Casualties https://www.oedigital.com/casualties?format=feed Casualties en-US Thu, 21 Mar 2024 10:08:36 -0400 https://www.oedigital.com/news/512422-perenco-confirms-five-dead-at-platform-incident-offshore-gabon Perenco Confirms Five Dead at Platform Incident Offshore Gabon UK oil and gas company Perenco has confirmed five fatalities from the fire incident on its Perenco Becuna platform offshore Gabon, with one person still missing… Thu, 21 Mar 2024 14:08:36 Z https://www.oedigital.com/news/512422-perenco-confirms-five-dead-at-platform-incident-offshore-gabon https://www.oedigital.com/news/512408-two-injured-five-missing-as-fire-breaks-out-at-perenco-s-platform-offshore-gabon Two Injured, Five Missing as Fire Breaks Out at Perenco’s Platform Offshore Gabon Oil and gas company Perenco has reported an incident involving fire on its Perenco Becuna platform offshore Gabon.The incident took place on March 20, 2024 at approximately 15… Thu, 21 Mar 2024 09:48:00 Z https://www.oedigital.com/news/512408-two-injured-five-missing-as-fire-breaks-out-at-perenco-s-platform-offshore-gabon https://www.oedigital.com/news/511907-aker-bp-pauses-helicopter-traffic-offshore-norway-after-crash Aker BP Pauses Helicopter Traffic Offshore Norway After Crash Norwegian oil group Aker BP on Thursday said it had halted all helicopter traffic offshore Norway until further notice, after a Sikorsky S-92 helicopter crashed in the ocean on Wednesday… Thu, 29 Feb 2024 16:36:30 Z https://www.oedigital.com/news/511907-aker-bp-pauses-helicopter-traffic-offshore-norway-after-crash https://www.oedigital.com/news/510689-gale-force-winds-and-high-waves-leads-to-tilting-of-elevated-liftboat Gale-force Winds and High Waves Leads to Tilting of Elevated Liftboat Gale-force winds and high waves from a storm led to the listing of an elevated liftboat in the Gulf of Mexico, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Wednesday… Thu, 11 Jan 2024 03:32:31 Z https://www.oedigital.com/news/510689-gale-force-winds-and-high-waves-leads-to-tilting-of-elevated-liftboat https://www.oedigital.com/news/507898-failure-to-maintain-crane-barge-led-to-6-million-loss Failure to Maintain Crane Barge Led to $6 Million Loss A barge owner’s lack of inspection and maintenance led to the capsizing and sinking of a crane barge last year in the Gulf of Mexico, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said… Fri, 08 Sep 2023 18:31:50 Z https://www.oedigital.com/news/507898-failure-to-maintain-crane-barge-led-to-6-million-loss https://www.oedigital.com/news/503680-multiple-failures-led-to-pacific-khamsin-drillship-fatality Multiple Failures Led to Pacific Khamsin Drillship Fatality Multiple training and personnel safety failures led to a 2020 worker casualty on board the Pacific Khamsin drillship in the Gulf of Mexico, the Bureau of Safety… Fri, 17 Mar 2023 02:15:51 Z https://www.oedigital.com/news/503680-multiple-failures-led-to-pacific-khamsin-drillship-fatality https://www.oedigital.com/news/503697-deteriorated-bollard-caused-drillship-breakaway-and-collision Deteriorated Bollard Caused Drillship Breakaway and Collision A deteriorated bollard led to a Valaris drillship breaking away and colliding with a bulk carrier in Pascagoula, Miss. last year, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Thursday… Thu, 16 Mar 2023 21:41:24 Z https://www.oedigital.com/news/503697-deteriorated-bollard-caused-drillship-breakaway-and-collision https://www.oedigital.com/news/502485-fatigue-led-to-osv-striking-gom-production-platform-ntsb Fatigue Led to OSV Striking GoM Production Platform -NTSB Crew fatigue led to an offshore supply vessel striking an oil and gas production platform in the Gulf of Mexico in 2021, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Thursday… Fri, 27 Jan 2023 05:13:36 Z https://www.oedigital.com/news/502485-fatigue-led-to-osv-striking-gom-production-platform-ntsb https://www.oedigital.com/news/494786-osv-captain-s-blunders-led-to-collision-with-us-coast-guard-cutter OSV Captain's Blunders Led to Collision with US Coast Guard Cutter An offshore supply vessel captain’s assumption and poor communication led to a collision with a U.S. Coast Guard cutter in Sabine Pass, a waterway between Texas and Louisiana… Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:24:26 Z https://www.oedigital.com/news/494786-osv-captain-s-blunders-led-to-collision-with-us-coast-guard-cutter https://www.oedigital.com/news/494098-at-least-three-dead-after-trinity-spirit-fpso-blast-in-nigeria At Least Three Dead After Trinity Spirit FPSO Blast in Nigeria At least three people died in Nigeria when the oil storage and production vessel, FPSO Trinity Spirit, exploded last week and four crew are still missing, the operating company said on Monday… Mon, 07 Feb 2022 20:55:12 Z https://www.oedigital.com/news/494098-at-least-three-dead-after-trinity-spirit-fpso-blast-in-nigeria https://www.oedigital.com/news/493086-uscg-concludes-investigation-into-auger-lifeboat-accident USCG Concludes Investigation into Auger Lifeboat Accident A U.S. Coast Guard investigation into a fatal lifeboat drill accident has resulted in 10 safety and eight administrative recommendations, the agency announced.In July 2019… Thu, 23 Dec 2021 15:42:32 Z https://www.oedigital.com/news/493086-uscg-concludes-investigation-into-auger-lifeboat-accident https://www.oedigital.com/news/492882-catastrophic-engine-damage-led-to-osv-fire-ntsb Catastrophic Engine Damage Led to OSV Fire -NTSB Catastrophic engine damage led to the fire aboard the U.S. -flagged offshore supply vessel Ocean Intervention near Honolulu, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said… Wed, 15 Dec 2021 21:47:48 Z https://www.oedigital.com/news/492882-catastrophic-engine-damage-led-to-osv-fire-ntsb https://www.oedigital.com/news/491096-why-is-it-so-hard-to-clean-up-an-offshore-oil-spill Why Is It So Hard to Clean Up An Offshore Oil Spill? Oil spills into ocean waters, subject to winds and tides and spreading swiftly over wide areas, are difficult to clean up.The 3,000-barrel weekend spill off the… Tue, 05 Oct 2021 16:40:45 Z https://www.oedigital.com/news/491096-why-is-it-so-hard-to-clean-up-an-offshore-oil-spill https://www.oedigital.com/news/489871-seacor-power-public-hearing-concludes Seacor Power Public Hearing Concludes The U.S. Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board on Friday wrapped up the formal public hearing proceedings into the sinking of the liftboat Seacor… Fri, 13 Aug 2021 19:08:25 Z https://www.oedigital.com/news/489871-seacor-power-public-hearing-concludes https://www.oedigital.com/news/489100-seacor-power-bow-section-raised Seacor Power Bow Section Raised Salvors have raised the bow section of the liftboat Seacor Power, which overturned in heavy seas in the Gulf of Mexico in April.The Donjon-SMIT salvage team lifted… Mon, 12 Jul 2021 16:55:26 Z https://www.oedigital.com/news/489100-seacor-power-bow-section-raised