On November 25, 2019 ExxonMobil reported that while en route to the Hebron Platform from St. John’s, Cougar Flight CGR151 had an indication of potential pressure loss on one of its redundant hydraulic pressure systems. There were 11 passengers and two flight crew onboard.
The helicopters flown offshore by Cougar have multiple, independent hydraulic systems and can fly safely with one system inoperable. Flight CGR151 returned to St. John’s and landed safely, with the Cougar SAR helicopter having been dispatched as per Cougar protocols. Local emergency crews were on stand-by in accordance with St. John’s International Airport procedures. These are standard precautionary measures in response to this type of indication.
The helicopter that experienced the incident will be repaired and returned to service. The Cougar Helicopters Maintenance Manager and Operations Manager reviewed the equipment failure against the Cougar “Safe to Fly” process, and there is no fleet-wide issue.
Transport Canada and the Transportation Safety Board are aware of the event and the C-NLOPB is monitoring ExxonMobil’s continued investigation.
Media Contacts:
Cougar Helicopters
Candace Moakler
Public Affairs Officer
(709) 691-1724
cmoakler@cougar.ca
C-NLOPB
Lesley Rideout
Communications Lead
(709)725-2900
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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