Bohai spill estimated at 1,500 barrels
By Richard Fu |
July 16, 2011, Saturday
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CONOCOPHILLIPS has estimated the two oil spill incidents last month in China's Bohai Bay released about 1,500 barrels of oil and oil-based drilling fluids into the water.
Production at Platform B and C of the Penglai 19-3 field was halted on Wednesday at the request of the State Oceanic Administration, which cited Conoco's "slow progress" in dealing with the spills.
The shutdown will be in effect until the risks of another leak are eliminated, Conoco said in a statement from Houston, Texas, on Thursday.
"There continue to be trace amounts of oil, estimated to be no more than a few liters per day, seeping intermittently and occasionally causing minor surface sheens," it said.
The Penglai 19-3, China's largest offshore oilfield, is 49 percent owned by Conoco with the remainder held by CNOOC Ltd, China's dominant offshore oil producer. Conoco operates the oilfield.
CNOOC yesterday said it will continue to assist Conoco in completing the clean-up work as quickly as possible, and reducing the impact of the spills on the environment.
Conoco said it's working with independent experts to validate the spill quantity. The production suspension will result in a reduction of 17,000 barrels of oil per day after royalties to Conoco, it said.
The two platforms have a capacity of 47,000 barrels a day, about a third of the field's production, it said.
British-based BP last year spilled about 4.9 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico after an explosion on a drilling rig. It was the biggest accidental marine oil spill in the industry's history.
Production at Platform B and C of the Penglai 19-3 field was halted on Wednesday at the request of the State Oceanic Administration, which cited Conoco's "slow progress" in dealing with the spills.
The shutdown will be in effect until the risks of another leak are eliminated, Conoco said in a statement from Houston, Texas, on Thursday.
"There continue to be trace amounts of oil, estimated to be no more than a few liters per day, seeping intermittently and occasionally causing minor surface sheens," it said.
The Penglai 19-3, China's largest offshore oilfield, is 49 percent owned by Conoco with the remainder held by CNOOC Ltd, China's dominant offshore oil producer. Conoco operates the oilfield.
CNOOC yesterday said it will continue to assist Conoco in completing the clean-up work as quickly as possible, and reducing the impact of the spills on the environment.
Conoco said it's working with independent experts to validate the spill quantity. The production suspension will result in a reduction of 17,000 barrels of oil per day after royalties to Conoco, it said.
The two platforms have a capacity of 47,000 barrels a day, about a third of the field's production, it said.
British-based BP last year spilled about 4.9 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico after an explosion on a drilling rig. It was the biggest accidental marine oil spill in the industry's history.
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