Safety Alert
Safety Alert 45 - Tubing Blows Out of Well, Men Injured
Safety Alert 45 - Tubing Blows Out of Well, Men Injured
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 45
- Hydrocarbon ReleaseLine of FirePressure Systems
- Dropped objectsLine of firePressure systemsWell control
- Well intervention
- Valve
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
An offshore workover incident expelled 600 feet of tubing when it was disconnected, leaving five workers with minor injuries while fleeing or being struck by debris. The alert describes the tubing plug and closed subsurface safety valve arrangement, and the operator’s planned well killing and valve blocking measures to prevent trapped gas.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Well control; kick control; loss of well control.
Classifications: Well intervention; workover; well servicing.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
The alert concerns tubing being expelled from a well and injuring workers.
BSEE Safety Alert 45. Themes: hydrocarbon release, line of fire, pressure systems.