Efforts are ongoing for the retrieval of the body of Rishi Nagassar, the fourth diver who was sucked into a pipeline last Friday along with three other men.

In an update on Wednesday afternoon, the Paria Fuel Trading Company says efforts which continued overnight into today have so far been unsuccessful, noting there were “many variables, including environmental challenges”.

After using remote cameras to try and locate the body, the company says it is now looking at alternative methods to have Mr. Nagassar’s body recovered in a “responsible and respectable” manner.

Read the latest statement below, in its entirety: