Equinor said the situation in the Bahamas remains challenging due to damage to infrastructure. Credit: Equinor ASA.

Norwegian energy firm Equinor is to clean up the onshore oil spill discovered at its Bahamas storage terminal due to the effects of Hurricane Dorian.

The company shut down operations at the South Riding Point terminal on 31 August to ensure that no employees were at the site when the storm took place.

Equinor said that the situation in the Bahamas remains challenging because of infrastructure damage.

The company has secured oil spill response vessels and equipment from Louisiana and Florida.

The mobilised equipment includes solutions for both onshore and offshore applications.

Equinor noted that it is still assessing the spill but has found no indications of ongoing leakage from the tanks and there are no suggestions of oil stemming from its terminal on nearby beaches or in the ocean.

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Approximately 225 Equinor employees are currently involved in the response, apart from external personnel and resources.

The company’s South Riding Point oil storage and transhipment terminal is situated on Grand Bahama Island.

The terminal’s storage capacity is 6.75 million barrels of crude and condensate. The company stored 1.8 million barrels in three tanks when the hurricane hit the facility. The other nine tanks had residual oil.

Nine of the terminal’s tanks had roofs, five of which were affected by Hurricane Dorian.

South Riding Point is a full member of Clean Caribbean America, which provides equipment and expertise to its member firms to assist in handling the potential waterborne pollution incidents.

South Riding Point also has its own oil spill response equipment and expertise situated on-site.