Safety Alert
Safety Alert 261 - Manually Operated Drains
Safety Alert 261 - Manually Operated Drains
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 261
- Control of WorkHydrocarbon ReleaseProcess Safety
- Environmental protectionHydrocarbon release
- Pressure vesselProcess pipework and pipelinesValve
- Management of change
- Upstream oil and gas
- Marine watersOffshore installation
Summary
An inadvertently opened heater-treater drain released approximately one barrel of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Drain pipework bypassed water-treatment equipment following removal of a polishing unit from service. The alert recommends routing pressure-vessel drains through water/sand treatment and implementing management of change for offshore production-equipment modifications.
Classifications: Environmental protection; environmental safety; pollution prevention.
Classifications: Hydrocarbon release; hydrocarbon leak; oil and gas release.
Classifications: Pressure vessel; pressure vessels.
Classifications: Process pipework and pipelines; process piping.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Marine waters.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
BSEE Safety Alert 261. Themes: control of work, hydrocarbon release, process safety.