Posted in accidents, tagged aban pearl, accidents, Australia, Bayou St. Denis, Chile, China, Jack Ryan, macondo, Mariner fire, Montara, offshore oil, varanus, venezuela on October 14, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged aban pearl, accidents, Bayou St. Denis, BOE, crane, Jack Ryan, safety, transocean, venezuela on August 13, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Aban Pearl
According to our 15 May post, Venezuela established a special commission to investigate the sinking of the Aban Pearl, a semi-submersible rig that sank on 13 May 2010. In the subsequent 3 months, we have not seen any updates on that commission or the status of the investigation.
BOE will also be tracking any reports on the recent crane failure and apparent fatality on the Jack Ryan, and the Bayou St. Denis blowout. Let us know if there are other major offshore accidents that we should be tracking. With regard to the Jack Ryan, a description of the tragic crane accident is posted in a thread on the Oil Rig Photos site (see the 3 August post).
Posted in accidents, well control incidents, tagged Bayou St. Denis, blowouts, Louisiana, oil spill, well control on August 2, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Per Nola.com, the Bayou St. Denis blowout has been capped.
“The Unified Command was able to accomplish this in less than a week due to the fantastic cooperation between the federal, state and local officials and efforts of the contractors,” Capt. John Arenstam, the Coast Guard Federal On Scene Coordinator, said in a news release.
The fact that this incident occurred at all is not so fantastic. The Coast Guard is investigating. We look forward to seeing the report.
Posted in accidents, well control incidents, tagged Bayou St. Denis, blowouts, collision, oil spill, safety, well control on August 1, 2010| Leave a Comment »
This incident isn’t receiving much attention, perhaps because the volumes being discharged are small by comparison to Macondo and there is no “supermajor” to criticize. I expect that there would be a tad more coverage if BP was the operator. In any event, we thank the folks at NOLA.com for tracking this one.
Despite the dearth of media attention, this is a very disturbing leak/discharge/blowout (you choose) from a safety and environmental management standpoint. The well was apparently no longer producing and was left without any downhole barriers that would prevent flow in the event of hurricane damage, a fire, or a vessel collision (what happened). While pollution spectaculars like Macondo deserve the notoriety, industry should be just as determined to address more systemic problems like this one.
Posted in accidents, well control incidents, tagged accidents, Bayou St. Denis, blowouts, Lousiana, safety, well control on July 29, 2010| Leave a Comment »
AP Photo/Patrick Semansky
CEDYCO Inc. of Houston owns the wellhead, but the company declared it “orphaned” under the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources “orphaned well” program in 2008.
That program allows companies to abdicate some responsibility for the well and gives the state permission to plug it and prepare the site for redevelopment.
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