Woman who suffered chemical burns aboard oil rig accepts $7m in compensation

With a Court left to assess damages against it for chemical burns sustained by a former employee, locally operated Trinidad oil company—Centipede Offshore (Guyana) Inc., has made a $7M offer to Tanesha Fredericks which she has agreed to accept. 

According to the terms of the May 6th, 2022 agreement, the $7,497,187.02 offer made by Centipede Offshore Inc—which provides services to ExxonMobil here—represents full and final payment to Fredericks for the injuries she sustained.

The sum also represents compensation for, her employment “being brought to an end.”