Her­itage Pe­tro­le­um says it has found no ev­i­dence of a ma­jor hy­dro­car­bon spill fol­low­ing al­le­ga­tions from Venezuela of a trans­bound­ary oil slick orig­i­nat­ing from Trinidad and To­ba­go.

The com­pa­ny said it launched an im­me­di­ate in­ves­ti­ga­tion af­ter be­ing alert­ed to a pos­si­ble ma­rine sight­ing of hy­dro­car­bons, but field in­spec­tions, ves­sel sur­veil­lance, SCA­DA mon­i­tor­ing and checks with the Coast Guard and oth­er west coast op­er­a­tors showed no ab­nor­mal­i­ties.

“Cur­rent­ly, there is no ev­i­dence to sup­port the pres­ence of large amounts of hy­dro­car­bon in the sea,” Her­itage said.