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Loss of Well
Control Statistics and Summaries 2006-2010
The Bureau requires that
all Losses of Well Control be reported. Effective July 17, 2006, MMS
revised the regulations for incident reporting. The number of Losses of
Well Control for 2006 may be affected by this change when compared to
other years. The current definition for Loss of Well Control means:
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Uncontrolled
flow of formation or other fluids. The flow may be to an exposed
formation (an underground blowout) or at the surface (a surface
blowout).
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Flow through a
diverter
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Uncontrolled
flow resulting from a failure of surface equipment or procedures
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OCS Losses of Well Control: 2006-2010 |
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LOSS OF WELL CONTROL |
2006 *** |
2007 *** |
2008 *** |
2009 *** |
2010 *** |
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GOM |
PAC |
GOM |
PAC |
GOM |
PAC |
GOM |
PAC |
GOM |
PAC |
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Flow Underground |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Flow Surface |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Diverter Flow |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Surface Equipment Failure |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
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LOSS OF WELL CONTROL (TOTALS) |
2 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
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COMBINED TOTAL FOR THE YEAR |
2 |
7 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
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YTD = Year to
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* * * Effective July 17, 2006, BOEMRE
revised the regulations for Incident Reporting. Related to this
chart, changes were made to the reporting criteria for Losses of
Well Control incidents. Thus the number of incidents shown in
these categories for 2006 and beyond may be affected by this
change when compared to previous years. |
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SOURCE: TIMS Database as of
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Loss of Well Control Summaries
Loss
of Well Control Summaries, CY 2010
(35
KB PDF; 6/20/2011)
Loss
of Well Control Summaries, CY 2009
(40.5
KB PDF; 5/18/2010)
Loss
of Well Control Summaries, CY 2008
(40.5
KB PDF; 5/13/2010)
Loss
of Well Control Summaries, CY 2007
(37
KB PDF; 5/13/2010)
Loss
of Well Control Summaries, CY 2006
(33.5
KB PDF; 5/5/2010)
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