Oil platform

Abstract This research report is about the Piper Alpha Disaster that happened in 1988. Being one of the major oil production oil-rig in the UK, the accident that took place more than 20 years ago caught the attention of many, especially those in the field. The happening was largely due to the complacency of the supervisors as well as the safety measures of the management. Using the internet, academic journals and textbooks available, the research was conducted by referring to various sources of

Abstract Petrobras was an oil rig which was designed for an offshore production unit off the coast of Brazil. The oil rig was primarily designed as a floating drilling unit but was modified in 1997 to 1999 for it to become a production unit, to save money and space by moving the Emergency drain tanks (EDTs) from the platform into the structure but they were not checked properly meaning there was poor alignment to the production heaters, which lead to the accumulations of hydrocarbons which brought

CONTENTS Introduction 1 Types of Deep Sea Oil Rig Platform 2 1. Spar 2 Overview and structures 2 Construction method 2 2. Subsea system 3 Overview and structures 3 Construction method 3 3. Tension leg platform 4 Overview and structures 4 Construction method 4 Conclusion 5 Reference 6 Appendix A: Spar 7 Appendix B: Subsea System 8 Appendix C: Tension Leg Platform 9 INTRODUCTION An offshore platform which is also known as oil rig is utilised on exploration oil and gas from under seabed and processing

The accident, which occurred on board of the seaward platform Piper Alpha in July 1988, took lives of 167 people and cost billions of dollars damage of property. The Piper Alpha is placed in the North Sea, around 193 km northeast of Aberdeen. The field was discovered in January 1973 and the same year construction of platform took place. The depth of it was up to 140 m, and at the time the development and installation of the Piper Alpha platform give tongue to a major step in both the development of

Abstract Piper Alpha was operated by Occidental Petroleum. The platform began its production in 1976, first as an oil production and then later converted to oil and gas production. In the night of July 6th 1988, the platform was engulfed in a catastrophic fire, which caused the death of 167 men and cost billions of dollars in property damage. There are only 61 survivors who saved their lives by jump off the platform in to the sea. At the time of the disaster, the Piper Alpha disaster was the worst

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill The Context Before the occurrence of the Deepwater Horizon event, BP had already been labelled as having a horrible safety record. A 2009 report by the United States Department of Labour Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Todd & Petterson , 2009), indicated that BP had 270 existing fines of a ‘failure to abate’ and 439 ‘wilful violations’ of various safety protocols. At the time of the disaster the regulators of the oil industry in the United States was the

An offshore drilling rig is a machine that creates holes (usually called wells or boreholes) and/or shafts in the ground. Drilling rigs can be huge structures that house equipment which is then used to drill water wells, oil wells, or natural gas wells. The term “rig” refers to the complexity of the equipment that is used to penetrate deep into the surface of the earth’s hard crust. Offshore drilling is a mechanical process where a wellbore is drilled through the seabed. Typically carried out in

The Piper Alpha disaster led to the strike action of the offshore oil workers, they wanted better health and safety conditions in the oil industry, and in the 1989 the formation of the Offshore Industry Liaison Committee (OILC) took place. (ref3) After the public inquiry, Peter Fraser, who was the Lord Advocate at the time, decided in July 1991, that “there was insufficient evidence to convict the companies and individuals in a criminal court” (Gavin Cleland). Occidental was never prosecuted. Mr

the British Petroleum (BP) oil spill that occurred out in the Gulf of Mexico in April of 2010. The oil spill not only stirred many controversies but also affected the relationship of two of BP’s business partners. Most importantly, the oil spill has affected our coastal ecosystem, marine life, and humanity. Analysis The BP oil spill is also referred to as the “Deepwater Horizon” or the “Macondo blowout” (Ocean Portal, 2012). The Bloomberg National Poll described the BP oil spill as a “freak accident”

4. Technical issues: Construction of the platform: The platform was comprised of four main modules: A- Module controlling the flow of hydrocarbons and water produced from the wells. B- Were the separation of oil from other fluids took place, and then the oil was pumped into the main oil line for the transmission onshore. It was a production module. C- The gas compression and gas processing module D- For utilities: contained the ‘control building’, generators, and switchgear. Thlexander, who