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Equinor Closes Port After Collision Between Two Ships, Teams Work To Contain Oil Spill At Sea

Written by Paulo Nogueira
Published on 08/11/2018 at 06:52
Updated on 08/11/2018 at 06:53
Equinor porto na noruega acidente vazamento de petróleo
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At The Time of The Incident, The Tanker TS Sola Had 625,000 Barrels of Crude Oil Onboard and 7 People Were Injured at The Sture Terminal in Øygarden – Norway

Equinor Reported The Incident At Approximately 04:15 Local Time This Thursday. Equinor Stated That Sture Personnel Will Be Evacuated As A Safety Measure. The Company Added That It Is In Dialogue With Norwegian Authorities And Has Mobilized Emergency Resources To Assist The Police And The Joint Rescue Coordination Center.

The Sture Terminal In The Municipality Of Øygarden In Hordaland Receives Oil From The Oseberg Area Through The 115-Kilometer Oseberg Transportation System, And Crude Oil From The Grane Field Through The 212-Kilometer Grane Oil Pipeline (GOP). The Svalin Field Was Connected Via The Grane Gas Pipeline In 2014. Crude Oil From The Edvard Grieg Field Has Been Transported To Sture Via GOP Since Late 2015.

According To A Reuters Report, Seven People Were Injured In The Collision Between The Frigate Helge Ingstad And The Tanker TS Sola. The Frigate Was Taking On Water And Evacuating Its Crew Of 137, And There Were No Reports Of Damage To The Tanker, Reuters Added.

The Norwegian Aftenblad Reported On Thursday Morning That The Frigate Has A Large Hole In Its Hull And Is Leaking Fuel Into The Sea. At The Time Of The Incident, The Tanker Had 625,000 Barrels Of Crude Oil Onboard, But There Were No Reports Of Leakage Risk.

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Paulo Nogueira

Graduated in Electrical Engineering from one of the country's technical education institutions, the Instituto Federal Fluminense - IFF (formerly CEFET), he worked for several years in the offshore oil and gas, energy, and construction sectors. Today, with over 8,000 publications in online magazines and blogs on the energy sector, the focus is to provide real-time information on the Brazilian job market, macro and microeconomics, and entrepreneurship. For questions, suggestions, and corrections, please contact us at informe@clickpetroleoegas.com.br. Please note that we do not accept resumes at this contact.

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