Safety Alert
Safety Alert 265 - Pipeline Ruptures Spilling 870 Barrels of Crude Oil
Safety Alert 265 - Pipeline Ruptures Spilling 870 Barrels of Crude Oil
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 265
- EnvironmentHydrocarbon ReleaseStructural and Asset Integrity
- Environmental protectionFunctional safetyHydrocarbon releaseRegulation and legislationStructural and asset integrity
- Process pipework and pipelinesValve
- Energy and process isolation
- Upstream oil and gas
- Marine waters
Summary
A vessel anchor severed a 14-inch crude oil pipeline, spilling approximately 870 barrels into the Gulf of Mexico. The alert examines delayed isolation, unsuitable pressure-sensor settings and shutdown-valve arrangements that increased the release. It recommends considering emergency communication agreements and reiterates regulatory requirements for pipeline protection and shutdown systems.
Classifications: Environmental protection; environmental safety; pollution prevention.
Classifications: Functional safety; safety instrumented systems; SIS.
Classifications: Hydrocarbon release; hydrocarbon leak; oil and gas release.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Process pipework and pipelines; process piping.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Classifications: Energy and process isolation; isolation; energy isolation.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Marine waters.
BSEE Safety Alert 265. Themes: environment, hydrocarbon release, structural and asset integrity.