IMCASafety Flash
UK HSE: Oil company fined for hydrocarbon release – lack of written procedures
- Publisher
- IMCA · International Marine Contractors Association
- Type
- Safety Flash
- Reference
- IMCA SF 22/21
- Date
- Themes
- Control of WorkHydrocarbon ReleaseProcess Safety
Summary
The UK Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted an oil company after it failed to provide written safety procedures for the depressurisation of an oil well, which led to the release of more than 1000 kg of hydrocarbon gas at the Beryl Alpha production installation in the North Sea, in June 2014.
IMCA SF 22/21. Themes: control of work, hydrocarbon release, process safety.
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