Operations aboard the Liza Unity FPSO have returned to normal and an offloading exercise which was temporarily interrupted has been completed, ExxonMobil Guyana said yesterday.
The company provided the update following a small fire in the laundry room of the vessel’s living quarters.
According to ExxonMobil, heat detectors aboard the FPSO were activated after indicating the fire, which was quickly extinguished. The company said the appropriate emergency-response procedures were initiated and all personnel aboard the vessel were safe and accounted for.
Operations were temporarily suspended to facilitate the necessary safety checks, interrupting an offloading exercise.
“Operations have returned to normal, and the offloading which was temporarily interrupted has now been completed,” ExxonMobil said in its latest update.
The company has not disclosed the cause of the fire or the extent of any damage to the laundry room.
In a statement on Monday, the Ministry of Natural Resources said ExxonMobil had informed it of a “potential safety issue” aboard the vessel.
According to the ministry, the company reported that heat detectors were activated in the laundry room of the living quarters, indicating a small fire which was quickly extinguished.
“The appropriate response procedures were immediately initiated. All personnel aboard the vessel are safe and accounted for,” the ministry had said.
The Liza Unity, Guyana’s second floating production, storage and offloading vessel, began production at the Liza Phase Two development in the Stabroek Block in February 2022.
It has the capacity to produce approximately 220,000 barrels of oil per day and can store around two million barrels of crude.
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