Safety Alert
Filling Casing with High Pressure Mud Pump Results in a Lost Time Incident
Filling Casing with High Pressure Mud Pump Results in a Lost Time Incident
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 03-45
- Line of FirePressure Systems
- Line of fireMechanical failurePressure systems
- DrillingFluid transfer
- Valve
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
During casing running, a floorman closed the fill-line valve once the casing was full of mud. Pressure then exceeded the valve’s working pressure, causing line failure. Debris struck the floorman, who required medical attention, and the event resulted in a lost-time incident.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Fluid transfer; fluid loading; fluid offloading.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
IADC Alert 03-45. Themes: line of fire, pressure systems.