Safety Alert
Safety Alert 199 - Blowout and Fire
Safety Alert 199 - Blowout and Fire
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 199
- Hot Work and FireHydrocarbon ReleaseProcess Safety
- FireHydrocarbon releaseWell control
- DrillingHot work
- Wellhead
- Evacuation, escape and rescueOperating and work proceduresSafety communication
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
An alert describes a shallow-gas blowout during slip-on wellhead welding, unsuccessful attempts to kill the well with increasingly dense fluids, evacuation and a subsequent fire of unknown origin. Investigation identified inadequate cement design and communication failures. Recommendations address gas migration prevention, contractor communication and use of well-log information.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Hydrocarbon release; hydrocarbon leak; oil and gas release.
Classifications: Well control; kick control; loss of well control.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Hot work; welding and cutting.
Classifications: Wellhead; well head.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
BSEE Safety Alert 199. Themes: hot work and fire, hydrocarbon release, process safety.