Founded in 1981, by Joe Walter, it focuses on oil and gas exploration. Its main efforts are concentrated in the waters of the offshore Gulf of Mexico, where the company has drilled over five hundred and thirty wells since it started operations in 1983. With a record of over thirty four years the company is regarded as a leader in subsea completion and development technology, with over ninety six subsea projects completed to date.

  • A crew comprised on several roustabouts and crane operators were preparing to transfer flow back materials and fluids through a three inches hose from Well A-3. The roustabouts place the end of the hose into an auxiliary mud tank with an three, four feet hatch opening, the workers closed the hatch to hold down the three inches hose, in an attempt to secure the hose. One of the roustabouts asked the other if he was ready to start receiving fluids from the marine portable tank. The second roustabout said yes, so the first one start to let the fluids run. The first roustabout opened the valve, but the second roustabout noticed he was not receiving any fluids. The second worker told the first one that he had been told by day shift that when the marine portable tank was halfway, the hose would get clogged with an oil ball. The first roustabout told the second one to give him a minute to hook up an airline from the rig compressor to clear the hose. The airline was hooked and the process was started again. The first roustabout failed to communicate that the air was still hooked up to the hose to send fluids. The second worker lifted the hatch up to verify he was receiving fluids. When the fluids came through the hose at approximately 125 psi discharged of air and fluids caused the hose to come out of the tank striking the second worker in the right collarbone. The work was immediately stopped and the roustabout was evacuated via helicopter so his injuries could be evaluated.
  • While working on tow operations with sea at 8 to 10 fee and limited visibility because of fog, the Cherokee lay barge, while under tow, struck the northwest corner of the platform. All the seven members of personnel present at the time were in their quarters, some of them were knocked to the floor due to the force of the impact. A six inch diameter pipe of approximately 25 feet in length broke off the barge after penetrating the dry and wet compartments of the oil storage tank, causing the survival capsule to b engulfed in flames, making any attempts to abandon the platform by capsule impossible. The helicopter pilot and someone else managed to get into the helicopter and fly toward another platform in the inclement weather, all other personnel members used the escape ladder to get to the lower production deck, the platform operator made his way to the departing eight inch gas pipeline and closed the manual shut shutdown value to t prevent the pipeline from fueling the fire. Personnel managed to extinguish several small fires but were unable to extinguish the oil spilling from the oil storage tank. The personnel went to the +10 level of the platform and waited for extraction. After two and half hours they were evacuated and the fire completely extinguished.
  • The M/V which was moored 2.2 miles away from the platform snagged the associated gas pipeline while retrieving its anchor. The vessel began pulling the anchor at 7:36 am and operations were halted at 8:30 am when the Captain realized he had snagged a heavy object. Ten minutes later, the Captain noticed fire and smoke under the the platform and notified the USCG. Sometime after 8:00 am the platform operator noticed several jolts to the platform that were growing in intensity and finally rocked the platform. The operator shut-in the platforms two producing wells. After the ten minutes, the platform was jolted again and the gas pipeline broke loose and an explosion and fire erupted from the severed pipe-line. Three individuals on the platform were evacuated via helicopter. The Captain was unaware of any pipelines in the area because he was not in possession of a copy of the pipeline overlay to the NOAA nautical chart.

Asbestos and the Oil Industry

Asbestos became a very popular material in the oil industry during the twentieth century due to its low cost, durability, heat and fire resistance. But asbestos has, also, been linked to several health complications, included Mesothelioma a deadly and aggressive kind of cancer most commonly found in the pleura, the layer of tissue surrounding the lungs.

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