A disabled water pump was the cause of the shut-in of natural gas production from the Sable Island Field offshore Nova Scotia early last Tuesday morning, a spokesman for operator ExxonMobil told NGI. As of last Thursday afternoon, production of about 400 MMcf/d was expected to come back on in a matter of days, the spokesman said.
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Sable Island Repair to Take Days, Not Weeks
A disabled water pump was the cause of the shut-in of natural gas production from the Sable Island Field offshore Nova Scotia early Tuesday morning, a spokesman for operator ExxonMobil told NGI Wednesday.
April 9, 2009
Disabled LNG Tanker ‘No Immediate Danger’ to MA Coast
A disabled liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker, which lost propulsion off the Massachusetts coast early Monday, was in tow and being taken Tuesday to a protective area off the coast of Gloucester, MA, said an official with the U.S. Coast Guard.
February 13, 2008