Thursday, February 19, 2015

THE PETROLEUM SAFETY AUTHORITY (PSA) NORWAY HAS DECIDED TO INITIATE AN INVESTIGATION FOLLOWING A HYDROCARBON LEAK ON THE GUDRUN FIELD IN THE NORTH SEA ON FEBRUARY 18, 2015.



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/