Investigation Report
Waste-Oil Tank Flash Fire aboard Drillship
12-10-2016 05:40 G31752 GC 807 Fire – Equipment Failure
- BSEE
- Investigation Report
- Unknown
- FireFunctional safetyLoss of containmentMechanical failure
- Storage tanksValve
- Energy and process isolation
- Upstream oil and gas
- Vessel
Summary
A waste-oil tank flash fire aboard the Pacific Sharav drillship distorted the tank and damaged an isolation valve, with no reported injuries. Investigators identified a failed level switch that allowed the heating element to become exposed. The report records isolation actions and a proposed relocation of the suction line above the heater.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Functional safety; safety instrumented systems; SIS.
Classifications: Loss of containment; containment loss.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Storage tanks; atmospheric tanks.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Classifications: Energy and process isolation; isolation; energy isolation.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.