83 – BOP Area

26 February 2008

Alert 08 – 08 LTI – Struck by Flowline and Fall in Substructure

Alert 08 – 08 LTI – Struck by Flowline and Fall in Substructure WHAT HAPPENED: A crew was rigging down the flow-line that extended from the bell
26 February 2008

Alert 08 – 05 Fall from Scaffolding Results in Employee Injury

Alert 08 – 05 Fall from Scaffolding Results in Employee Injury WHAT HAPPENED: Two employees were attempting to install a mud bucket drain hose from the flow
26 January 2008

Alert 08 – 01 Working with Rotating Control Devices

Alert 08 – 01 Working with Rotating Control Devices WHAT HAPPENED: Incident #1 – The rotating control device (RCD) was leaking so the driller sent an employee
31 December 2007

Alert 07 – 40 Fall from Height Results in LTI (Rig Move)

Alert 07 – 40 Fall from Height Results in LTI (Rig Move) WHAT HAPPENED: During a rig move and after the rig floor was raised the Floorman
1 October 2006

Alert 06 – 35 Release of Pressure Results in Laceration and Sutures

Alert 06 – 35 Release of Pressure Results in Laceration and Sutures WHAT HAPPENED: While pressure testing the Choke Manifold up to 15,000psi the Assistant Driller noticed
1 September 2006

Alert 06 – 32 Residual Pressure in BOP Results in Finger Being Trapped

Alert 06 – 32 Residual Pressure in BOP Results in Finger Being Trapped WHAT HAPPENED: The IP was assisting in the operation to close the BOP doors.
1 August 2006

Alert 06 – 27 Poor Communications Results in Pipe Being Pulled in Two

Alert 06 – 27 Poor Communications Results in Pipe Being Pulled in Two WHAT HAPPENED: A drilling crew had finished bull heading 3-1/2 barrels of mud down
1 March 2006

Alert 06 – 11 Near Miss – Equipment Failure at 14,000 PSI

Alert 06 – 11 Near Miss – Equipment Failure at 14,000 PSI WHAT HAPPENED: During a pressure test on the choke and kill line of a subsea
2 December 2005

Alert 05 – 44 BOP Overhead Crane Wire Line Failure

Alert 05 – 44 BOP Overhead Crane Wire Line Failure WHAT HAPPENED: During a recent Nippling Down and repositioning of the 21 ¼ BOP from the wellhead