FEBRUARY 18, 2015
GUDRUN, NORWAY
The hydrocarbon leak on the Statoil-operated Gudrun
field occurred at 06:40 on Wednesday, February 18. Production was then shut
down and the facility depressurised.
The PSA claims that
the size of the leak is currently not known. Furthermore, no personnel injuries
resulting from the incident have been reported. There were 26 persons on board
the Gudrun facility when the incident occurred, and 97 persons on board the
West Epsilon mobile drilling facility close by.
The PSA has decided
to initiate an investigation of the incident.
According to the
agency, the objects of the investigation include clarifying the chain of events
and identifying proximate and underlying causes.
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Gas leak at Gudrun platform
Gudrun Platform (Image: Statoil)
There has been a gas
leak at the Statoil-operated Gudrun
platform in the Norwegian part of the North Sea.
According to
Offshore.no, a Norwegian website covering the country’s oil and gas sector, the
leak occurred on the platform earlier this morning.
No injuries have been
reported to the crew. There were 26 people on board at the time of the
incident.
Offshore.no has
reported a statement by a Statoil spokesperson who said that a crack in a pipe
caused the leak. Production at the platform was shut down after the leakage was
discovered.
Statoil did not
reply to an e-mail sent by Offshore Energy Today, seeking more info.
Gudrun
Gudrun was officially
opened by the prime minister of Norway Erna Solberg in August last year.
This is the first new Statoil-operated platform on the Norwegian continental
shelf (NCS) since Kristin in 2005.
Source: http://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/gas-leak-at-gudrun-platform/