The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) has initiated a formal investigation into an incident reported by Suncor Energy on September 6, 2019. Earlier that same day, a Transocean employee on the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) Transocean Barents was injured while preparing the rig for forecasted weather. The worker was caught between a steel adapter weighing 1400kg and a rail during crane operations. An “all stop” was immediately called and the medic and emergency response team were called to the scene. The injured worker was transferred by medevac to St. John’s on Friday afternoon, is currently in stable condition and remains in hospital under observation. The incident had the potential for fatality.
Operations were suspended on the Transocean Barents following the incident and the area secured. Drilling operations remain suspended and will not resume until Suncor has received approval from the C-NLOPB to do so.
Media Contacts:
Suncor Energy
Media Relations
403-296-4000
media@suncor.com
C-NLOPB
Lesley Rideout
Communications Lead
lrideout@cnlopb.ca
709-778-4224
709-725-2900 (cell)
Incident Disclosures 2019
Date | Update |
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Dec 30, 2019 | Injured Worker on Terra Nova FPSO |
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Nov 25, 2019 | Helicopter Return to Base |
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Oct 15, 2019 | Near Miss on Terra Nova FPSO |
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Oct 3, 2019 | C-NLOPB approves resumption of drilling operations on Transocean Barents |
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Sep 26, 2019 | Approval of plans to resume operations at Hibernia and update on follow up to recent offshore incidents |
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Sep 9, 2019 | Injured Worker on Transocean Barents |
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Aug 21, 2019 | C-NLOPB Update on August 17, 2019 Discharge at the Hibernia Platform |
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Aug 18, 2019 | August 17, 2019 Discharge at the Hibernia Platform |
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Aug 16, 2019 | C-NLOPB approves re-start of production operations from final two drill centres at White Rose field |
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Aug 15, 2019 | C-NLOPB approves resumption of production operations at Hibernia Platform |
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Aug 1, 2019 | Update – Hibernia Oil Spill |
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Jul 18, 2019 | Hibernia Oil Spill |
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Jul 9, 2019 | Incident Bulletin – Near Miss with Potential for Fatality on Terra Nova FPSO |
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Jul 5, 2019 | Update – Follow-up to November 2018 Oil Spill at White Rose Field |
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Jun 4, 2019 | Near Miss on Hibernia Platform |
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May 24, 2019 | Flushing – South White Rose Extension Drill Centre |
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Mar 19, 2019 | Update on Plugging of Flowline and Recovery of Flowline Connector at the South White Rose Extension Drill Centre |
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Mar 14, 2019 | Near Miss Onboard Terra Nova FPSO |
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Mar 13, 2019 | Update on Plugging of Flowline and Recovery of Flowline Connector at the South White Rose Extension Drill Centre |
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Jan 30, 2019 | C-NLOPB Issues Approvals to Husky Energy |
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Jan 18, 2019 | Update – Status of Spill at White Rose Field |
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Jan 11, 2019 | Update – Status of Spill at White Rose Field |
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Jan 7, 2019 | Update – Status of Spill at White Rose Field |
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