Security Incident
Offshore Nigeria
Security Incident offshore Nigeria
• Incident Summary
• In October 2012, while a Resupply vessel was on transit to the Survey area (having
refuelled at sea away from the location) , she was boarded by 7 armed men at 38
Nautical miles south of Brass waters Bayelsa State.
• The crew consisting of 7 expatriates and 9 Nigerians who secured themselves in the
Citadel room of the vessel.
• The armed men on boarding the vessel broke the bridge windscreen and gained
entry into the vessel bridge and accommodation area and using a grinding machine
broke into the Citadel room.
• The armed men abducted all the expatriate officers on the vessel consisting of 6
Russians and 1 Estonian.
• Valuables and food items were all stolen by the pirates.
• Within 36-48 hours the Resupply vessel was escorted back to Port with 6 Nigerian
Navy on-board and all the 9 Nigeria crew.
• After an extended period of negotiation phase, the expatriates were released in the
good health and repatriated. after sixteen days of detention.
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Security Incident Location
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Security Incident offshore Nigeria
• Immediate Cause –
• Failure to Identify Hazard/Risk
• Contractor Master / Mgt –Didn’t recognize the risk of sailing closer to coast.
• Root Causes –
• Lack of Knowledge – Inadequate update training
• Contractor Mgt - Inadequate approach to offshore passage.
• Lack of Control –
• Commitment, Leadership and Accountability
• Contractor Mgt - complacency to threat of piracy
• Action Items
• Add expectation of agreeing risk level / controls to Security Plan
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Security Incident offshore Nigeria
• Immediate Cause –
• Inadequate Guards or Barriers
• Citadel was breached.
• Root Causes –
• Inadequate Engineering
• Insufficient design of citadel. /
• Lack of Control –
• Risk Management
• Prevention and mitigation measures.
• Action Items
• Establish Marine Offshore JM procedure
• Add Security aspects to the FFP audit..
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Security Incident offshore Nigeria
• Immediate Cause –
• Failure to Secure/Protect
• Lack of guard vessel with Supply Vessel during transit off project location
• Root Causes –
• Lack of Knowledge - Lack of situational awareness
• Lack of assessment of passage risk for bunkering by Company in initial
Project Security Plan.
• Lack of Control –
• Risk Management - Hazard analysis and risk control
• Failure to identity risk associated with resupply run
• Action Items
• Update expectation in Security Plan template
• Update expectation in Project Plan template
• Contractor and Supplier Management
• Only informal engagement with Contractor on risk tolerance
level
• Action Items
• Add expectation to Security Plan
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Security Incident offshore Nigeria
• Immediate Cause –
• Failure to Follow Policy/Standards/Procedures/Work Instructions/Practices/Rules
Mother Vessel failed to instruct on more offshore route. (only general guidance
given)
• Root Causes –
• Inadequate Leadership and/or Supervision- Giving inadequate procedure, practices,
or guidelines
• Failing to instruct the set requirement for southerly passage.
• Lack of Control –
• Contractor and Supplier Management
• Company failure to exercise authority and responsibility
• Action Items
• Add expectation to Security Plan
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Security Incident offshore Nigeria
• Immediate Cause –
• Failure to Check/Monitor/Observe
• Company - No monitor of passage to the North west - instead of South from
project
• Root Causes –
• Improper Motivation - Inadequate reinforcement of proper behaviour
• Reluctance to intervene - having seen the incorrect route
• Lack of Control –
• Commitment, Leadership and Accountability
• Mother vessel reluctance to intervene
• Action Items
• Add expectation to Security Plan
• Establish Marine Offshore JM procedure
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Security Incident offshore Nigeria
• Immediate Cause –
• Failure to React/Correct
• No intervention when support vessel sailed North west and closer to shore
• Root Causes –
• Inadequate Leadership and/or Supervision - Unclear or conflicting
assignment of responsibility
• Company - Failure to recognize authority and responsibility to direct
the Support vessel routing when off survey location.
• Lack of Control –
• Commitment, Leadership and Accountability
• Company failure to give direction.
• Action Items
• Add expectation to Security Plan
• Establish Marine Offshore JM procedure
• Responsibility discussion at next field managers
meeting
• Share with IAGC
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Contractor - Restricted Zone without escort (Supply Vessel)
and passage plan
Bonga
Usan
Passage plan
without escort
Tanker/cargo
Supply
Passenger/ fishing boat / JTF/ platform
Agbami
Akpo
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