The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) is investigating a fire that broke out on the Petrojarl Knarr floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) in the Knarr field, North Sea.
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Petrojarl Knarr achieving first oil. From Teekay Offshore, Trond Arne Hageland. |
The PSA says that the fire began on 24 March, in an HVAC room (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) on the fourth deck of the vessel's foredeck. The investigation will be done to clarify the chain of events and identifying proximate and underlying causes.
Teekay Petrojarl Production is responsible for operating the vessel. There were 100 people onboard the vessel at the fire that lasted for approximately 45 minutes. According to the PSA, personnel gathered at the lifeboats.
The Petrojarl Knarr has a production capacity of 63,000 boe/d and a storage capacity of 800,000bbl. The vessel, built in 2014, is considered to be one of the world’s largest harsh environment FPSOs. It was acquired by Teekay Offshore from Teekay Parent in a US$1.2 billion that was finalized in 1Q 2015.
The BG Group-operated Knarr field is located about 50km northeast of the Snorre Field. Production at the field began in March 2015.
BG recently started first production at the Knarr field last week on 18 March.
The field was discovered in 2008 and has estimated gross recoverable reserves of about 80 MMboe. It is being produced with two subsea templates; one for production and the other for injection, to the Petrojarl Knarr FPSO, leased by Teekay.
BG Group is the operator of the field with a 45% working interest. Partners include Idemitsu Petroleum Norge (25%), Wintershall Norge (20%) and DEA Norge (10%).
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