Laundry room fire disrupts ExxonMobil Guyana FPSO operations

US oil major ExxonMobil suspended operations at a facility off the coast of Guyana after a laundry-room fire broke out on a floating vessel, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday, citing a company statement.

According to the report, the fire on the Liza Unity floating production, storage and offloading vessel was quickly extinguished, but crude offloading was affected by the temporary halt.

ExxonMobil did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment outside regular business hours.

Operations were suspended as part of the company's established safety response and will resume following completion of the necessary checks, the report said.