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North Sea Platforms Evacuated, Barge Drifting Out of Control

Unread postby vox_mundi » Thu 31 Dec 2015, 08:28:28

One killed, oil rigs evacuated, barge drifts loose in violent North Sea weather

(CNN)Violent weather in the North Sea killed an oil worker for a Norwegian firm and, separately, prompted BP to evacuate an oil field because a barge has broken loose and is drifting out of control in the storm.

Statoil, a Norwegian company, and COSL -- China Oilfield Services Limited -- issued a statement saying they had learned "with great sadness" that one person had died and two were injured when a wave broke over a drilling rig Wednesday.
The fatal accident happened during a storm in the Troll oil field off the coast of Bergen, an area hit by extreme weather conditions on Wednesday, with waves up to 14 meters high.

The accident occurred when a wave crashed into the accommodation section of the platform.

The helicopters cannot land on the rig, because there are large waves and there is too much movement, so they (staff) are being hoisted up one at a time,” said Sunde.

The rig was in the process of a drilling job, but was, due to the bad weather, disconnected from the well when the accident occurred, the press spokesperson added. Link

The rig, called the COSL Innovator, is under contract to Statoil at the Troll field in the North Sea, west of Bergen, a city on Norway's southwestern coast.

Meanwhile, BP said it is working to completely evacuate a North Sea oil field because a barge is drifting out of control in the turbulent seas.

BP says it employs 235 people in the Valhall oil field. Valhall is in the southern Norwegian North Sea, 210 miles (340 kilometers) southwest of the Norwegian city of Stavanger. The oil field has eight platforms.

Barge drifting north in violent seas

"Throughout the night, four helicopters evacuated people to other nearby platforms and onshore," BP spokesman Toby Odone told CNN.

He said BP planned to shut down the oil field Thursday morning.

The Eide Marine Group, which owns the barge, tells CNN it has located it and is tracking. But a spokesman for the group said it was waiting for daylight before trying to take control of the barge.

The spokesman said the barge is 360 feet (110 meters) long and it became unattached in rough weather while being towed by a tugboat.

The barge is now drifting north, and ConocoPhillips, which operates an oil field to the north of Valhall, is watching warily -- and has evacuated 145 people from the Eldfisk Center.

Production from the Eldfish and Embla oil fields has been shut down, ConocoPhillips said.



Drifting barge forces 235 to evacuate Valhall field
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Re: North Sea Platforms Evacuated, Barge Drifting Out of Con

Unread postby Synapsid » Thu 31 Dec 2015, 16:03:38

The barge is now under control and is being towed to Norway. BP is returning workers to the platform they were evacuated from.
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Re: North Sea Platforms Evacuated, Barge Drifting Out of Con

Unread postby vox_mundi » Thu 31 Dec 2015, 16:55:26

Synapsid wrote:The barge is now under control and is being towed to Norway. BP is returning workers to the platform they were evacuated from.

Thanks Synapsid (aka therapsid?)

The storm over Iceland is making a mess all over the place.
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Re: North Sea Platforms Evacuated, Barge Drifting Out of Con

Unread postby Newfie » Thu 31 Dec 2015, 23:14:20

Another story, seems a bit bit older as the barge was still loose but no longer a danger.

http://gcaptain.com/2015/12/31/fierce-n ... oXukK88KrU
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Re: North Sea Platforms Evacuated, Barge Drifting Out of Con

Unread postby vox_mundi » Thu 31 Dec 2015, 23:43:22

Thanks Newfie, I think Synapsid might have been referring to this ...

Drifting North Sea Barge Under Control After Forcing Closures

A spokeswoman for the Rescue Coordination Centre for southern Norway told Reuters the barge eventually missed the BP platform by some two kilometres.

"The danger is over. There are no other installations between the barge and the coast of Norway," Borghild Eldoen said.

"It is now up to the owners of the barge to stop it before it reaches the coast."

A spokesman at the Rescue Coordination Centre for southern Norway earlier told Reuters that rescue boats had been trying to establish a new towing line on the barge amid difficult sea conditions, with waves of up to 15 metres in height.

A drifting barge in the North Sea has been brought under control and is being towed to the Norwegian coast after it missed hitting a production platform operated by BP Plc.

If it hit, it would have taken the platform down with it.
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Re: North Sea Platforms Evacuated, Barge Drifting Out of Con

Unread postby Synapsid » Fri 01 Jan 2016, 00:10:55

vox mundi, Newfie,

Yes, that was the one I referred to.

No, I'm not Therapsid. I'm surprised there's one out there.
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