Safety Alert
Safety Alert 335 - Failure to Mitigate Known Hazards Leads to Kick
Safety Alert 335 - Failure to Mitigate Known Hazards Leads to Kick
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 335
- Control of WorkProcess Safety
- Risk managementWell control
- Well abandonment
- Job safety analysisSafety communication
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
During well abandonment, trapped pressure beneath a bridge plug forced the plug and drill string 15 ft out of the hole, damaging rig equipment. The alert examines recognised hazards left without mitigation and recommends considering better hazard communication, actionable job safety analyses and methods for safely relieving pressure behind well barriers.
Classifications: Risk management; risk evaluation.
Classifications: Well control; kick control; loss of well control.
Classifications: Well abandonment; plug and abandonment; P&A.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
BSEE Safety Alert 335. Themes: control of work, process safety.