Safety Alert
Safety Alert 146 - Fire During Production Equipment Dismantling Operations
Safety Alert 146 - Fire During Production Equipment Dismantling Operations
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 146
- Hot Work and Fire
- FireHydrocarbon release
- DecommissioningHot work
- Process pipework and pipelines
- Fire protectionOperating and work proceduresSimultaneous operations coordination
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
An alert describes a production-platform fire during concurrent welding and equipment dismantling. With the platform shut in, the inactive containment system overflowed back through a drain line, allowing welding sparks to ignite condensate in a drip pan. Planned measures include draining and flushing before shutdown and heightened fire-watch vigilance.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Hydrocarbon release; hydrocarbon leak; oil and gas release.
Classifications: Decommissioning; facility dismantling.
Classifications: Hot work; welding and cutting.
Classifications: Process pipework and pipelines; process piping.
Classifications: Fire protection; fire suppression; fire detection.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Simultaneous operations coordination; SIMOPS; simultaneous operations.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
BSEE Safety Alert 146. Themes: hot work and fire.