Husky Energy informed that the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) announced it has lifted the notice to suspend operations for the SeaRose floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel and associated facilities.
Earlier in January C-NLOPB gave a notice to the company to suspend operations in the SeaRose FPSO, as a result from an incident in March 2017 where Husky Energy departed from its agreed Ice Management Plan by not disconnecting the vessel and sailing away when an iceberg entered its quarter-mile exclusion zone.
“We could have and should have responded differently according to the pre-existing plan, and have learned from this incident. We will apply these lessons and share the learnings broadly in the region and across the company,” said CEO Rob Peabody.
In cooperation with the C-NLOPB, Husky conducted a series of actions to ensure this type of incident never happen again, including:
- A comprehensive review of Husky’s ice management and emergency response plans and further improvements have been made and implemented.
- An emergency response drill, observed by the C-NLOPB, industry partners and the offshore facilities certifying authority.
- Management has met with employees onshore and offshore to communicate the changes being made and to reinforce that procedures must be followed with no exceptions.
The March 2017 incident did not result in any environmental pollution.
The resumption of operations in the FPSO is expected to last approximately three days.