Friday, July 29, 2016

Gas leak in the pump compartments was detected on board of Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel ALVHEIM, which is installed on Alvheim Oilfield in North sea




FPSO ALVHEIM gas leak, North sea

July 29, 2016 at 02:01 by Mikhail Voytenko

Gas leak was detected on board of FPSO ALVHEIM, which is installed on Alvheim Oilfield in North sea, halfway between Shetland and Norway coast, in the morning July 28. Gas leak occurred in one of the pump compartments. Situation was put under control in a few hours, all 56 staff remained on board, as there was no real danger.

Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessels, or FPSOs, are offshore production facilities that house both processing equipment and storage for produced hydrocarbons.