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Equinor shuts output at Statfjord A platform due to leakage
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OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s Equinor said it shut production at the Statfjord A oil and gas platform in the North Sea on Thursday due to a gas leakage.
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s Equinor said it shut production at the Statfjord A oil and gas platform in the North Sea on Thursday due to a gas leakage.
Equinor had detected a leakage of hydrogen sulfide gas in one of the platform shafts, a spokesperson told Reuters in a text message.
“As a precautionary measure, we are moving personnel without prioritised tasks to other installations or onshore. Production is shut down and the platform is depressurised,” the spokesperson said.
In 2022, the Statfjord field’s average output was about 26,900 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) of oil and gas, according to data from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.
(Reporting by Victoria Klesty and Nerijus Adomaitis; editing by Diane Craft and Marguerita Choy)
An oil and gas platform is a large structure with facilities for drilling and extracting oil and natural gas from beneath the seabed. These platforms can be fixed or floating.
Gas leakage occurs when gas escapes from a containment system, such as a pipeline or storage facility. It can pose significant safety hazards, including explosions and environmental damage.
Oil equivalent is a unit of measurement that expresses the energy content of various energy sources in terms of the energy produced by crude oil. It allows for easier comparison of different fuels.
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