Safety Alert
Safety Alert 68 - Explosion
Safety Alert 68 - Explosion
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 68
- Explosion
- ExplosionPressure systems
- Pressure vessel
- Stop-work authority
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
Two service-company workers were injured when an engine air volume chamber exploded on an offshore production platform after gas well pressure was used instead of compressed air. The operator prohibited this starting method and stated that operations would stop until suitable engine-starting equipment was available.
Classifications: Explosion; explosive atmospheres.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Pressure vessel; pressure vessels.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
BSEE Safety Alert 68. Themes: explosion.