Safety Alert
Pulsation Dampener Failure
Pulsation Dampener Failure
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 19-05
- Machinery and EquipmentPressure Systems
- Line of fireMechanical failurePressure systems
- Pumps
- Upstream oil and gas
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Summary
An alert describes a discharge dampener separating at its flange during well displacement and becoming lodged in overhead ducting or pipework. A sudden standpipe pressure loss prompted the driller to stop all mud pumps. Maximum circulation pressure at the time was 1,750 psi; nobody was in the pump room.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Pumps.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
IADC Alert 19-05. Themes: machinery and equipment, pressure systems.