with 5 of the 115 people on board unaccounted for, the company said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">&#8220;Preliminary information indicates that the rig experienced a punch-through event during preload activities, resulting in loss of stability and\u00a0the subsequent sinking of the rig,&#8221; the offshore drilling contractor said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The Prospector 5 oil and gas rig, owned and operated by Borr, is contracted to support BW Energy&#8217;s drilling operations off Gabon, it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">&#8220;We are deeply concerned for those who remain unaccounted for and everyone affected by this incident,&#8221; said Borr Drilling Chief Executive Bruno Morand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">&#8220;Our immediate priority is supporting the ongoing search and rescue efforts and the welfare of all personnel involved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Panoro Energy, which holds a 17.5% stake in the field, said production had been halted, adding that there were no reports of damage or accidental discharges. REUTERS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oct 25 &#8211; Borr Drilling&#8217;s Prospector 5 drilling rig sank during jacking operations off the coast of Gabon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[114,85,46],"class_list":["post-656583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}