An FSO off Venezuela is taking on waterm while it is also at risk of sinking. The FSO Nabarima carries around 1.3 million barrels of crude oil on board.
This is what Eudis Girot, the head of the Unitary Federation of Petroleum Workers of Venezuela (FUTPV), informed about.
As he warned the ship is poor condition, and it has nine feet of water in its lower decks.
In addition, María Gabriela Hernández, a member of the opposition National Assembly (AN), noted that the vessel is listing and that crew report that there are no efforts to transfer the cargo to a tanker to limit risk.
PDVSA has not yet commented publicly.