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?

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Host and reporter: Isabelle Stanley
Producer: Bella Soames
Additional reporting: Andrew Jehring
Sound Design: John Scott
Additional production: John Rogers
Executive Producer: Jamie East

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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.

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Host and reporter: Isabelle Stanley

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Additional reporting: Andrew Jehring

Sound Design: John Scott

Additional production: John Rogers

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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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…

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Host and reporter: Isabelle Stanley

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Additional reporting: Andrew Jehring

Sound Design: John Scott

Additional production: John Rogers

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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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.  

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Host and reporter: Isabelle Stanley

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Additional reporting: Andrew Jehring

Sound Design: John Scott

Additional production: John Rogers

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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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.

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Host and reporter: Isabelle Stanley

Producer: Bella Soames

Additional reporting: Andrew Jehring

Sound Design: John Scott

Additional production: John Rogers

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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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. 
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