Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has the shutdown its floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, located off the Bayelsa coastline due to water leakage.
The FPSO is a floating vessel used by the offshore oil and gas industry for the production and processing of hydrocarbons, and for the storage of oil.
A Spokesman of the SPDC, Michael Adande, revealed this development in a statement he issued on Thursday.
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Adande said the vessel has been safely anchored for repairs and relevant authorities were also notified.
He stated that the offshore crew on board the vessel, named Sea Eagle, reported the water inflow into the hull of the facility on July 24.
He said: “The water inflow did not affect the section of the FPSO where any crude is stored.
“An emergency response team has been successfully activated to respond to the incident and to contain the water inflow.”
According to Adande, the FPSO could store up to 1.4 million barrels of processed crude and had a production capacity of 170,000 barrels per day.
