Description

Report Details
NRC Report ID: 1016721
Incident Time: 2012-07-03 08:45:00
Nearest City: LA
Location: THUNDERHORSE
Incident Type: PLATFORM
Material: TELLUS PLUS OIL 46
Medium Affected: WATER
Suspected Responsible Party: BP
SkyTruth Analysis
Lat/Long: 28.190833, -88.495833 (Explicit)
Report Description
WHILE RECOVERING THE FAST RESCUE CRAFT POST LAUNCH AND DRILL, THE CREW MEMBERS ON DECK NOTICED A MINOR LEAK COMING FROM BELOW THE CONTROL BOX SECTION UNDERNEATH THE PDQ. THERE WAS “NO SHEEN” SPOTTED ON THE SURFACE OF THE WATER. THE OIM AND HSE WERE NOTIFIED OF DROPS INTO THE GOM, BUT FURTHER INVESTIGATION WAS NEEDED TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK AND WHAT THE FLUID CONSISTED OF. TODAY THE ROPE ABSAILORS WERE ABLE TO SAFELY WORK OVER THE HANDRAIL AND UNDER THE PDQ TO IDENTIFY THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK. THE “TUBING” BETWEEN THE ACCUMULATOR AND THE WINCH BREAK RELEASE LOCATED UNDER THE FRC CONTROL BOX WAS CORRODED AND A MINOR LEAK OF HYDRAULIC OIL DEVELOPED DURING THE WINCH OPERATIONS AND STOPPED ONCE OPERATION WAS COMPLETED.

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