00:00It's been 44 days since rig worker Pete Phillip disappeared under Collapsed Well Services
00:15Rig 110, while he and 74 others were working offshore near Point 14 within the Heritage
00:22Offshore East field.
00:24However, the body of the 47-year-old San Fernando father-of-four is yet to be recovered, dragging
00:31on an already agonising ordeal for relatives.
00:58His nine-month-pregnant wife is due to deliver their fifth child any day now.
01:11On Tuesday, Phillip's mother, brother and sister joined members of the oilfield workers'
01:16trade union outside the company's gates at the Otahete Industrial Park, south of Ruput,
01:22demanding answers and swifter action.
01:26In a media update today, Well Services restated its reason for giving a tentative date in
01:31March for the resumption of recovery efforts, some three months after the accident, saying,
01:36only when the rig is properly stabilised will recovery proceed in full with the goal of
01:42ensuring safety of all involved and successfully recovering Pete Phillip's body.
01:48Well Services says local equipment did not meet necessary standards with this operation
01:54and they have partnered with an international company for the high-risk job to avoid placing
02:00lives in jeopardy and to prevent further risk or damage.
02:25But this recovery, my brother, I'm not making money for them, so they have no care in the world.
02:30Cindy Raghuba Tika Singh, TV6 News.
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