The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) has approved Suncor Energy’s plan to resume operations on the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) Transocean Barents, following a September 6, 2019 incident which resulted in an injured Transocean employee.
The injured worker had been released from hospital but in recent days was readmitted and is currently being monitored.
Following the submission of Suncor’s investigation report to the C-NLOPB and significant engagement between the C-NLOPB and Suncor senior personnel, the identification of root causes, causal factors, corrective measures and conditions for restart have been completed or implemented to the satisfaction of the C-NLOPB. Suncor has determined the cause of the incident to be that hazards associated with lifting equipment and operations were not effectively managed. Suncor is required to complete all pre-start-up safety reviews prior to resuming operations.
The C-NLOPB investigation into the September 6 incident is ongoing.
Media Contacts:
Suncor Energy
Media Relations
403-296-4000
media@suncor.com
C-NLOPB
Lesley Rideout
Communications Lead
709-778-4224
709-725-2900 (cell)
lrideout@cnlopb.ca
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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