Asia-Pacific area centered Jadestone Vitality has as soon as once more halted operations on the Montara Enterprise FPSO offshore Australia. The corporate mentioned {that a} gasoline alarm was triggered inside ballast water tank 4S, indicating attainable communication with one of many adjoining tanks inside the FPSO.
Jadestone mentioned manufacturing from the Montara fields has been quickly shut in and key stakeholders, together with the Nationwide Offshore Petroleum Security and Environmental Administration Authority (NOPSEMA), had been notified of the incident.
Tank 4S will likely be emptied and cleaned over the subsequent week to allow an inspection to determine the supply of the communication between tanks and permit for applicable repairs, the corporate mentioned in its media assertion. Following the inspection, an extra replace will likely be supplied outlining subsequent steps, any potential prices and any impression to manufacturing steerage, it added.
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This isn’t the primary time water tank 4S is inflicting points on the Montara challenge situated in manufacturing licenses AC/L7 and AC/L8 within the Timor Sea, offshore Western Australia.
The corporate beforehand halted manufacturing in June 2022 when a small leak of oil from a crude oil tank on the Montara Enterprise FPSO was reported. An interim restore and subsequent restart of manufacturing from Montara was achieved, with the corporate working to finish a everlasting restore to tank 2C.
Nevertheless, in August, the corporate mentioned that in preparations for this restore, a further inner defect in water ballast tank 4S was detected and that this might even be included within the workscope of repairs. The corporate determined that month to quickly shut-in manufacturing from Montara and reorganize offshore manpower on the FPSO enabling precedence and give attention to upkeep and inspection crews. Nevertheless, manufacturing didn’t restart till March 2023.
“Whereas disappointing and irritating to must shut in Montara once more, we’ll discover and restore any extra defect whereas persevering with with the general deliberate program of inspection of the storage tanks on the FPSO. The security of our personnel, in addition to the long-term integrity of the asset, are paramount. We are going to present an extra replace as soon as the inspection of tank 4S is full,” mentioned Paul Blakeley, President and CEO.
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