ExxonMobil temporarily halts operations at Guyana site after fire, Bloomberg News reports
Aug 23 (Reuters) — U.S. oil major ExxonMobil (XOM.N), opens new tab suspended operations at a facility off the coast of Guyana after a laundry-room fire broke out on a floating vessel, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday, citing a company statement.
According to the report, the fire on the Liza Unity floating production, storage and offloading vessel was quickly extinguished, but crude offloading was affected by the temporary halt.
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ExxonMobil did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment outside regular business hours.
Operations were suspended as part of the company’s established safety response and will resume following completion of the necessary checks, the report said.
All staff aboard the ship were safe and accounted for, it added.
According to recent government data, the Exxon Mobil consortium’s oil output in Guyana reached 895,000 barrels per day in May and 869,000 bpd in June.
Reporting by Sumedha Mukherjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Schmollinger and Subhranshu Sahu
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