Safety Alert
Environmental Alert 002/2012
Environmental Alert 002/2012
- OPRED
- Safety Alert
- OPRED Environmental Alert 002/2012
- Environment
- Environmental protectionHydrocarbon release
- Fluid transfer
- Operational supervision
- Upstream oil and gas
- Vessel
Summary
An FPSO crude offloading trip relaxed filter seals, allowing debris carried by backflow to contaminate the sealing surface. Restarting released crude onto deck after the bund overflowed, with potential for pollution at sea. The alert identifies absent surveillance and advises operators to review offloading systems and take necessary mitigating action.
Classifications: Environmental protection; environmental safety; pollution prevention.
Classifications: Hydrocarbon release; hydrocarbon leak; oil and gas release.
Classifications: Fluid transfer; fluid loading; fluid offloading.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
OPRED Environmental Alert 002/2012. Themes: environment.