Safety Alert
Safety Alert 111 - Blowout and Fire
Safety Alert 111 - Blowout and Fire
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 111
- Hot Work and FireHydrocarbon ReleaseProcess Safety
- FireMechanical failureWell control
- Drilling
- Blowout preventerProcess pipework and pipelinesValve
- Evacuation, escape and rescueFunctional testing
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
A platform well blew out after a diverter valve failed to open, the separator line plugged with gumbo and parted, and the annular preventer failed. Personnel evacuated without injury. The alert recommends frequent diverter operation, protected controls, less restrictive diversion where plugging is likely, and planned drilling parameters in severe gumbo areas.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Well control; kick control; loss of well control.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Blowout preventer; BOP; blow-out preventer.
Classifications: Process pipework and pipelines; process piping.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Functional testing; function test.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
BSEE Safety Alert 111. Themes: hot work and fire, hydrocarbon release, process safety.