Examples of Other Oil Rig Fires 4/21/10

Examples of other oil rig fires – 4/21/10

Updated

In the Gulf of Mexico:

10/21/07 – PEMEX Perforadora Central Usumacinta Jack-Up

· in the Kab Field, Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico (GOM)

· owned by Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX)

· The Usumacinta (a mat supported jack-up, seems to be used to drill the wells) came alongside the Kab-101 oil platform. Rough seas caused the workers to close the subsurface safety valves, but didn’t shut all the way and oil and gas leaked out.

· 81 personnel were evacuated, 21 reported deaths in the evacuation.

· on 11/13/07 while well control personnel were working to get well up and running, sparked ignited fire that was controlled on 11/14/07

· a second fire on 11/20/07 causing the collapse of the Usumacinta’s derrick and major damage to the cantilever and connecting bridge, Fire extinguished on 11/20/07

· Source

8/9/2002 - Ocean King jack up

· Location: Grand Isle 93, GOM

· blowout and fire

· no casualties

· Source

3/1/2001 – Ensco 51 jack up

· Location: Eugene Isl Blk 273, GOM, offshore Lousiana

· blowout and fire

· all 43 personnel safely evacuated

· Source

9/9/1999 - NFX Platform A

· Location: GOM

· blowout and fire

· no casualties

· Source

12/3/1998 – Petronius A Platform

· Viosca Knoll, Gulf of Mexico

· a topside module was dropped when lifting for installation and struck transport and installation barge, caused explosion

· no reported death or injuries

· Operator: Texaco

· Source (p. 53)

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4/1/1997 - Pride 1001E platform

· blowout and fire

· no casualties

· Gulf of Mexico

· Source

1/24/1996 - Sundowner 15 platform

· no casualties

· Gulf of Mexico

· blowout and fire

· Source

12/1/1994 - Rowan Odessa jack up

· Gulf of Mexico

· 1 fatality

· Leg struck pipe. Damaged, repaired

· fire

· Source

9/29/1992 – Blake IV jack up

· Greenhill Bay, GOM

· 1 injured

· Source

11/1989 – Penrod Drilling Co. Oil Rig

· Gulf of Mexico

· explosion

· 12 workers injured, 1 seriously

· Source

3/19/1989 – Gulf of Mexico

· while an installation of equipment, hydrocarbons sprayed out and ignited, explosion

· destruction of the platform

· 7 deaths

· Source (p. 54)

9/14/1984 - Zapata Lexington jack up

· blowout and fire

· 4 fatalities

· GOM

· Source

2/1984 – Texas, Gulf of Mexico

· oil rig explosion, 1 killed, 2 injured

· Source

2/10/1970 - Main Pass Block 41 platform

· no fatalities

· burned for 2 months

· Gulf of Mexico

· Source

8/1968 – Little Bob jack up

· Off LA coral drilling

· blowout and fire

· 7 killed

· Source

Around the World:

11/1/2009 – PTTEP Australiasia

· Timor Sea

· fire

· West Atlas rig

· no reports of any deaths or injures

· Source

7/27/2005 – Mumbai High North Platform

· Location: Mumbai High, Indian Ocean

· Owner: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)

· 22 deaths

· bad weather, oil equipment ship ran into platform, hit gas export risers, gas leak ignited,

· gas destruction of the platform

· 362 rescued from platform and ship

· Source

3/15/2001 – Petrobas 36 Oil Platform,

· an oil rig platform in the Roncador Oil Field (80 miles off the Brazilian coast),

· the largest floating production platform prior to its sinking,

· owned by Petrobras.

· had 2 unexplained explosions which caused 11 deaths of 175 people on board

· caused the rig to sink on 3/20/2001

· Source

1/2001 – Petrobras offshore natural gas platform

· Campos Basin, offshore Brazil

· fire

· 2 workers died

· Source

3/11/1999 – Bombay High, India

· well leak, fire

· no reported injuries

· Source (p. 53)

7/1998 – Glomar Arctic IV rig

· explosion

· 2 people died

· ? North Sea?

· Source

1/1996 – Rig- Gulf of Suez

· Morgan oil field, Gulf of Suez

· 3 people died, 2 injured

· explosion

· Source

1996 - Ubit Platform

· Location: Nigeria

· explosion and fire

· 18 fatalities

· Source

1/1995 – Mobil oil rig

· off the coast of Nigeria

· explosion

· 13 people died, many injuries

· Source

3/25/1993 - Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela oil rig

· mechanical failure of a control device lead to an explosion and fire

· adjacent platforms affected

· 11 deaths

· Source (p. 54)

8/1991 – Fulmar Alpha platform

· owned by Shell

· North Sea

· explosion

· 3 injured

· Source

5/1989 – Union Oil Co. – U.S.

· Cook Inlet, SW of Anchorage

· explosion and fire

· 3 people injured

· Source

9/22/1988 – Ocean Odyssey drilling rig – U.S.

· burst into flames

· North Sea

· 1 killed, 66 rescued

· rig total loss

· Source

· Source (p. 54)

9/1988 – Total Petroleum Co. – France

· oil rig exploded and sank

· off the SE coast of Borneo

· 4 people died

· Source

1989 - Sedco 252 jack up

· Location: Indian coast

· blowout and fire

· 3 fatalities

· Source

7/6/1988 – Piper Alpha,

· an oil rig platform in the North Sea (110 miles NE of Aberdeen, Scotland),

· operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd. –

· had an explosion and fire destroyed the platform killing 167 men, only 59 survivors.

· The world’s worst offshore oil disaster in terms of lives lost and impact to industry. Source

4/24/1988 - Petrobras oil drilling platform - Enchova Central

· blowout, sparks, fire for 31 days

· during conversion from oil to gas platform

· destroyed the platform

· no death or injuries reported

· Source

12/20/1987 – Steelhead Platform

· Cook Inlet, Alaska, oil rig

· blowout and fire

· significantly damaged the platform

· no reported casualties – 49 personnel escaped via lifeboats

· Marathon owned

· Source (p. 56)

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1/1985 – Glomar Arctic II rig

· explosion in the pump room

· 2 killed, 2 injured

· Source

8/16/1984 – Petrobras oil drilling platform - Enchova Central

· offshore, Brazil, Campos Basin, near Rio de Janiero

· blowout, explosion and fire

· 42 workers drowned or killed, 17 injured

· Source

3/1983 - Nowruz Platforms

· Location: Persian Gulf

· 20 fatalities

· fire

· Source

6/15/1980 - Bohai 3 Jack up

· Location: ? China, Western Pacific

· blowout and fire

· 70 fatalities

· Source