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Pacific Region
Fires – 2001 (total 1)
11-Oct-2001 -
Nuevo Energy Company
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MMS Investigation Report: |
Completed |
Activity: |
Development/Production |
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Lease: |
P00241 |
Event(s): |
Fire |
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Area: |
6B |
Operation: |
Production/ Other - Welding |
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Block: |
5165 |
Cause: |
Human error |
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Rig/Platform: |
B |
Water Depth: |
200 feet |
Remarks:
A
welder was welding under the living quarters to upgrade structure supports. At 18:00 hours, the fire watch stopped the welding operations due to
the winds getting stronger. The fire watch hosed down the supports that had
been welded and the plywood above the supports. The firewatch stayed on
duty for 45 minutes. At
19:00 hours, the platform crew changed out and the welding crew
left. At
22:00 hours, two
platform personnel went up to the living quarters; they did not smell any
smoke. At 04:10, two night operators smelled smoke inside the production
office which is on the deck below the living quarters. One operator ran to
wake everyone up, and the other went out the back door to the production
office and saw embers falling from the living quarters. They then pulled
the lower metal siding from the living quarters to get to the fire. They
used a fire water hose to flood the area between the floor and subfloor.
At 04:50, they had the fire out and the wood had quit smoldering.
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