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Suriname eager to co-operate

with Guyana on oil spill response

SURINAME’S Minister of Natural Resources
David Abiamofo said last week that his coun-
try was eager to co-operate with neighbouring
Guyana on the prevention and remediation of
oil spills.
Speaking at an industry conference spon-
sored by Hunt Petty LP, Abiamofo described
cross-border co-operation on this front as a
necessity, especially now that Guyana and Suri-
name are moving ahead with offshore explora-
tion and development operations. “One of the
very essential items within this regard is the
cross-border collaboration and co-ordination in
oil spill prevention and response,” he was quoted Surinameadopted an oil spill policy in 2016 (File Photo)
as saying by OilNOW.gy.
He went on to say that Suriname’s govern- covering its own territory in 2016. These meas-
ment was aware that offshore oil spills had the ures, known collectively as the National Oil
potential to cause severe harm to the region’s Spill Contingency Plan (NOSCP), provide for
economies, ecosystems and people. Officials in all of the parties involved to respond quickly
Paramaribo recognise the risks and are giving a and co-operatively in the event of an incident,
high priority to emergency response planning he said.
and preparedness, he stated. Under the NOSCP regime, he said, all organ-
At the same time, he said, Guyana and isations involved in oil and gas operations must
Suriname would benefit from working closely meet the criteria for spill response. They must
together to prevent and clean up oil spills. He prove that they have an oil spill contingency plan
described the conference as an opportunity “for and risk assessment, an initial response plan,
the industry and government of both Suriname strategies for notifications and responses and a
and Guyana to mutually examine critical areas mechanism to facilitate the update of plans and
in enhancing capacity for spill prevention and policies when necessary, he explained.
response to loss of subsea resource control.” Abiamofo did not say whether Guyana and
According to the minister, Suriname drew Suriname had made any concrete plans to dis-
up and adopted the appropriate policy measures cuss further co-operation on oil spills. ™

BRAZIL
Petrobras calls tender for newbuild

FPSO to be installed at Búzios field

BRAZIL’S national oil company (NOC) Petro- would begin operating at Búzios in 2026.
bras has called a tender for the acquisition of a The vessel, which will be known as the P-80,
new floating production, storage and off-load- will be the ninth production platform installed
ing (FPSO) vessel that will be deployed at at the field. It will be capable of handling 225,000
Búzios, an offshore oilfield in the pre-salt section barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil and 122mn
of the Santos basin. cubic metres per day of natural and associated
In a statement dated May 3, Petrobras gas.
explained that it was seeking a contractor for At this size, the P-80 will be one of the two
engineering, procurement and construction largest production platforms operating in Bra-
(EPC) work on a newbuild FPSO unit that zilian territory.

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