Another oilleak found in Bohai Bay field
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August 13, 2011, Saturday
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A NEW oil spill source has been found in China's Bohai Bay, ConocoPhillips China, a subsidiary of the Houston-based oil company ConocoPhillips, admitted yesterday.
The company previously denied there were any new spills coming from its platforms in the Penglai 19-3 oilfield in the bay, the North China Sea branch of the State Oceanic Administration said.
The new leak was first suspected by an investigation team sent by the branch when they spotted a new oil slick.
ConocoPhillips China said the new source was 10.8 meters away from a previous one and admitted that it failed to rule out potential oil spill sources during previous clean-up efforts.
The SOA branch said ConocoPhillips China had made little progress in checking for potential oil spill sources and preventing more spills.
A total of 2,500 barrels of oil and mud has leaked from two of the company's platforms in the bay so far.
Blamed for losses
ConocoPhillips China has yet to come up with a detailed, reliable clean-up plan for the spills, the branch said.
The company first reported two oil spills in the Penglai 19-3 oilfield to authorities in June. The oil spills have been seen spreading to beaches in north China's provinces of Hebei and Liaoning and have been blamed for losses in the provinces' tourism and aquatic farming industries.
Oil-drilling operations in the field are jointly conducted by ConocoPhillips China and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation, the country's largest offshore oil producer.
The Penglai 19-3 oilfield is China's largest offshore oilfield, with a daily production of about 160,000 barrels.
The SOA asked ConocoPhillips last weekend to explain why it had failed to clean up the mess in a timely fashion.
Clean-up efforts
The company missed a deadline for recovering oil-contaminated mud last Sunday, which was partly due to technical problems and typhoons, it said.
The company said that as of Thursday, 70 percent of the contaminated mud had been recovered, with clean-up efforts due to be completed by the end of this month.
The oilfield's C-20 oil well, which is located near the company's Platform C, was deactivated on June 19.
The amount of oil rising to the surface of the bay has been reduced to one to two liters daily since July 20, and a specially-designed containment device has been installed near the company's platform B to capture the oil, the company said.
The oil giant said it has recovered 1,700 barrels of oil-contaminated mud, as well as 440 barrels of oil from the surface after it deployed 900 employees and 33 vessels to clean up the leak.
The company previously denied there were any new spills coming from its platforms in the Penglai 19-3 oilfield in the bay, the North China Sea branch of the State Oceanic Administration said.
The new leak was first suspected by an investigation team sent by the branch when they spotted a new oil slick.
ConocoPhillips China said the new source was 10.8 meters away from a previous one and admitted that it failed to rule out potential oil spill sources during previous clean-up efforts.
The SOA branch said ConocoPhillips China had made little progress in checking for potential oil spill sources and preventing more spills.
A total of 2,500 barrels of oil and mud has leaked from two of the company's platforms in the bay so far.
Blamed for losses
ConocoPhillips China has yet to come up with a detailed, reliable clean-up plan for the spills, the branch said.
The company first reported two oil spills in the Penglai 19-3 oilfield to authorities in June. The oil spills have been seen spreading to beaches in north China's provinces of Hebei and Liaoning and have been blamed for losses in the provinces' tourism and aquatic farming industries.
Oil-drilling operations in the field are jointly conducted by ConocoPhillips China and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation, the country's largest offshore oil producer.
The Penglai 19-3 oilfield is China's largest offshore oilfield, with a daily production of about 160,000 barrels.
The SOA asked ConocoPhillips last weekend to explain why it had failed to clean up the mess in a timely fashion.
Clean-up efforts
The company missed a deadline for recovering oil-contaminated mud last Sunday, which was partly due to technical problems and typhoons, it said.
The company said that as of Thursday, 70 percent of the contaminated mud had been recovered, with clean-up efforts due to be completed by the end of this month.
The oilfield's C-20 oil well, which is located near the company's Platform C, was deactivated on June 19.
The amount of oil rising to the surface of the bay has been reduced to one to two liters daily since July 20, and a specially-designed containment device has been installed near the company's platform B to capture the oil, the company said.
The oil giant said it has recovered 1,700 barrels of oil-contaminated mud, as well as 440 barrels of oil from the surface after it deployed 900 employees and 33 vessels to clean up the leak.
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