Safety Alert
Safety Alert 88 - Fire, Men Burned
Safety Alert 88 - Fire, Men Burned
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 88
- Hot Work and Fire
- FireHydrocarbon release
- Well intervention
- Gas detectorProcess pipework and pipelinesPumpsValve
- Ignition source control
- Upstream oil and gas
- Vessel
Summary
An offshore drilling tender flash fire burned two men after well gas flowed through a kill line and escaped from an open pump bleed-off valve. A cigarette ignited the gas. The operator’s planned measures include smoking prohibitions, gas detectors, manifold modifications and a check valve for pumping into live wells.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Hydrocarbon release; hydrocarbon leak; oil and gas release.
Classifications: Well intervention; workover; well servicing.
Classifications: Gas detector; gas monitor; gas detection instrument.
Classifications: Process pipework and pipelines; process piping.
Classifications: Pumps.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Classifications: Ignition source control; ignition prevention.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
BSEE Safety Alert 88. Themes: hot work and fire.