Incident Report

Subject:                     Indonesia, Lentra Bangsa - CNOOC Oil Storage Tanker Ablaze in Jakarta

Date of Email report:   Sun 25/09/2011

Report Detail:

Built in 1983, the 261 meter-long & 127575 DWT oil tanker Lentera Bangsa caught fire 100 miles from the coast of Jakarta Bay Friday morning. The vessel was being used as a Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) vessel in the Widuri field of the Java Sea and was operating in close proximity to a China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) offshore drilling rig when the fire broke out. The fire, which broke out at 9 a.m. local time on Friday, injured at least four workers among the crew of 30 and one individual remains missing. A local official has asserted that the fire has been extinguished, but was unable to provide details regarding the nature of the fire, where, or how it started. Witness reports are mixed with some believing the fire started in the vessel’s engine room while others stating it started in a cabin. The FSO has a storage capacity of 700,000 barrels of oil a day, was upgraded from a tanker to FSO by COSCO Guangdong Shipyard in October 2010 and began working the Widuri field early in 2011.

Additional Documentation:

FSO fire: CNOOC-operated vessel burns off Indonesia By Eoin O'Cinneide 

 23 September 2011 12:44 GMT

One person is missing and four were severely burned after a fire ripped through a CNOOC-operated floating storage & offloading unit off Indonesia on Friday.

The blaze which broke out onboard the Lentera Bangsa in the morning is understood to have been extinguished. The ship is understood to have been docked at Pabelokan Water Island in Jakarta Bay some 100 miles from Indonesia's capital, Jakarta.

Reports indicate that four Indonesian men were severely burned in the fire which is thought to have started in one of the cabins. One person is believed to be unaccounted for.

A spokesperson at the ship's Jakarta-based owner, Trada Maritime, confirmed the incident to Upstream but referred questions to the country's energy regulator, BPMigas which was not contactable. The Trada spokesperson also confirmed that CNOOC is the vessel's operator but there was no answer at the Chinese giant's office late on Friday.

Some reports indicate that there were over 30 crew onboard the ship but that there has been no pollution.

One missing, four wounded following fire aboard CNOOC FSO offshore Indonesia

September 23, 2011 By Phaedra Friend Troy

According to reports from local media, a vessel owned by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) (NYSE:CEO) is on fire in Jakarta Bay offshore Indonesia. 

Jakarta Globe reports that the CNOOC vessel named Lentera Bangsa ignited on Friday morning. Most of the 150 crewmembers are safe, but four people are severely burned and another is missing. 

It is unclear where the fire began, but the remote location of the emergency is proving difficult for responders to extinguish the blaze. 

Lentera Bangsa is a Floating Storage and Offloading vessel built to replace the FSO Widuri on the CNOOC-operated Widuri field in the Java Sea offshore Indonesia. 

Enabling the extension of the field life by 10 years, the Lentera Bangsa FSO began operation on the Widuri field early in 2011. The FSO has a storage capacity of 700,000 barrels of oil a day.