The FPSO Rubicon Intrepid and the Galoc oil field offshore the Philippines are shut-in while the FPSO (floating, production, storage and offloading) vessel is out of the field for a previously announced upgrade, noted Otto Energy Ltd.

While the FPSO is out of field, seabed anchoring and riser modifications will be undertaken in preparation for the reconnection of the FPSO on return to the field late in the first quarter 2012. Production will restart shortly after the FPSO is reconnected.