Safety Alert
Safety Alert 31 - Oil Spill, Loading Diesel Fuel
Safety Alert 31 - Oil Spill, Loading Diesel Fuel
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 31
- Hydrocarbon Release
- Environmental protectionHydrocarbon release
- Fluid transfer
- Operator displays and control interfacesStorage tanks
- Operational supervision
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
An alert describes diesel transfer from a work boat to an offshore drilling rig’s storage tank. The control room operator missed gauges indicating a full tank, and continued pumping discharged approximately 20 barrels through the vent line into the Gulf. The operator committed to close attendance during fuel pumping.
Classifications: Environmental protection; environmental safety; pollution prevention.
Classifications: Hydrocarbon release; hydrocarbon leak; oil and gas release.
Classifications: Fluid transfer; fluid loading; fluid offloading.
Classifications: Operator displays and control interfaces.
Classifications: Storage tanks; atmospheric tanks.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
BSEE Safety Alert 31. Themes: hydrocarbon release.