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Why the Trinity Spirit FPSO explosion was not a safety anomaly

Nigeria’s creaking energy infrastructure has suffered years of underinvestment, leaving an ageing fleet of risk-laden units operating in a regime where safety and security challenges abound and pollution incidents are common

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The case of the Trinity Spirit — an unflagged, unclassed, 46-year-old FPSO owned by a defunct company in receivership which exploded last week — has exposed the fragility of Nigeria’s offshore sector where ageing units are the norm

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