Two workers were initially transferred to specialist units at hospitals in South Africa, (SA) while the body of a third worker is yet to be retrieved from the ocean and identified, officials added. 

Seventeen people were injured, four seriously, when the fire started at the deep-water Benguela Belize Lobito Tomboco (BBLT) platform in the early morning hours of May 20. 

A government source told Reuters the accident occurred in the same week that the United States oil major was set to resume operations following a scheduled annual maintenance shutdown at BBLT, which produced its first oil in 2006. 

Chevron's Angolan business, Cabinda Gulf Oil Company, did not confirm the expected return-to-service date, saying it did not comment on operational matters as investigations into the cause of the fire continue. 

--Reuters--