MARCH 16, 2015
The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board has said it
was notified of a small fire incident on the Deep Panuke platform operated by
Encana Corporation, on Monday, March 16, 2015.
According to the CNSOPB, at approximately 8 A.M., a worker
noticed a 6” flame on a cooling pump bearing on the utility module. The pump
was shut down and another worker extinguished the flame with a handheld fire
extinguisher. The flame was not large enough to trigger the fire suppression
system.
No personnel were injured in this incident and the platform
was not shut in. This incident did not trigger further emergency response
procedures. An investigation into the nature of the incident is underway.
The Deep Panuke project produces and processes natural gas
from the Deep Panuke field, approximately 250 kilometres (155 miles) southeast
of Halifax, Nova Scotia on the Scotian Shelf.
Natural gas from Deep Panuke is processed offshore and
transported, via subsea pipeline, to Goldboro, Nova Scotia where it
interconnects with the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline.