HSEQ: THE BHN DISASTER

THE BHN DISASTER

THE BHN DISASTER

355 employees rescued, 13 missing; the worst accident in the
history of ONGC
Death toll up to 12 in Bombay High fire
In terms of property loss, this has been the most serious accident in
ONGC history.
A person on board the ship had broken his finger and needed
medical attention, which was available on the offshore platform.
for reasons yet to be established, the ship lost control and drifted
and collided with the platform. All available information indicates
that this collision resulted in serious oil leakage and fire, which
spread rapidly
These multipurpose support vessels are highly sophisticated
computerised ships, equipped to deal with all sorts of emergencies.
They have dynamic positioning systems and it is difficult to say
what went wrong, he

 There were 227 people on the Bombay High platform, while there
were 84 people on board Samudra Suraksha and 73 people on Noble

Charlie Yester, a privately-owned drilling rig, which also had to be

abandoned. The platform was lost in less than two hours, while
Samudra Suraksha though afloat is still on fire and will be out of
service. There were about 384 people in all these places and 355
have been rescued.
Of the 12 persons who died, six are ONGC personnel (five officers
and one worker); one person is from SCI (which contracts the ships
to ONGC), and one from the rig Charlie Yester.

 Some photos taken from Transocean's jackup drilling rig "Randolph

Yost" that was jacked up very close to the Bombay High North
(BHN) platform and the Noble "Charlie Yester" jackup.
Both the BHN and the "Charlie Yester" were completely destroyed
and melted into the water.
The dive support / multi use vessel "Sagar Surakshas" that is on fire
is the vessel that started the whole chain of diasterous events by
making contact in heavy seas with the BHN production and
processing platform
Believe it or not, there were 6 divers in the decompression chamber
onboard the dive support vessel at the time the vessel was totally
abandoned - miraculously they lived and were rescued the day after
these photos were take.
attempting to transfer a galley crewman with a cut finger to the
platform in order to receive medical attention.

 355 employees rescued, 13 missing; the worst accident

in the history of ONGC
Death toll up to 12 in Bombay High fire
In terms of property loss, this has been the most
serious accident in ONGC history.

RELIEF AFTER RESCUE: An ONGC employee being hugged by a

relative after arrival in Mumbai on Thursday.

All this is the result of

someone injuring their
finger, which set off this
chain of events