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Barge that sank in the Lake in 2018, was rescued and is under repair

The sinking of the GP-17 barge in Lake Maracaibo did indeed occur, but not in recent days or this year, but on September 5, 2018, revealed members of the Productive Councils of Workers of PDVSA Occidente.

Through the media and social networks, information about the recent collapse of the platform was disseminated, with a communication load interested in showing PDVSA’s inefficiency, indolence and irresponsibility.

The journalist Katherine Nieto, from the newspaper El Impulso, assumed co-responsibility in the dissemination of the information built for networks by the journalist Lenin Danieri, who wrote on Twitter: ONCE UPON A country had an oil industry that was sent by this part of the continent. This was the Middle Lake Floating Station, EF GP 17. It sank in our estuary. It’s sad if I’m honest with you ”.

Gabarra sank on September 5, 2018

In his regret, Danieri does not indicate the date of the images and does not give an explanation for the sinking. Every journalist is an investigator, but he did not. From that post, nothing matters or cares. The tablecloth is already stained.

The sinking of the GP-17 barge occurred by incursion by third parties, who stole, among other things, the covers (manholes) of the ballast tanks, which filled with water during a storm (downpour, waves, hurricane-force winds). ), which determined the immersion, reveals a report prepared by PDVSA.

The barge was rescued and today it is at the Rafael Urdaneta dock, undergoing repairs and the replacement of the necessary equipment to enable it to operate.


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