Safety Alert
Safety Alert 15 - Electrical Cable Testing
Safety Alert 15 - Electrical Cable Testing
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 15
- Electrical SafetyInspection and Maintenance
- Electrical safetyFireHydrocarbon release
- Electrical workInspection and maintenance
- Atmospheric gas testingIgnition source controlPermit to work
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
A Pacific OCS platform fire followed insulation testing of a submersible pump power cable when grounding produced a spark that ignited escaping well-annulus gas. The alert recommends avoiding rig-floor testing, using purged rooms where feasible, requiring permits and continuous flammable-gas monitoring in non-purged environments, and reducing sparking through suitable instruments and capacitance discharge.
Classifications: Electrical safety; electrical hazards.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Hydrocarbon release; hydrocarbon leak; oil and gas release.
Classifications: Electrical work; electrical maintenance.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Atmospheric gas testing; gas testing; atmosphere testing.
Classifications: Ignition source control; ignition prevention.
Classifications: Permit to work; PTW; work permit.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
BSEE Safety Alert 15. Themes: electrical safety, inspection and maintenance.