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Below you will find a short overview of offshore drilling accidents during the offshore oil and
activities since 1964.
To a certain extent, each accidental situation develops in accordance with its unique scenar
The most typical causes of accidents include equipment failure, personnel mistakes, and extreme na
impacts (seismic activity, ice fields, hurricanes, and so on). Well blowout during drilling from offshor
platform, have caused some and sometimes very large oil spills.
Sea Gem
One of the first drilling rigs in the North Sea, the Sea Gem collapsed in 28th December 1965 as a result of metal fatigue.T h
Gem was the first British offshore oil rig, and the first British offshore rig disaster when in 1965, the rig's legs collapsed, killin
the crew.
Rig: Sea Gem self-elevating barge
Date: 27 December 1965
Location: West Sole Field, Block 48, UK Continental Shelf
Operator: BP
Fatalities: 13
Transocean 3
Transocean III self-elevating semi-submersible sanked in North Sea on 02 Jan 1974 .Between 29 Dec 1973 and 01 Jan 197
rig suffered progressive structural damage resulting from the storm conditions, leading to the evacuation the crew were tran
Sea Quest
She discovered the UK's first North Sea oil on 14 September 1969 in the Arbroath Field. She also discovered the first giant
named Forties on 7 October 1970. Whilst working off Nigeria, the Sea Quest suffered extensive fire damage after a blowout
1980 and was then deliberately sunk.
Rig: Sea Quest Semi-sub
Date: 17 January 1980
Location: Warri, Nigeria
Operator: Texaco
Alexander Kielland
Alexander Kielland, as a floating platform (semi-submersible accommodation rig) for off-duty workers, capsized in the North
Rig: Alexander L. Kielland Semi-Sub
Date: 27 March 1980
Location: Ekofisk Field, Norwegian Continental Shelf
Operator: Phillips Petroleum
Fatalities: 123
Petromar V Drillship
The Petormar V drillship sank in 1981 after a shallow gas blowout in the South China Sea.
Rig: Petromar V Drillship
Date: 27 Aug 1981
Location: Off Natuna Island, South China Sea
Operator: Mobil
Ocean Ranger
The Ocean Ranger semi-submersible drilling rig sank off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, while operating the Hibernia o
The accident, which occurred during a huge storm
Rig: ODECO Ocean Ranger Semi-Submersible
Date: 15 Feb 1982
Location: Well J-34, Hibernia Field, North Atlantic
Operator: Mobil
Fatalities: 84
Key Biscayne
The Key Biscayne capsized and sank off Australia's west coast in 1983 after flooding and towline failure. 0
Rig: Key Biscayne Jack-up
Date: 01 September 1983
Location: Ledge Point, Western Australia
Fatalities: 0
Enchova platform
A blowout on the Enchova platform operated by Brazilian state oil company Petrobras in the Campos Basin caused an explo
and a fire that led to the death of dozens of workers.
Rig: Petrobras Enchova Central Platform
Date: 16 Aug 1984
Location: Enchova Field, Brazil
Operator: Petrobras
Fatalities: 42
West Vanguard
West Vanguard suffered explosion and fire in 1985 off Norway.
Rig: Smedvig West Vanguard Semi-Sub
Date: 06 October 1985
Location: Haltenbanken, Norwegian Continental Shelf
Operator: Statoil
Fatalities: 1
Ocean Odyssey
This 1988 North Sea blowout occurred whilst drilling an HPHT well on the Ocean Odyssey, resulting in the death of the radio
operator.
Rig: ODECO Ocean Odyssey Semi-Sub
Date: 22 September 1988
Location: Shearwater Field, Block 22, UK Continental Shelf
Operator: Arco (now a subsidiary of BP)
Fatalities: 1
Rowan Gorilla I
The Rowan Gorilla I was crossing the North Atlantic in 1988 when it capsized and sank after structural failure caused by bad
weather.
Rig: Rowan Gorilla I Jack-up
Date: 15 December 1988
Location: North Atlantic
Fatalities: 0
Al Baz
Santa Fe's Al Baz jack-up burned and sank after a blowout in 1989 with the loss of 5 lives. 5 fatalities
Rig: Santa Fe Al Baz
Date: 28 April 1989
Location: Nigeria
Operator: Not known
Fatalities: 0
Seacrest Drillship
U.S. drilling ship Seacrest capsized during a typhoon in the Gulf of Thailand, killing more than 90 people. The Seacrest drills
capsized in 1989 during Typhoon Gay. The SeaCrest did not sink immediately after capsizing and stayed afloat for several
days.The Seacrest drill ship - wreck discovered near Songklah, Thailand
Rig: Seacrest Drillship
Date: 03 November 1989
Location: Platong Gas Field, Gulf of Thailand ( Songklah, Thailand )
Operator: Unocal
Fatalities: 91
Interocean II
After a dramatic crew rescue in 1989, the Interocean II sank in a North Sea storm after towline failure.
Rig: Interocean II Jack-up
Date: 08 November 1989
Location: Southern North Sea, UK Continental Shelf
Fatalities: 0
Sleipner A Platform
A design error resulted in the structural failure in 1991 of the gravity base unit of the original Sleipner A platform.
Rig: Sleipner A
Date: 23 August 1991
Blake IV
In 1992, Blake IV and Greenhill Petroleum Corp. Well 250 , the blowout occurred as Blake Drilling & Workover Co., Belle Ch
La., was deepening the Gulf of Mexico well. Plans called for abandoning Miocene D-4 sand perforations at 8,683-86 ft and 8
8,706 ft and recompleting in Miocene D-6 sand at 8,802-28 ft. Greenhill Petroleum's workover oil well blew out in Timbalier B
igniting after 2 days and taking 11 days to cap.
Rig: Blake IV
Date: 29 Sep , 1992
Location: Timbalier Bay field off Lafourche Parish, La.
Operator: Greenhill Petroleum
Fatalities: 0
Maersk Victory
A punch-through caused extensive damage to the Maersk Victory while working in Australian waters in 1996.
Rig: Maersk Victory Jack-Up
Date: 16 Nov 1996
Location: Gulf Saint Vincent, South Australia
Operator: Apache Energy Ltd for Canyon (Australia) P/L
Fatalities: 0
Mr Bice
Mr Bice was a jackup drilling rig sanked in 1998 in the Gulf of Mexico after structural failure and flooding.
Rig: Mr. Bice Jack-up
Date: June 1998
Location: Grand Isle, LaGulf of Mexico
Fatalities: 0
A leg punch-through in 2002 led to a blowout and fire which sank both the Arabdrill 19 and a production platform in Saudi's K
Field.
The Arab Drill 19 rig was renamed to Thule Power following transfer of ownership. On April 15, 2005, Thule Drilling complete
MNOK 250 equity offering.
Rig: Arabian Drilling Company Arabdrill 19 Jack-Up
Date: 30 September 2002
Location: Khafji Field, Saudi Arabia
Operator: Aramco
Fatalities: 3
GSF Adriatic IV
In August 2004, the Adriatic IV was on location over the Temsah gas production platform, off Port Egypt in the Mediterranea
rig was drilling a natural gas well when a gas blowout occurred during drilling ops. More than 150 workers on the jack-up an
platform were evacuated with no casualties. Global Santa Fe reported the Adriatic IV as sunk and not salvageable. The plat
owned jointly by BP, Italy's ENI and Egypt's General Petroleum Corporation was damaged beyond repair.
Rig: GSF Adriatic IV Jack-Up
Date: 10 August 2004
Location: Temsah, Mediterranean Sea, Egypt
Operator: Platform run by Petrobel
Fatalities: 0
Aban Pearl
The exploration rig, Aban Pearl, was operated by PDVSA in the Gulf of Paria, near Trinidad and Tobago. A Venezuelan natu
exploration rig sank in the Caribbean sea early on Thursday 13 May , 2010 . All 95 workers on the rig were rescued and the
no gas leak. Aban Pearl a semi-submersible offshore drilling rig owned and operated by Aban Offshore drilling company. It w
registered in Singapore. In 2009, the Aban Pearl became the first offshore gas rig operated by the Venezuela's state-owned
company PDVSA.
Rig: Aban Pearl
Date: 13 May , 2010
Location: Gulf of Paria/ near Trinidad and Tobago
Operator: PDVSA
Fatalities: 0
Vermillion 380
Mariner Energy's Vermillion Oil Rig 380 exploded off the coast of Louisiana, just 200 miles east of the sight where the Deep
Horizon tragedy occurred. All 13 crewmembers were rescued by a supply ship. None were seriously injured. "Vermillion 380
fixed, manned production platform,". "It's not a well being drilled for oil, like BP's Macondo well and it's not a floating rig like
Deepwater Horizon." . The Vermilion Block 380 A Platform is a fixed offshore platform located in 340 ft (104 m) of water
approximately 110 mi (180 km) off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico. The platform was originally installed as an oil a
drilling and production platform in early 1980.
Rig: Vermillion 380
Date: 02 Sep, 2010
Location: South of Vermilion Bay, below Marsh Island, Louisiana
Operator: Mariner Energy
Fatalities: 0
KS Endeavour
Chevrons KS Endeavour drilling rig burst into flames, approximately 6 miles off the coast of Nigeria. Chevron Nigeria Limite
rig experienced an explosion six miles off the coast of the African nation. A possible failure of surface equipment during drilli
operations may have caused the fire that erupted on board the jack-up KS Endeavour (300' ILC) offshore Nigeria early Jan
Rig: KS Endeavour
Date: 16 Jan, 2012
Location: Nigerian Delta Region
Operator: Chevron
Fatalities: 2
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