An offshore worker died on Saturday in an accident aboard Fieldwood Energy’s U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil platform, offshore Louisiana.
“We are deeply saddened to confirm that on May 15, 2021, a fatal incident occurred involving a contractor at the Eugene Island 158 #14 offshore facility in the Gulf of Mexico during a non-emergency casing pressure test on a shut-in well,” Fieldwood Energy said in a brief statement over the weekend.