A brand new £1million, state-of-the-art, offshore training centre was unveiled Thursday, May 30, at Newcastle International Airport, which will see up to 6,000 offshore workers trained every year in emergency fire fighting. The world-class facility has been developed by Offshore Training Newcastle (OTN) – a unique partnership of three of the North East’s leading training [...]
Avelino Tajonera, one of the four Filipino workers that were injured in the oil platform explosion off the coast of Louisiana a week ago, died in hospital on Friday. The Philippines Ambassador in Washington, Jose L. Cuisia Jr. said Tajonera, who was one of two workers listed in critical condition, died early on Friday, shortly [...]
Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC confirmed that a fire ignited Friday morning on the company’s platform located at West Delta 32 Block, in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico approximately 17 miles southeast of Grand Isle, La. There were 22 workers on the platform at the time of the incident. Two workers went missing. Nine workers [...]
A fire outbreak has been reported onboard the SeaRose FPSO, moored in the Atlantic, offshore Newfoundland, Canada. According to CBC the fire broke out Tuesday evening in the FPSO’s pump room, but was quickly extinguished. No injuries has been reported so far. Furthermore, CBC reports that Husky Energy, the operator of the FPSO, will now [...]
Hercules Offshore, Inc. announced today that Hercules Offshore employee Captain Louis Dubois has been awarded a U.S. Coast Guard Meritorious Public Service Award for his actions during the previously reported emergency evacuation of the Mako, a 175′ class liftboat, off the coast of Nigeria as a result of a fire that originated aboard an adjacent [...]
The C-NLOPB has received a report from Husky Energy of a small flash fire in the vicinity of the drill floor of the ‘Henry Goodrich’ Harsh Environment Semi-Submersible rig that occurred yesterday morning. The fire was immediately extinguished using a pressure washer that was readily available on the drill floor. No personnel were injured. Operations [...]
Malaysia’s oil giant Petronas has halted production on its Tukau platform after the fire outbreak was reported on Monday morning, Reuters reports. The fire broke out at the Petronas operated Tukau B drilling platform, located approximately 30 kilometers offshore Miri, Sarawak. Five maintenance workers were injured. The five workers were immediately flown by a helicopter [...]
Malaysian media have reported that five Petronas’ offshore workers have been injured in an explosion that occurred yesterday morning on a platform located offshore Sarawak, Malaysia. The fire broke out yesterday at 9:20 (local time) on Petronas Tukau B drilling platform and spread very quickly, one of the workers said to the New Straits Times. [...]
The C-NLOPB, a regulator that manages the petroleum resources in the Newfoundland offshore area on behalf of the Federal and Provincial governments received a report of a small fire that occurred in Power Generator C onboard the Husky Energy operated SeaRose FPSO on May 3, 2012. Personnel on the SeaRose observed smoke and a small [...]
McMoRan Exploration Co. announced yesterday continuing progress to flow test the Davy Jones No. 1 well on South Marsh Island Block 230. As previously reported, McMoRan saw positive pressure response from the Wilcox “D” sand which was perforated on March 24, 2012. On March 26, 2012, McMoRan attempted to perforate the Wilcox “C” sand. As [...]
