Safety Alert
Small Bore Tubing Failure on BOP Control System
Small Bore Tubing Failure on BOP Control System
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 18-03
- Pressure SystemsStructural and Asset Integrity
- Loss of containmentMechanical failurePressure systems
- Inspection and maintenance
- Blowout preventer
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
This alert describes a hydraulic-fluid release during maintenance when a BOP stack control system was started. Small-bore tubing separated from the system’s 3,000 PSI manifold. An estimated 196 litres (51 gallons) of fluid escaped into a bunded area.
Classifications: Loss of containment; containment loss.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Blowout preventer; BOP; blow-out preventer.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
Small-bore tubing failed on a blowout preventer control system.
IADC Alert 18-03. Themes: pressure systems, structural and asset integrity.