Woodside shuts in Pluto LNG after cyclone sets rig adrift
3/16/2015
Woodside has temporarily shut-in production at its Pluto LNG Plant in Western Australia, the company announced Monday.
This precautionary action was taken after a semisubmersible drilling rig, the Atwood Osprey, under contract to Chevron, drifted near Pluto flowlines.
Underwater inspections have confirmed the integrity of the flowlines, and production will be restarted when the rig has been relocated away from Pluto infrastructure, Woodside said.
According to the rig’s owner, Atwood Oceanics, the semisubmersible parted several mooring lines and drifted about three nautical miles from its original position during Cyclone Olwyn.
Further advice on the recommencement of production at Pluto LNG will be provided in due course, Woodside said.
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