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Perenco responded:We are working closely with the Health & Safety Executive and other relevant authorities to investigate the circumstances in which a man died after an incident yesterday on board our 23A gas platform in the southern North Sea. He proceeded to operate the lifeboat release gear. The night crew turned on the dangerous pump after another pump failed, resulting in the leakage of gas condensate from the two blind flanges. Violent weather in the North Sea killed an oil worker for a Norwegian firm and prompted oil companies to evacuate workers after a barge broke loose in the storm. By Charles Kennedy - Mar 01, 2023, 10:30 AM CST. Most of the 123 victims drowned. The Seacrest Drillship disaster in the South China Sea killed 91 crew members on 3 November 1989. On the morning of 30 June 1964, the two 260ft-long hulls suffered a blowout. In the evening hours of 27 March 1980, the semi-submersible oil drilling platform 'Alexander L. Kielland' was in the Ekofisk oil field, in the North Sea, offshore Norway, providing offshore accommodation for the production platform Edda 2/7C. Piper Alphas oil extraction design could not withstand gas explosions, leaving crew vulnerable and preventing them from attempting to control the fire. Later, the Rangers crew confirmed that a porthole window had broken, allowing water to enter the ships ballast control room. Our thoughts go out to his family, to whom we will be offering every support. PEMEX director of exploration and production Carlos Morales described the storm as extreme weather conditions weve never registered before. The company said the smell the men detected may have been a naturally occurring gas and it did not believe there had been a leak in the platform leg. After explorers discovered crude reserves in 1973, a joint venture started operations on the UK Continental Shelf in 1976. The rigs anchor points were not fully secured, so the rig soon broke free and began oscillating with the seas. One worker went missing in the rescue operation. Four million barrels of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico, harming huge numbers of sea birds and damaging coastlines for hundreds of miles. The 37-year-old was being airlifted from a platform by a Super Puma. The investigation is currently being treated as a work-related death and Police Scotland are working with partners, carrying out a joint investigation with the Health and Safety Executive and under the direction of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service to determine the full circumstances.. An extensive search operation followed, though Chinese, US, and Vietnamese rescuers found no survivors. The investigation also decided that a better command structure could have saved more lives in the 14 minutes after the first tilt. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. An offshore worker died today after falling into the sea from a North Sea oil platform. See also: A transcribed news article from the time. our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. Sign Up. 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Later, a royal commission concluded that a chain of events, which resulted from human error, design inadequacies and deficiencies within the management system, coincident with severe storm conditions caused the disaster. .css-16c7pto-SnippetSignInLink{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;cursor:pointer;}Sign In, Copyright 2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Unocal also faced criticism for not having a standby support vessel ready, despite regulations. The resulting in oil and gas leakage lead to the closure of safety valves on two production wells at the platform. Nearby rigs reported unusually large waves. T he death of Sarah Darnley in a helicopter crash last Friday, in which three other oil workers died, marked a sad milestone: she is believed to have been the first woman killed in a. It was owned by a consortium of foreign companies including Texaco and operated by Los Angeles-based Occidental, which sold off its UK interests soon after the disaster to concentrate on the US and Middle East. Energy Voice 2023. Transocean owned the Deepwater Horizon, an ultra-deepwater semi-submersible offshore drilling rig. SNP leadership contender Ash Regan announces 'bonkers' currency plan for independent Scotland. Medical assistance was applied but unfortunately he was pronounced dead. This was the last time it was seen. Sign up for more in-depth articles and insights. Piper Alpha was once Britain's biggest single oil and gas producing platform, bringing more than 300,000 barrels of crude a day 10% of the country's total from below the seabed 125 miles north-east of Aberdeen. The platform was stabilised for 14 minutes by the single remaining cable, which ultimately snapped, and the platform rolled over. Oil platform workers face challenging conditions every single day, so specialists in health, safety and environment (HSE) are essential crew members too. A man has died on a North Sea oil platform off the coast of Shetland. Stories From 27 Mar. Agnes Donnelly, known better as Nancy, passed away just months after the incident left the 89-year-old with a battered and bruised face at Broomfield Court Care Home in Glasgow. They were aboard the rig when it capsized and sank in the North Atlantic Sea, off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. The accompanying tow boat could not rescue the crew members, who did not have proper training in emergency evacuation procedures and the use of lifesaving equipment. The company replaced it with a new facility, commencing production nearly 18 months after the second accident. This disaster caused the death of 72 out of 76 people on board the Bohai 2 jack-up rig when it capsized. 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A public enquiry made 106 recommendations to help prevent future incidents, including greater clarity over work permits, more robust fire suppression systems, and forming a single regulator for offshore safety. Evacuations immediately began, but several lifeboats failed to launch because of their design . He fell from the Taqa platform Harding, which is situated about 200 miles north east of Aberdeen and about . See more of The Press and Journal on Facebook. In total, BP paid more than $65bn for the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Norfolk Eastern Daily Press has managed to obtain a statement from a Perenco spokesperson, who confirmed the fatal incident happened on Tuesday on the Perenco 23A gas platform located north east of Bacton, UK. Next of kin have been informed and we are working with Police Scotland and the Health and Safety Executive., A spokesman for Archer said: At this time our thoughts and sympathies are with his family and colleagues.. "Mr Bartlett was generally regarded by his colleagues as a man who took safety procedures in the course of his work seriously and who expected others to do likewise.". The resultant gas leakage ignited, burning the rig and damaging the vessel as well as the Noble Charlie Yester jack-up rig that drilled nearby. All Rights Reserved. 2023 BBC. These fires were extinguished without any further loss of life and the well was brought back under control by the middle of December 2007. The employee suffered fatal injuries from the fall at about 4am off the BP Unity rig, which is a pumping . We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. The number of workers operating the North Sea's oil and gas platforms typically stands at about 11,500, according to Oil and Gas UK, but the number of people operating the rigs has already . 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