Oil Spill -- Loading Diesel Fuel
Effective Date: 11/14/1975
 | Minerals Management Service Gulf of Mexico OCS Region |
Notice No. 031
November 14, 1975
OCS Operations Safety Alert
Oil Spill -- Loading Diesel Fuel
A pollution incident recently occurred on an offshore drilling rig while loading diesel fuel.
Diesel fuel was being pumped from a work boat into a diesel fuel storage tank on the rig. The control room operator failed to observe that the gauges in the control room indicated a full tank. Pumping continued until approximately 20 barrels of fuel was discharged through the vent line into the Gulf.
To prevent a recurrence of this type of accident, the operator will keep a man in close attendance to more carefully monitor all fuel pumping operations.
[signed] D.J. Bourgeois for
D.W. Solanas
Oil and Gas Supervisor
Field Operations
Gulf of Mexico Area