New Melody tanker arrives offshore Guyana
The New Melody tanker (Vessel Finder photo)
The New Melody tanker (Vessel Finder photo)

SEVERAL marine-tracking websites have shown that the New Melody tanker, scheduled to lift the first million cargo of crude for China’s state-controlled oil company CNOOC Ltd., has arrived offshore Guyana.

Marine Vessel Traffic placed the tanker right next to the Liza Destiny Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) and previous reports by Reuters had stated that the vessel was expected to arrive on March 24, 2020.

The location of the tanker near the Liza Destiny FPSO, according to Marine Vessel Traffic

Director of Energy Dr. Mark Bynoe had days ago confirmed that the tanker was expected in just a few days. It will load up to one million barrels of sweet, light Liza crude for CNOOC when it arrives at the consortium’s FPSO.

“The very large crude carrier (VLCC), with a capacity of around two million barrels, departed Colombia’s Covenas port on Wednesday evening after loading around 1.1 million barrels, the data show,” Reuters had stated.

Meanwhile, the site stated that the New Melody is a crude oil tanker built in 2018 and currently sails under the flag of Hong Kong.

ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) is operator and holds 45 per cent interest in the Stabroek Block. Hess Guyana Exploration Ltd. holds 30 per cent interest and CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of CNOOC Limited, holds 25 per cent interest.

The companies began production in December and have discovered more than eight billion barrels of recoverable resources, which could transform Guyana’s economy.

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