An excellent compliance and incident update by Jason Mathews is attached. BSEE’s focus on risk assessment, compliance and incident trends, high potential near-misses, medivac capabilities, hot work safety, lifting operations, and gas releases is encouraging. Good work by the folks in BSEE’s Gulf of Mexico Region.
Observations:
- Zero 2023 occupational fatalities through Q3. Hoping this holds through the end of the year and beyond.
- INCs/component are down but INCs/inspection are slightly higher. This may imply a relative increase in the inspection of high component deepwater facilities.
- No. of hours worked is increasing; good sign for the offshore program.
- Hand and finger injuries are driving up the injury count.
- Well control incidents are stable at a low level.
- Improved fire data help facilitate risk assessments
- No YTD explosions
- No. of collisions is down
- 10 YTD spills> 1 barrel (total volume not specified)
- Some evidence of decline in lifting incidents in Q2 and Q3
- Gas releases are up (aging facilities, decommissioning related?)
Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE) 