Borr Drilling has confirmed the recovery of a fourth body following the loss of its Prospector 5 jack-up rig offshore Gabon, and said search operations are continuing for one person still unaccounted for.
The company issued the confirmation on 2 November 2026, stating that search teams have located and recovered a fourth victim since the vessel sank. Borr Drilling identified the unit involved as the Prospector 5, a jack-up drilling rig that was operating offshore Gabon when the incident occurred.
MarineLink Maritime News published a report on the development under the headline Borr Drilling Confirms Fourth Death in Gabon Rig Sinking, One Missing. The item carries the same date as the company statement: 2 November 2026.
Borr Drilling said search efforts remain under way for one remaining missing person. The company did not provide further detail in the material supplied in the report referenced here.
Search operations
The account published by MarineLink indicates that search and recovery activity has continued in the days following the sinking. Those operations have so far resulted in the recovery of four bodies, with teams still working to locate the final missing person.
Confirmed casualties
At the time of the company announcement on 2 November 2026 the confirmed death toll stood at four with one person outstanding. Borr Drilling’s statement as reported by MarineLink provides the most recent confirmation of those figures.
The report does not supply additional operational detail, nor does it state the circumstances that led to the Prospector 5 sinking. No further information has been included in the verified notes available for this account.
The situation remains fluid and Borr Drilling’s confirmation, as recorded in the MarineLink item dated 2 November 2026, is the primary factual source for the present casualty figures and the status of the ongoing search.