Oil Plat Fire

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THE BHN DISASTER

HSEQ: THE BHN DISASTER



THE BHN DISASTER

355 employees rescued, 13 m issing ; the wo rst accident in th e

history o f ONGC

Death toll up to 12 in Bombay High fire In terms of property loss, this has been the most serious accident in

ONGC history.

A person on board the ship had broken his finger and needed

medical attention, which was available on the offshore platform.

for reasons yet to be established, the ship lost control and driftedand collided with the platform. All available information indicates

that this collision resulted in serious oil leakage and fire, which

spread rapidly

These multipurpose support vessels are highly sophisticated

computerised ships, equipped to deal with all sorts of emergencies.They have dynamic positioning systems and it is difficult to say

what went wrong, he



There were 227 people on the Bombay High platform, while there

were 84 people on board Samudra Suraksha and 73 people on Noble

Charlie Yester, a privately-owned drilling rig, which also had to be

abandoned. The platform was lost in less than two hours, while

Samudra Suraksha though afloat is still on fire and will be out of

service. There were about 384 people in all these places and 355

have been rescued.

Of the 12 persons who died, six are ONGC personnel (five officers

and one worker); one person is from SCI (which contracts the ships

to ONGC), and one from the rig Charlie Yester.



Some photos taken from Transocean's jackup drilling rig "Randolph

Yost" that was jacked up very close to the Bombay High North

(BHN) platform and the Noble "Charlie Yester" jackup.

Both the BHN and the "Charlie Yester" were completely destroyed

and melted into the water.

The dive support / multi use vessel "Sagar Surakshas" that is on fire

is the vessel that started the whole chain of diasterous events by

making contact in heavy seas with the BHN production and

processing platform

Believe it or not, there were 6 divers in the decompression chamber

onboard the dive support vessel at the time the vessel was totally

abandoned - miraculously they lived and were rescued the day after

these photos were take.

attempting to transfer a galley crewman with a cut finger to the

platform in order to receive medical attention.



























355 emp loyees rescued, 13 m iss ing ; the wors t acc ident

in the history o f ONGC

Death toll up to 12 in Bombay High fire

In terms of property loss, this has been the most

serious accident in ONGC history.



RELIEF AFTER RESCUE: An ONGC employee being hugged by a

relative after arrival in Mumbai on Thursday.



All this is the result of

someone injuring their

finger, which set off thischain of events

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