Petrobras shuts four platforms for oil leak
Brazil The Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum, or ANP, the country’s oil regulator, confirmed the leak in the Camorim field, located 16 kilometres off the coast of Aracaju, and said that the national oil company had contained it.
Stoessel Chagas, director of the Sindipetro oil workers union, which represents Petrobras offshore oil workers in Brazil’s Alagoas and Sergipe state, said the leak was identified coming from a pipeline linking the PCM-5 and PCM-6 production platforms.
Production from the PCM-8 and PCM-9 platforms was also stopped. Together, the four platforms produce 400 barrels of oil and 60,000 cubic meters (2.12 mcf) of natural gas per day, according to ANP data. Production was scheduled to resume on Saturday.
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