Deadliest Accidents Offshore

Original contain sourced from BBC archive

Deadliest Accidents Offshore:

• Piper Alpha
• Occidental’s Piper Alpha platform was destroyed by explosion and fire in 1988. 167 workers were killed in the blaze.
• Fatalities : 167
• Alexander L. Kielland
• In 1980, the accommodation rig Alexander L. Kielland capsized during a storm after a leg support brace failed.
• Fatalities : 123
• Seacrest Drillship
• The Seacrest drillship capsized in 1989 during Typhoon Gay, with the loss of 91 crew.
• Fatalities : 91
• Ocean Ranger
• Ocean Ranger A ballast control malfunction caused the Ocean Ranger to capsize during a ferocious storm in the North Atlantic in 1982, with the loss of all hands.
• Fatalities : 84
• Glomar Java Sea Drillship
• Another storm fatality, the Glomar Java Sea capsized and sank during Typhoon Lex in 1983 with the loss of all on board.
• Fatalities : 81
• Bohai 2
• In 1979, the jack-up Bohai 2 capsized and sank in a storm while on tow off the coast of China.
• Fatalities : 72
• Brent Field Chinook Helicopter
• A Chinook helicopter shuttle between the Brent Field and Sumburgh crashed into the North Sea in 1986 with only two survivors.
• Fatalities : 45
• Enchova Central
• Whilst evacuating the Enchova Central after a blowout, 37 workers lost their lives when their lifeboat slipped from the platform and fell to the sea.
• Fatalities : 37
• Bombay High North
• A support vessel collided with Bombay High North in 2005, rupturing a riser and causing a major fire which destroyed the platform.
• Fatalities : 22
• C. P. Baker Drilling Barge
• Built in 1962 using an uncommon catamaran design, the C. P. Baker drilling barge burned and sank after a shallow gas blowout.
• Fatalities : 22

Source : http://home.versatel.nl/the_sims/rig/i-fatal.htm