Safety Alert
Nitrogen Cylinder Rupture
Nitrogen Cylinder Rupture
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 25-3
- Pressure Systems
- Line of firePressure systems
- Gas cylinder
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Summary
A nitrogen cylinder charged to 2,400 psi ruptured at its base after rig crews positioned a cylinder rack for accumulator pre-charging. The rack was not connected to charge the accumulator. The rupture scattered the rack, debris and the remaining 11 cylinders around the immediate and port aft areas of the rig.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Gas cylinder; compressed gas bottle; gas cylinders.
IADC Alert 25-3. Themes: pressure systems.