During oil offloading from the Statfjord A platform in the North Sea, about 4,000 standard cubic metres of crude oil was spilled into the sea this morning, 12 December.
The spill occurred when the tanker Navion Britannia was loading oil from a loading buoy.
Statfjord постепенно переводится на добычу газа и возможно из-за работ по реконструкции и произошел разлив, хотя сложно поверить, что уже начали модернизацию наливного терминала. Терминал стоит на небольшом удалении от платформы и обычно с него идет загрузка танкеров.
Партнерами StatoilHydro (44.34 %) по проекту являются ExxonMobil Expl. & Prod. Norway (21.37 %), Norske ConocoPhillips AS (10.33 %), Norske Shell AS (8.55 %), ConocoPhillips UK AS (4.84 %), Centrica Resources AS (9,68 %), Enterprise Oil Norge AS (0.89 %). Штрафы будут очень большими. Очень.
NOFO (the Norwegian Clean Seas Association for Operating Companies) has been notified about the spill and is preparing emergency actions.
An aircraft from the Norwegian Coastal Administration and a helicopter have been deployed to determine the extent of the discharge.
The wind speed at Statfjord is currently around 45 knots in northern direction and the wave height is up to 7 metres.
The Statfjord field is located around 200 kilometres west of Bergen, close to the border of the UK continental shelf.