The lifeboat with Mr Bartlett inside fell about 29.5m (96ft) to the sea. Runaway aristocrat and partner's baby could have been dead for two weeks after remains found in woods. Published. Something went wrong, please try again later. Weather conditions were rainy and there was mist. On the night of 20 April, a sudden rush of natural gas blasted through the concrete core of the well and caused the rig to explode. Strong ocean swells pushed the vessel towards the platform. Dow Jones Reprints at 1-800-843-0008 or visit www.djreprints.com. At 1am, the Ocean Rangers senior manager radioed the shore to say the rig had started listing, and that the standby vessel should move closer to its position. Humza Yousaf has dig at Kate Forbes over gay marriage in SNP leadership hustings. "Obviously it is too early to speculate on the circumstances surrounding the death. The group Lee Clark on LinkedIn: Exc: North Sea drillers warn of rig exodus amid 'minimal opportunity' One hundred sixty-seven workers perished in the fire that followed an explosion on July 6, 1988, caused by a gas leak on the North Sea oil rig, 120 miles off the northeast coast of Scotland. The death comes around six months after an oil worker died after falling from an offshore platform into the North Sea. The message found in a home in Devizes, Wiltshire, was signed by a man named E.C. A subsequent investigation revealed that a previously undetected crack in one of main legs of the platform caused the structures collapse. Neil Wilson was found seriously injured on Nairn Road at around 1.15am on Tuesday morning. A Health and Safety Executive spokesman said: We are aware and are liaising with Police Scotland.. The company said the smell the men detected may have been a naturally occurring gas and it did not believe there had been a leak in the platform leg. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. The C.P. CMA clears Baker Hughes acquisition in wake of Archer deal, Flotation, Vrgrnn file plans for second INTOG floating wind site, Dolphin Drilling calls for windfall tax review amid rig speculation, South Africa power disaster triggers FCDO warnings, Energy services group Hunting posts good results as it launches 2030 growth plan, Japans Inpex buys into Moray East offshore wind farm, Woodside enters Namibia, on trend with Venus, Subsea 7 hails decade-high orders but income stays flat, UK energy suppliers must pass on benefit of falling costs Shapps. In total, BP paid more than $65bn for the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Baker Drilling Barge disaster in the Gulf of Mexico on 30 June 1964 resulted in the deaths of 21 people and injuries to 22 others. In the evening hours of 27 March 1980, the semi-submersible oil drilling platform 'Alexander L. Kielland' was in the Ekofisk oil field, in the North Sea, offshore Norway, providing offshore accommodation for the production platform Edda 2/7C. The damaged well was finally capped with a 40-ton plug on 15 July, with the oil slick lasting 87 days. After staying afloat for 1.5 hours, the rig sank between 3:07am and 3:13am, leaving at least 20 crew in the water. George Bartlett, 62, from Shotts in Lanarkshire, died after the incident on the Taqa platform Harding, 200 miles north east of Aberdeen in 2014. In many of the worst disasters, these elements claimed the most lives, helped by bad equipment design, fumbled emergency procedures, and poor enforcement of protocols. Engineers had removed the pressure safety valve of the corresponding condensate-injection pump as part of routine maintenance earlier in the day. In the early 1980s the offshore platform started producing gas, with three main gas transport risers and an oil export riser. During evacuation, 21 people died. The cause of his death was immersion in water and descent from height. For non-personal use or to order multiple copies, please contact Five years later, it made offshore operators directly responsible for their employees safety. Real fears for future of Lanarkshire youth organisation after council funding cut, Volunteers were left devastated after receiving confirmation from the education committee, Couple renovating home find hidden 1971 note from previous owner who paid only 3k for house. Most of the Phillips Petroleum workers were from Norway, although a few were American and British. SNP leadership contender Ash Regan announces 'bonkers' currency plan for independent Scotland. The resultant gas leakage ignited, burning the rig and damaging the vessel as well as the Noble Charlie Yester jack-up rig that drilled nearby. Many of the oil workers leapt 100ft (30m) into . Explosions on the platform began just after 10pm. The platform was stabilised for 14 minutes by the single remaining cable, which ultimately snapped, and the platform rolled over. The number of workers operating the North Sea's oil and gas platforms typically stands at about 11,500, according to Oil and Gas UK, but the number of people operating the rigs has already . An oil worker has died on a platform in the North Sea. A 62-year-old oil worker has died after falling into the water from a North Sea platform. Youth centre stripped of cash pens scathing letter to council boss who voted to defund group. The crew member is understood to have died of natural causes on Thursday on Repsol Sinopec Resources UK's Tartan Alpha rig.. 'The deceased was part of a Cape team carrying out routine maintenance onboard BP's Unity platform. The worker reported feeling unwell on Thursday morning and was. The baby of aristocrat Constance Marten and her rapist boyfriend, Mark Gordon, was found dead in a woodland area on Wednesday, two days after the couple were arrested in Brighton. Six years before the Seacrest disaster, the Glomar Java Sea Drillship overturned in the South China Sea on 25 October 1983. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Occidental paid out $100m (66m) to families of the deceased but escaped any kind of criminal or civil sanction. After explorers discovered crude reserves in 1973, a joint venture started operations on the UK Continental Shelf in 1976. Mr Burns, from Largs, who worked for the John Wood Group, collapsed and died. An offshore worker died when a lifeboat he was doing maintenance checks on fell from a platform into the North Sea. At this stage it is being treated as an industrial incident and enquiries are underway to establish the events leading up to the mans death, the spokesperson said. Along with other oil companies, Occidental had massively scaled back spending as the price of oil had plunged from more than $30 per barrel to $8 in the 1980s compared to today's level of more than $100. The drillship, also known as The Scan Queen, had operated in the Gulf of Thailand since 1981 for US-based Unocal. Most of the 123 victims drowned. The boat floated away before anyone could be rescued. The Health Secretary said the next FM would have to celebrate and advance LGBT rights. PEMEX reported losing approximately 5,000 barrels of oil from the well. For some reason yet to be determined, Mr Burns stopped climbing the stairs of the shaft. It made 136 recommendations to prevent future incidents, including better training, design and safety equipment for rigs. Ekofisk lies approximately 235 miles east of Dundee, Scotland, on the Norwegian continental shelf. The worker was . "A consortium of North Sea drilling firms has warned of an offshore rig exodus from the UK amid "minimal opportunities" for its sector. Press alt + / to open this menu. 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One of the UKs largest offshore oil platforms, Piper Alpha produced more than 300,000 barrels of crude oil per day at its peak. The 4,400t drillship was anchored 430km south of Bangkok, Thailand, to drill the Platong gas field. U.S. production is still 800,000 bpd lower than the peak . While there, a storm developed bringing winds of 130km/h and waves as high as 8m. Log In. An official investigation found that poor welding and overloading on the platforms D column caused cracking in its bracings. The North Sea . Stories From 27 Mar. This mean that BP would pay the US Federal Government and five US Gulf Coast states an $18.7bn settlement. While the pound has slipped against currencies in popular holiday destinations, there are still places where holidaymakers can get more out of their money. They were aboard the rig when it capsized and sank in the North Atlantic Sea, off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. We are doing all we can to support the mans family in these difficult times., In an email sent to Offshore Energy Today, a Norfolk Police spokesperson said a joint investigation has been launched with the Health and Safety Executive following the death of a man on an offshore platform yesterday.. The gas then ignited, and while automatic fire control measures would usually dampen the flames, crews had disabled these during maintenance. Our sympathy goes out to his family and colleagues.". our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. These fires were extinguished without any further loss of life and the well was brought back under control by the middle of December 2007. Offshore platform and rig disasters make many people think of massive explosions and oil slicks. The platform, held up by two large pontoons, had bedrooms, kitchens and lounges and provided a place for workers to spend their time when not working. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! At this time, there were 226 workers on the platform, though only 61 would survive the disaster. Indias state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) operated the Mumbai High North rig, one of the producing platforms on the Mumbai High field. The entire barge was engulfed with fire and explosion minutes later. At the time, this represented approximately 10% of the countrys total crude oil production. "They donned breathing equipment and began to evacuate the shaft. Investigations that followed reported a failure to correctly stow deck equipment prior to towing. Wallace and his supporters were among the few Americans who actively voiced criticisms of Americas Cold War mindset during the read more, On March 30, 2009, then-U.S. President Barack Obama issues an ultimatum to struggling American automakers General Motors (GM) and Chrysler: In order to receive additional bailout loans from the government, he says, the companies need to make dramatic changes in the way they run read more, Hoping to keep the New England colonies dependent on the British, King George III formally endorses the New England Restraining Act on March 30, 1775. An offshore oil-drilling platform being used as a "floating hotel" for Phillips Petroleum workers overturned in the middle of the North Sea last night, killing at least seven men . His age is not yet known and no other personal details have been released at this stage. THE 62-year-old man fell from the Taqa-operated Harding platform during maintenance work in the early hours of Thursday morning. 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