Safety Alert
Safety Alert 112 - Fire
Safety Alert 112 - Fire
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 112
- Hot Work and Fire
- FireHydrocarbon releasePressure systems
- Process pipework and pipelinesValve
- Operating and work proceduresPressure relief
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installationVessel
Summary
An offshore platform fire followed line-heater start-up with a flow-line block valve left closed. Well pressure ruptured the fuel gas supply pot, and ignited gas burnt the adjacent workboat’s captain. The alert records supply-pot relocation, installation of a self-relieving regulator, planned piping upgrades and restrictions on locking SSVs open.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Hydrocarbon release; hydrocarbon leak; oil and gas release.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Process pipework and pipelines; process piping.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Pressure relief; overpressure protection.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
BSEE Safety Alert 112. Themes: hot work and fire.