Brazil, Chevron to investigate spill near Frade
The spill is in the Campos Basin that accounts for the bulk of Brazil's oil output off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state.
By ReutersThu, Nov 10 2011 at 1:09 PM EST
LEAKY FIELD OF WATER: A floating production storage and offloading vessel in Brazil. The FPSOs deliver and store oil from offshore projects. Frade field in Brazil is a place where such transfer occur. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
SAO PAULO - Brazil's oil regulator ANP and Chevron's local subsidiary said on Thursday they would look into a reported oil leak located near Chevron's Frade field
The ANP said the oil on the ocean's surface was located about one kilometer from Chevron's Frade field.
Chevron spokesman Scott Walker said the company was aware of the oil sheen between its Frade field and one of Brazil's biggest producing fields, the Roncador, operated by the state-run oil company Petrobras.
"Chevron is investigating the source of the oil sheen. All the appropriate actions to respond are being taken. As soon as we have further information we will notify," Walker told Reuters by email.
The spill is in the Campos Basin that accounts for the bulk of Brazil's oil output off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state.
(Reporting by Brian Ellsworth and Reese Ewing; editing by Sofina Mirza-Reid)
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