Offshore staff

ST JOHN’s, Canada – An incident on the Hebron field platform offshore Newfoundland could have had serious repercussions, according to the Canada and Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB).

Last Tuesday, a cement head around 1 m (3.3 ft) tall was secured in the vertical position in a container basket ahead of loading.

During installation of a lifting cap onto the cement head, the latter came loose from the securing strap and tipped onto its side inside the container basket.

Two personnel were in the basket at the time: operator ExxonMobil halted operations and the area was secured. There were no injuries, but the incident could have caused a fracture.

Operations have resumed but C-NLOPB is monitoring ExxonMobil’s investigation of the incident.

12/03/2018