Venezuelan floating storage with 173K tons of oil is sinking in Gulf of Paria

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

Floating Storage and Offloading Unit FSO NABARIMA was reported by Eudis Girot, one of trade unions leaders of Venezuelan Oil Industry, to be in emergency situation, due to lack of proper and professional maintenance. FSO with some 173000 tons of oil on board, positioned in Venezuelan waters, is suffering water ingress in superstructure/engine room area, with water in some compartments being up to 1.5 meters high. FSO developed a slight starboard list. Mr. Eudis Girot is blaming for it the PDSVA management, which manned FSO with unqualified personnel, incapable of handling FSO machinery.

All photos full-scale at Eudis Girot post in twitter https://twitter.com/search?q=%40EudisGi ... yped_query
Floating Storage and Offloading Unit FSO NABARIMA, IMO 9316567, dwt 20700, built 2005, flag Venezuela, operator PDVSA (Petroleum of Venezuela).



http://www.maritimebulletin.net/2020/08 ... venezuela/

[INDAVID WORKSHOP]

This will be a Major Environmental Impact to Trinidad Fishing Industry and the beaches.

[K74T]

In before zoom rader blames the PNM.

[sMASH]

delci gonna have to come back to talk about how to tackle it?

[maj. tom]

Eudis Girot will soon be... erased.

[FrankChag]

More like he'll be suicided.

[aaron17]

Will desalcott be affected?

[zoom rader]

Will desalcott be affected?

That's very good question.

All yes they will be affected, at present they intake water from the gulf .

They don't have any oil separators to deal with oil.

[pugboy]

temple in the sea gonna get messed up

[88sins]

Will desalcott be affected?

That's very good question.

All yes they will be affected, at present they intake water from the gulf .

They don't have any oil separators to deal with oil.

Worst case scenario, brace for some serious water shortages and funny tasting water that makes you feel sick, especially those who live south side.

If only we had a means to buy that oil and somewhere that we could keep and process it.

[zoom rader]

Will desalcott be affected?

That's very good question.

All yes they will be affected, at present they intake water from the gulf .

They don't have any oil separators to deal with oil.

Worst case scenario, brace for some serious water shortages and funny tasting water that makes you feel sick, especially those who live south side.

If only we had a means to buy that oil and somewhere that we could keep and process it.

Their RO membranes are not equip to deal with oil.

That will foul them and cost millions.

[aaron17]

Damn...

[RedVEVO]

^^

Carite and Moonshine prices going up as we type ..

[pugboy]

stuey will call delcy and get it sorted easy

[agent007]

Almost 1.2 million barrels of oil to be spilt into the GoP would make the 2013 Petrotrin oil spill of up to 7,500 barrels look like child's play. This would affect the entire western coastline of Trinidad.


But it could pale in comparison to the 1979 oil tanker disaster off Tobago's coastline.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/trinidadex ... 5.amp.html

[Kenjo]

CAn we go out with rented tankers and drain it ? It’s a bigger disaster for us than them and they don’t seem to be bothered . Guardia Nacional might be out blocking ?

[mitch1980]

ALNG padna said "When local populace raised it with Franklyn he said Trinidad maritime is unaware. And the common men within the FFOS pleading with them to assist as their livelihood resides in the GOP"


"The majority of the platforms on east coast will have to shut in as well as lng vessels will b unable to berth at our jetties."

Affect the the water supply, and marine life.

[pugboy]

that could mess up things in the entire gulf
all the way to chaguaramas

[The_Honourable]

Listing oil tanker threatens Venezuela, Trinidad

Another potential environmental calamity in brewing off Venezuela's coast where a floating storage tanker holding up to 1.2mn bl of crude is at risk of sinking.

The Venezuela-flagged Nabarima moored at the Corocoro field in the Paria Gulf is listing to starboard, flooding the engine room and nearby compartments, according to three Venezuelan employees of the PetroSucre joint venture that runs the field.

Venezuelan state-owned PdV operates PetroSucre. Its minority partner is Italy's Eni with a 26pc stake.

Seawater levels in the engine room and other compartments were up to 5ft (1.52m) deep, and measurements taken early today show that the levels continue to rise despite PdV's efforts to pump it out so the leaks can be patched, one of the PetroSucre workers told Argus.

"The engine room is so flooded that there is no possibility the Nabarima can navigate under its own power to a terminal to discharge the oil," the worker added.

The Nabarima, a small VLCC built in 2005, has been moored at the Corocoro field since at least 2015, according to the Venezuelan oil ministry.

PdV has not maintained the tanker properly for over five years, the PetroSucre workers said. Unskilled personnel hired by PdV to plug manpower gaps as skilled workers leave the company damaged the vessel's equipment, including water pumps and offloading systems, the workers added.

PetroSucre was producing and exporting about 11,000 b/d of crude to PdV's US refining subsidiary Citgo until the US imposed oil sanctions on Venezuela in January 2019, a PdV international marketing official said.

An official at Eni's Caracas office declined to comment. Eni headquarters could not be immediately reached.

The Venezuelan Ecology Society which is monitoring the situation warns that if the Nabarima sinks it could trigger the worst marine environmental disaster in the country's history and potentially affect fisheries and coastlines in Trinidad and Tobago.

A senior business executive in Port of Spain confirmed that the sinking tanker is raising local concerns.

Damaged heat exchangers at PdV's 140,000 b/d El Palito refinery spilled up to 25,000 bl of oil into the Triste Gulf in July and August, polluting fisheries and mangroves on the coast of Carabobo and Falcon states.

Source: https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/2137 ... a-trinidad

[teems1]

1.4m barrels. Nearly 30% of the number of barrels of oil which Deepwater Horizon spilled into the gulf.

Also I highly doubt PDVSA is going to pay out billions in damage settlements the way BP did.

[pugboy]

this ain’t gonn be a mickey mouse job here

delcy and them certainly ain’t gonna get regional help to fix this

they will need to ask iran to send their safety crews to empty it.

1.4m barrels. Nearly 30% of the number of barrels of oil which Deepwater Horizon spilled into the gulf.

Also I highly doubt PDVSA is going to pay out billions in damage settlements the way BP did.

[Redman]

The oil has value.....so the cargo is worth millions usd...some games being played.

[88sins]

The oil has value.....so the cargo is worth millions usd...some games being played.

Nah, tbh I don't think is an issue of playing games.
With the US sanctions against Venezuela and oil prices still in the toilet selling it before wouldn't have been the ideal option. They would have taken a hit.
But considering what's about to happen might be better to unload it ASAP than to hang onto it and risk a major regional disaster and be liable to shell out for the cost to fix said disaster when they already under pressure financially.

[pugboy]

they won’t be able to compensate for any disaster either way
so somebody need to step in

[RedVEVO]

The oil has value.....so the cargo is worth millions usd...some games being played.

Nah, tbh I don't think is an issue of playing games.
With the US sanctions against Venezuela and oil prices still in the toilet selling it before wouldn't have been the ideal option. They would have taken a hit.
But considering what's about to happen might be better to unload it ASAP than to hang onto it and risk a major regional disaster and be liable to shell out for the cost to fix said disaster when they already under pressure financially.

They can never be under "pressure financially "

Stop reading MAD comics

And understand economics

[88sins]

Your understanding of economics is seems limited to junior sec evening shift home economics classes. But I go dumb it down so you can get it.

It costs you 50 dollars to make a product, and 5 dollars a months to store it, but the global market for your product collapsed and you can only sell it for 3 dollars while your operating costs remain the same, and your biggest buyer and you fall out and they not buying your product anymore. .
Daz d recipe for rakin in the money by the truckload and makin big bank ent?

[teems1]

that could mess up things in the entire gulf
all the way to chaguaramas

The Exxon Valdez is considered one of the worst man made ecological disasters of all time.

This oil container has the same amount of oil as the Exxon Valdez.

[pugboy]

massive cost to do this job and as you say to get rid of it go be a real problem

nobody taking that job commercially just so to be stuck with a big load of oil costing them plenty money to hold at a loss

Your understanding of economics is seems limited to junior sec evening shift home economics classes. But I go dumb it down so you can get it.

It costs you 50 dollars to make a product, and 5 dollars a months to store it, but the global market for your product collapsed and you can only sell it for 3 dollars while your operating costs remain the same, and your biggest buyer and you fall out and they not buying your product anymore. .
Daz d recipe for rakin in the money by the truckload and makin big bank ent?

[Redman]

they won’t be able to compensate for any disaster either way
so somebody need to step in

Well the pic show little listing, so pumping the water out is an option.

Given the rate of flooding I bet the patch can be done simply.

Removing the oil is also a option.

Towing...subject to the hull integrity is possible.

And you still have 20M usd of cargo on board...if it is crude and not waste.

So solutions are easily achieved and can be paid for by the cargo.

[pugboy]

who buying that oil or doing the job and not subject to uncle same sanctions ?