Safety Alert
BSEE and USCG Identify Delayed T-Time Execution, Poor Operational Decisions, and Equipment Breakdowns as Contributors to a Drillship’s Unsuccessful Attempt to Avoid Hurricane Ida
BSEE and USCG Identify Delayed T-Time Execution, Poor Operational Decisions, and Equipment Breakdowns as Contributors to a Drillship’s Unsuccessful Attempt to Avoid Hurricane Ida
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 441
- Emergency ResponseHuman FactorsMarine Operations
- Human factorsMechanical failureRisk management
- NavigationWell abandonment
- Emergency responseEvacuation, escape and rescueOperating and work proceduresRisk assessment
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installationVessel
Summary
Joint BSEE and USCG alert examines a drillship’s failed attempt to evade Hurricane Ida. Delayed temporary abandonment, operational decisions and equipment breakdowns hindered departure and riser recovery. The vessel lost riser joints and its lower marine riser package. Recommendations address realistic T-time calculations, extreme-weather contingencies, evacuation planning and consistent procedures.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Risk management; risk evaluation.
Classifications: Navigation; vessel navigation; passage planning.
Classifications: Well abandonment; plug and abandonment; P&A.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
BSEE Safety Alert 441. Themes: emergency response, human factors, marine operations.