Safety Alert
Fauna entanglement
Fauna entanglement
- NOPSEMA
- Safety Alert
- EnvironmentMachinery and EquipmentMarine Operations
- Environmental protectionRegulation and legislationRisk management
- ROV operations
- Remotely operated vehicle
- Machine guardingRisk assessment
- Upstream oil and gas
- Subsea
Summary
An environmental alert describes a shark caught in a rope loop on a subsea electrical flying lead and released using an ROV knife without additional harm. It discusses evaluating fauna interaction risks, considering installation-aid removal and safer designs, guarding injury mechanisms, verifying controls and meeting protected-species incident reporting requirements.
Classifications: Environmental protection; environmental safety; pollution prevention.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Risk management; risk evaluation.
Classifications: ROV operations; remotely operated vehicle operations.
Classifications: Remotely operated vehicle; ROV; underwater robot.
Classifications: Machine guarding; machinery guards; machine guards.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Subsea; underwater worksite.
Summary
A shark became entangled in an unremoved subsea installation rope, prompting guidance on preventing fauna interactions with offshore equipment.
Themes: environment, machinery and equipment, marine operations.