Safety Alert
Safety Alert 471 - Pipe Bond Failure on Firefighting System Investigated and Repaired
Safety Alert 471 - Pipe Bond Failure on Firefighting System Investigated and Repaired
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 471
- Emergency ResponseStructural and Asset Integrity
- Mechanical failureStructural and asset integrity
- Inspection and maintenance
- Competence and trainingFire protectionFunctional testingPreventive maintenance
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
A firewater pipe separated from its flange, displacing another pipe and prompting a production halt. The affected main was isolated and repaired before production resumed. Bond failure was identified as a potential cause. BSEE recommends considering maintenance review, personnel competence measures, connection testing where possible and leak checks during routine system tests.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Fire protection; fire suppression; fire detection.
Classifications: Functional testing; function test.
Classifications: Preventive maintenance; preventative maintenance; planned maintenance.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
BSEE Safety Alert 471. Themes: emergency response, structural and asset integrity.