Three missing after fire on CNOOC offshore platform April 9, 2021, by Nermina Kulovic
China’s oil and gas giant CNOOC Limited has put out a fire on its production platform located in the Bohai Bay off China and is now searching for three workers who went missing following the incident.
CNOOC said in a Hong Kong stock exchange filing on Friday that kicks and fire occurred on the V platform of the Pengbo Operating Company on Monday 5 April 2021.
On Monday evening of 5 April, shallow gas overflowed during drilling operation in well V29 of the V platform in the Penglai 19-3 field.
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9 April 2021 5:10 GMT Updated 9 April 2021 7:47 GMT in Singapore
Three crew members remain missing, CNOOC Ltd said on Friday, after a well blowout and fire on a platform in Bohai Bay earlier this week that has partially halted operations at China s largest offshore oilfield.
The impact of the incident at the wellhead platform in the Penglai 19-3 field on CNOOC Ltd s annual production is up to approximately 600,000 barrels of oil, representing 0.1% of the total target of 545 million to 555 million barrels of oil equivalent.
State-controlled CNOOC Ltd operates the field on 51% and is joined by US independent ConocoPhillips on 49%.
With the incident set to hit CNOOC Ltd s equity production this year by 600,000 barrels, this represents some 1.2 million barrels, inclusive of ConocoPhillips share.