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   OCS-Related Incidents
 
More Recent OCS Incidents/Spills by Category:

Blue Bullet  2006-2010

 OCS Incidents/Spills by Category: 1996-2005
 

OCS Incidents/Spills  by Category: 2001-2005

Type

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005
GOM PAC GOM PAC GOM PAC GOM PAC GOM PAC
Fatalities 7 0 6 0 10 0 3 0 4 0
Injuries 56 1 47 6 43 1 58 4 48 6
Loss of Well Control 9 1 6 0 5 0 4 1 4 0
Fires 84 1 87 6 99 5 66 6 77 5
Explosions 6 0 3 0 6 0 4 0 2 0
Collisions 18 0 12 0 18 0 22 0 20 0
Spills 9 0 12 0 12 0 221,2 0 491,3 0
Other 0 0 0 0 12 6 0 0 33 4
Incident Totals For the Year 189 3 173 12 205 12 179 11 237 15
Combined Total for the Year

192

185

 217 190 252
1Number of spill events with total spillage of 50 bbl or more. Column does not add because spills include multi-product spills where no individual product was 50 bbl or more, and spills which involved the loss of 50 bbl or more of two or three individual products. 2The 2004 increase is due to Hurricane Ivan which accounts for 15 of the 22 spills. Ivan is the first hurricane for which
    unrecovered petroleum and chemicals on destroyed, heavily damaged, and/or missing structures were reported in a
    comprehensive manner. 3The 2005 increase is due to Hurricane Katrina which accounts for 25, and Hurricane Rita which accounts for 18, of the
    49 spills.

SOURCE: TIMS Database as of  19 October 2007
  

 

OCS Incidents/Spills by Category:1996-2000

Type

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000
GOM PAC GOM PAC GOM PAC GOM PAC GOM PAC
Fatalities 10 0 11 0 14 0 5 0 5 0
Injuries 58 1 57 1 68 1 45 2 62 2
Loss of Well Control 4 0 5 0 6 1 5 0 8 1
Fires 84  3 122 3 90 0 75 0 101 2
Explosions 6 0 10 0 3 0 5 0 2 0
Collisions 5 0 10 0 5 0 10 0 9 0
Spills 3 1 3 0 9 0 5 0 71 0
Other 5 1 21 0 0 3 0 1 35 0
Incident Totals For the Year 175 6 239 4 195 5 150 3 229 5
Combined Total for the Year

181

243

 200 153 234
1Number of spill events with total spillage of 50 bbl or more. Column does not add because spills include multi-product spills where no individual product was 50 bbl or more, and spills which involved the loss of 50 bbl or more of two or three individual products.
SOURCE: TIMS Database as of  19 October 2007
  

Last Updated: 09/17/2010, 05:07 PM Central Time