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BOE Update: News and Views

Posted in accidents, cuba, drilling, Florida, Offshore Energy - General, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on May 31, 2011| 1 Comment »

News: BOEMRE releases report on the September 2010 Mariner Fire in the Gulf of Mexico.
BOE Comments:

  • Good report and relatively timely. Nice job by the team.
  • Good discussion of the heater-treater and production safety issues.
  • This was a very serious incident and lives were jeopardized. Sadly, no oil spill means no public attention.
  • Why didn’t the Coast Guard participate in the investigation? Will they be reporting on the haphazard evacuation?
  • Age old question: Is the rather extensive discussion of violations appropriate for an accident report? Should violations and enforcement actions be managed independently from accident investigations?
BOE: Floating liquefaction facilities open interesting possibilities for producing natural gas in remote offshore locations, possibly including the arctic.  The first FLNG facility will be 488 m from bow to stern! Offshore to the future!
BOE: Lots of posturing and not much in the way of meaningful proposals from either party. Unlike Australia, the US has not responded to its blowout with necessary legislative action, most notably the establishment of a single offshore safety and pollution prevention regulator.
BOE: Engineers solve problems when given the opportunity and encouragement. JL Daeschler is busy at the drawing board!
News: Greenland rolls on. despite Greenpeace protests. Cairn Energy has begun a second summer of drilling.
Views: Last summer’s results must have been sufficiently encouraging to justify further exploration. 
News: Hurricane season officially begins tomorrow.
BOE: There has been surprisingly little public discussion about the offshore industry’s preparations. Hopefully, everyone is ready.
BOE: Where is the worldwide commitment from industry and government? This problem can and must be fixed!

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The significance of the Mariner fire should not be discounted

Posted in accidents, tagged , , on September 4, 2010| Leave a Comment »

While this accident has almost nothing in common with the Macondo disaster and would have received little attention if it occurred before April 20th, the Mariner fire deserves close scrutiny.  Thirteen workers had to jump into the Gulf and the platform was badly damaged (destroyed?).  This was a major accident that could have been much worse.

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Fire on Mariner Platform (updated on 3 Sept at 0500 ET)

Posted in accidents, tagged , , , on September 2, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Fire on Mariner Platform, Vermilion 380 from CultureMap.com

Summary of what we know:

-Mariner Energy production platform in Vermilion Block 380 in the Gulf of Mexico

-13 workers rescued; no reported casualties

– light sheen one mile long by 100′ wide was reported (the Coast Guard subsequently said there was no spill)

-fire was extinguished Thursday afternoon

-recent production rate reported to be 9.2 million cubic feet of gas per day and 1400 barrels of oil per day

-water depth of approximately 340,’ about 100 miles offshore

-fire reported to have started on a platform deck away from the wellheads at 0930 CDT

-crew reported to have been painting and sandblasting at the time.

-fire reported to have been from flammable material in storage on the platform

-wells have been shut-in (presumably ESD actuated subsurface safety valves)

-The Coast Guard and BOEMRE will investigate

–Representatives Henry A. Waxman, Bart Stupak, and Edward J. Markey from the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to Mariner requesting a briefing by Sept. 10.

picture from NationalGeographic.com

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