TS Nabarima-Off Venezuela; Venezuela
Venezuela | 2020-Oct-16
Initial Notification: On 16 Oct 2020, NOAA was asked by the US National Response Team to provide trajectory, resources at risk, and fate information in the event of a spill from the tanker Nabarima, a floating storage and offloading unit (FSO), moored in the Gulf of Paria between Venezuela and Trinidad. At this point, a release has not occurred (to our knowledge). The vessel has an estimated 1.1 million barrels of light crude oil aboard.
Incident Details
Primary threat: | Oil |
Products of concern: | light crude |
Total amount at risk of spill: | 1.1 million barrels |
Latitude (approximate): | 10° 14.83′ North |
Longitude (approximate): | 62° 9.04′ West |