Oil Nation | Episode 5

Despite the enquiry’s conclusion that Paria blocked attempts to rescue the men, their families are yet to receive a single penny in compensation from the government. Isabelle heads to the capital Port of Spain to meet the most powerful people in Trinidad and find out why. Then, just a few weeks later, as we are preparing to release this podcast series, Trinidad’s Prime Minister drops a bombshell. And it changes everything.Get in touch: [email protected] Christopher Boodram: https://tinyurl.com/35wtzybzHost and reporter: Isabelle StanleyAdditional reporting: Andrew JehringProducer: Bella SoamesAdditional production: John RogersSound Design: John ScottProduction Manager: Vittoria CecchiniExecutive Producer: Bella Soames, Jamie East Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Three years on from the Paria accident - little has changed in Trinidad since the tragedy.The families and swathes of the public claim there are questions the public enquiry failed to answer.The country is awash with theories – could there be another reason, one beyond pure negligence, that explains why those men were left to die in the pipeline?Get in touch: [email protected] Christopher Boodram: https://tinyurl.com/35wtzybzHost and reporter: Isabelle StanleyAdditional reporting: Andrew JehringProducer: Bella SoamesAdditional production: John RogersSound Design: John ScottProduction Manager: Vittoria CecchiniExecutive Producer: Bella Soames, Jamie East Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Survivor Christopher Boodram and the families of the divers demand answers after the accident. Why did Paria Fuel Trading Company not rescue the four men trapped inside the pipe? As Trinidad watches on, Energy Minister Stuart Young orders an enquiry into the tragedy. Paria gives its side of the story and the enquiry’s Chair Jerome Lynch delivers a bombshell conclusion about the disaster.Get in touch: [email protected] Christopher Boodram: https://tinyurl.com/35wtzybzHost and reporter: Isabelle StanleyAdditional reporting: Andrew JehringProducer: Bella SoamesAdditional production: John RogersSound Design: John ScottProduction Manager: Vittoria CecchiniExecutive Producer: Bella Soames, Jamie East Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Out at Berth 6, volunteer divers arrive to try and rescue the four men still trapped in the pipe after the accident.Meanwhile, on shore, the men’s families anxiously gather at the Paria Fuel Trading Company offices in Trinidad, waiting for news of their loved ones.But the hours are slipping by…Get in touch: [email protected] Christopher Boodram: https://tinyurl.com/35wtzybzHost and reporter: Isabelle StanleyAdditional reporting: Andrew JehringProducer: Bella SoamesAdditional production: John RogersSound Design: John ScottProduction Manager: Vittoria CecchiniExecutive Producer: Bella Soames, Jamie East Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 2. In Trinidad, survivor Christopher Boodram recounts the terrifying moment he was sucked into the Paria Fuel Trading Company pipeline—and how he managed to escape. Listen as he reveals shocking new details about what really happened during the deadly accident and why he made it out when the others did not. The stunning allegations he makes in his story could change everything.  Get in touch: [email protected] Christopher Boodram: https://tinyurl.com/35wtzybzHost and reporter: Isabelle StanleyAdditional reporting: Andrew JehringProducer: Bella SoamesAdditional production: John RogersSound Design: John ScottProduction Manager: Vittoria CecchiniExecutive Producer: Bella Soames, Jamie East Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 1. On a quiet morning in Trinidad and Tobago, a team of professional divers heads to work on an underwater oil pipeline operated by the Paria Fuel Trading Company. It's just another day—until disaster strikes. In an instant, they’re sucked into the pipe, and pulled hundreds of feet deep beneath the sea. This is Pipeline... the story of a rescue that never came.Get in touch: [email protected] Christopher Boodram: https://tinyurl.com/35wtzybzHost and reporter: Isabelle StanleyAdditional reporting: Andrew JehringProducer: Bella SoamesAdditional production: John RogersSound Design: John ScottProduction Manager: Vittoria CecchiniExecutive Producer: Bella Soames, Jamie East Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In February 2022, a group of professional divers were sucked hundreds of feet into an oil pipe, deep beneath the Caribbean sea. They could have been saved. But they weren’t. They were left to die.This is their story. The story of how their ordinary day at work turned into an unimaginable horror. Following their story has led us to lucrative contracts, failing safety standards and secretive political relationships… And to a question: why were those divers left to die?This is Pipeline. Episodes 1 and 2 are released on 22nd May, with episodes released weekly thereafter. Get in touch: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesGet in touch: [email protected] Christopher Boodram: https://tinyurl.com/35wtzybzHost and reporter: Isabelle StanleyAdditional reporting: Andrew JehringProducer: Bella SoamesAdditional production: John RogersSound Design: John ScottProduction Manager: Vittoria CecchiniExecutive Producer: Bella Soames, Jamie East Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.