Min­is­ter in the Min­istry of En­er­gy and En­er­gy In­dus­tries (MEEI), Ernesto Ke­sar MP, has been ful­ly briefed on the in­ci­dent at Clus­ter S-912 in the South-West Sol­da­do Field, which oc­curred on Fri­day, and a team from the Min­istry con­tin­ues to work close­ly with Her­itage Pe­tro­le­um Com­pa­ny Lim­it­ed, to re­solve the is­sue.

A state­ment from the Min­istry con­firms that since the in­ci­dent was re­port­ed, the MEEI has re­mained ful­ly en­gaged in as­sist­ing Her­itage.

“The MEEI has as­signed a tech­ni­cal team on the ground who are ac­tive­ly mon­i­tor­ing the re­sponse op­er­a­tion,” the state­ment re­vealed.