Petrobras, a Brazilian energy company, announces that the M/V Ramco Crusader, which caught fire on August 12, has sunk. The Company informs that the fire started at around 3pm in the engine room after which the crew of 15 workers was safely moved from the vessel. Following the evacuation of the crew, Ramco Crusader went […]
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The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the U.S. Coast Guard are continuing to oversee Walter Oil & Gas Corporation’s response efforts to secure the natural gas well and extinguish the subsequent fire that started after the operator’s loss of well control Tuesday. Both BSEE and Coast Guard conducted multiple overflights to supplement […]
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Hercules Offshore today provided updates to the incident aboard jackup drilling rig Hercules 265, a 250′ mat-supported cantilevered unit, operating for Walter Oil & Gas Corporation in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico OCS lease block South Timbalier 220. Late yesterday evening, the natural gas flowing from the well ignited which spread to the rig. The […]
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W&T Offshore, Inc. reports that at about 10:00 a.m. yesterday morning, a fire started on its Ship Shoal 233 B Platform and was subsequently extinguished at 11:35 a.m. This production processing facility, which is operated by the Company, is located approximately 30 miles south of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico, in 128 feet of […]
France Telecom-Orange has suffered a major incident on its cable ship, the Chamarel. A fire broke out on the ship late afternoon on 8 August while returning from a repair operation on the Sat3-Safe cable off the coast of Namibia in the Atlantic Ocean. Despite the crew’s efforts to control the fire, the decision was […]
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Emergency crews scrambled Sunday night after fire broke out in the accommodation section of a Russian seismic vessel 70 nautical miles … (newsinenglish) Source: newsinenglish, October 10 , 2011;
