Safety Alert
Safety Alert 100 - Explosion, Fire
Safety Alert 100 - Explosion, Fire
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 100
- ExplosionHot Work and Fire
- ExplosionFireWell control
- Well intervention
- Storage tanks
- Ignition source control
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
An offshore safety alert describes an explosion and fire during well killing before snubbing. Returns were routed through a choke manifold into an open mud tank; escaping gas exploded, damaging the platform and injuring four men. The operator planned gas separation, safe vent routing and ignition-source inspections.
Classifications: Explosion; explosive atmospheres.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Well control; kick control; loss of well control.
Classifications: Well intervention; workover; well servicing.
Classifications: Storage tanks; atmospheric tanks.
Classifications: Ignition source control; ignition prevention.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
BSEE Safety Alert 100. Themes: explosion, hot work and fire.