THE BHN DISASTER

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THE BHN DISASTER
HSEQ THE BHN DISASTER
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THE BHN DISASTER

• 355 employees rescued, 13 missing the worst
  accident in the history of ONGC
• Death toll up to 12 in Bombay High fire
• In terms of property loss, this has been the most
  serious accident in ONGC history.
• A person on board an MSV had broken his finger
  and needed medical attention.
• Attempting to transfer this galley crewman on the
  ship (MSV) to the platform in order to receive
  medical attention (which was available on the
  platform), the ship approached the platform ,
  lost control and drifted and collided with the
  platform. All available information indicates
  that this collision resulted in serious oil
  leakage and fire, which spread rapidly
• These multipurpose support vessels are highly
  sophisticated computerised ships, equipped to
  deal with all sorts of emergencies. They have
  dynamic positioning systems and it is difficult
  to say what went wrong, here.

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• There were 227 people on the Bombay High
  platform, while there were 84 people on board
  Samudra Suraksha(MSV) and 73 people on Noble
  Charlie Yester, a privately-owned drilling rig,
  which also had to be abandoned. The platform was
  lost in less than two hours, while Samudra
  Suraksha though afloat is still on fire and will
  be out of service. There were about 384 people in
  all these places and 355 have been rescued.
• Of the 12 persons who died, six are ONGC
  personnel (five officers and one worker) one
  person is from SCI (which contracts the ships to
  ONGC), and one from the rig Charlie Yester.

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• Some photos taken from Transocean's jackup
  drilling rig "Randolph Yost" that was jacked up
  very close to the Bombay High North (BHN)
  platform and the Noble "Charlie Yester" jackup.
• Both the BHN and the "Charlie Yester" were
  completely destroyed and melted into the water.
• The dive support / multi use vessel "Sagar
  Surakshas" that is on fire is the vessel that
  started the whole chain of diasterous events by
  making contact in heavy seas with the BHN
  production and processing platform
• Believe it or not, there were 6 divers in the
  decompression chamber onboard the dive support
  vessel at the time the vessel was totally
  abandoned - miraculously they lived and were
  rescued the day after these photos were taken.

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• 355 employees rescued, 13 missing the worst
  accident in the history of ONGC
• Death toll up to 12 in Bombay High fire
• In terms of property loss, this has been the most
  serious accident in ONGC history.

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RELIEF AFTER RESCUE An ONGC employee being
hugged by a relative after arrival in Mumbai on
Thursday.
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All this is the result of someone injuring their
finger, which set off this chain of events