It should be safe to go to work in Statoil, ” says Jannicke Nilsson, senior vice president for the safe and efficient operations in Statoil.
– The last year we have seen an increase in the number of events, ” she says.
Statoil has now inspected two of these events, and concludes that one of them had the highest severity and in the worst case could have led to the deaths. The company put Wednesday ahead the results of the granskningene.
Could have died
The most serious event that is under scrutiny was an accident where five people were injured after being exposed to the toxic gas hydrogen sulfide at the sture terminal in Hordaland, 12. October.
The second incident was a fire in a utstyrsskaft on the Statfjord A-platform.
Statoil explains itself for the petroleum safety authority norway for the third time in two weeks
The five who was exposed to the gas at Sture walked up on a 14-metre high tower of concrete with a ventileringsrør at the top, where the company cleans produced water and ballast water. They should inspect a shake when they were exposed to the dangerous gas hydrogen sulfide, and the three of them managed to escape before they lost consciousness.
All the five people involved came from the incident with no lasting injuries and is back in his regular ministry, but the investigation concludes that the incident could have resulted in death if the circumstances had been insignificant changed.
– Negligible changes in circumstances means that it was just coincidence that the alternative outcomes of the event not occurred, writes Statoil in the investigation.
More chance
This is some of the vagaries of Statoil, enter:
- An operator risked his own safety and was again on top of the reaktortårnet to provide life-saving first aid, something you cannot expect, according to Statoil.
- Coincidentally, was also a koordinatormøte at the same time as the event, and if this had not been the case, it would not have been røykdykkere available in the front desk employees to provide oxygen to the casualty, writes Statoil.
- By chance was it a forgotten rope on the top of the reactor. This was used by a firefighter to ensure the injured lying on the top of the 14-meter-tall reactor.
* Wednesday, 12. October: A 17-year-old student being critically injured in a gas leak at the sture terminal in Øygarden. Five people sent to the hospital after having breathed in the toxic gas hydrogen sulfide.
* Saturday 15. October: the gas leak on the drilling rig Songa Endurance on the Troll field. 20 employees evacuated.
* Sunday, 16. October: Fire in a pump on a utstyrsskaft on the platform Statfjord A, a part of the employees to be evacuated by helicopter.
* Sunday, 16. October: the gas leak on the platform Gullfaks A, several of the 210 employees must evacuate.
* Sunday 23. October: the Crew on the platform Snorre A in the lifeboats after gassalarm.
* Tuesday 25. October: 600 employees evacuated from the oil refinery at Mongstad after be blamed on hydrogen leakage.
* Tuesday 22. november: 33 of 106 employees on the rig Scarabeo 5 on the Njord field were evacuated when the fire occurred in an engine room. No one was injured.
* Friday 25. november: 67 people family to the lifeboats on the Heimdal platform, and production will be closed after the fire alarm goes at night.
(Source: NTB)
– Røykdykkeren ran out of air and had to leave the injured alone on the reactor. In the period up to the injured was taken down, he was partly conscious and very restless. He could thus have fallen from the reactor, if he had not been secured with a rope, writes Statoil.
– such case could have a lethal outcome, writes the company.
When the hydrogen sulphide released to the air gives it an unpleasant and bad odor. The reactor at Sture is a pilot project that will reduce the smell from the disinfected installation, which has been troublesome for the personnel inside the facility and neighbors to the sture terminal.
Was understaffed
Statoil’s inquiry shows that ettermiddagsskiftet who was on the job Wednesday 12.10 2016 was understaffed in relation to the oppgavemengden and not had adequate expertise.
There are normally three uteoperatører at Sture, but this afternoon there was a, type the company in the report.
Together with the insufficient exchange of information in skiftavløsing and lack of planning of the work, this led to that the risk was not identified, writes Statoil.
the Shifts must at all times be staffed to cover all beredskapsroller which is described in the emergency response plan, writes the company.
– Not looked after properly
There were two operators, one apprentice and two students on work placement who was exposed to H2S gas at the sture terminal, in connection with the work on the reactor.
the Efforts of the staff at the sture terminal contributed highly likely that the incident was not a more serious outcome, ” says Statoil executive vice president for marketing, midtstrøm and processing, Jens Økland.
But the investigation shows that the security of the employees was not sufficiently attended to this oktoberdagen, ” he says.
Statoil: Accidents should never have happened
Critically injured
One of the five people on the Sture were critically injured, one was seriously injured and three minor injuries.
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the Background of the accident was the lack of risikoforståelse, lack of management expertise and readiness, and declining barriers by inspection of the reactor, according to Statoil.
Small risks on Statfjord A
the Fire on the Field the 16. October is not defined as just as serious as the incident at the sture terminal, according to Statoil. The company will, however, learn from the incident, which did not lead to injury.
On Statfjord A, there was a fire in the tetningsolje in a lastepumpe that delivers oil from the platform to tankers, and was put out by the overrislingsanlegget.
the investigation report shows that there was little risk of escalation and concludes that the incident had not storulykkepotensiale. There was also no potential for personal injury relating to the event. It gives, however, important læringspunkter, ” says Øystein Arvid Håland, Statoil’s senior vice president for safety, security and sustainability in the Development and production Norway.
Statoil will need to explain the leaks and fire
Investigated by the police
the Events at the sture terminal and on the Statfjord A will be examined also by the petroleum safety authority norway and the police, and Statoil have submitted their reports to the petroleum safety authority norway.
None of the events due to cost-cutting, according to the company.
The two completed granskingene does not show the connection between our work and events. Nevertheless, we take seriously the signals of a challenging everyday life because of the many ongoing effektiviseringsinitiativer. This we review thoroughly, ” says Nilsson.
At a press conference Wednesday says Nilsson that she is not satisfied with the fact that there have been several serious incidents in the fall.
We present these granskningene because we want to be open about what we have found, ” she says.
the sture terminal is a port of shipment of crude oil from the Oseberg and Grane, with between 150 and 160 passengers in a year. It is located in Øygarden municipality, and was started up in 1988.
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