Oil Spill at Statfjord Field Offshore Norway -Statoil
Norwegian oil main Statoil has reported an oil spilled noticed within the North Sea near a loading buoy on the Statfjord offshore oil area.
The oil spill was first reported at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday within the neighborhood of the OLS loading buoy.
Statoil says that the oil spill was found through the loading of oil from the Statfjord A platform to the tanker Hilda Knutsen through the OLS B loading buoy, which is situated between the Statfjord A and Statfjord B platforms. The firm added that the leak is situated in a flange within the loading hose.
Preliminary assessments estimate the the spill is within the vary of 40 cubic meters of oil, or roughly 251 barrels.
A stand-by vessel with oil spill response gear and an anchor dealing with tug, geared up with a ROV, are on the location, Statoil says. A SAR helicopter can also be helping with monitoring the spill.
The Statfjord area is without doubt one of the oldest producing fields on the Norwegian continental shelf, and the most important oil discovery within the North Sea. The oil produced there is loaded onto shuttle tankers on the area, the place it’s then shipped to a lot of ports in northwestern Europe.
The area is prone to stay in manufacturing till at the very least 2025.
The area produces roughly 80,000 barrels of oil per day and contains three Statfjord platforms, in keeping with Statoil.
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