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Wildrake Diving Accident
The ''Wildrake'' diving accident was an incident in Scotland in August 1979 that killed two American commercial divers. During a routine dive in the East Shetland Basin of the North Sea, the diving bell of the diving support vessel MS ''Wildrake'' became separated from its main lift wire at a depth of over . Although the bell was eventually recovered by ''Wildrake'', its two occupants, 32-year-old Richard Arthur Walker and 28-year-old Victor Francis "Skip" Guiel Jr., died of hypothermia. The accident resulted in extensive subsequent litigation and led to important safety changes in the diving industry. Background In March 1977, a Single Anchor Leg Mooring (SALM) system was installed in the Thistle oil field as a loading facility for oil tankers. It consisted of a buoy and riser connected to a gravity base on the seafloor. By January 1979, the buoy had become partially disconnected from the riser. British National Oil Corporation (BNOC) had the buoy blown free of the riser wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thistle Oil Field
The Thistle oil field is a large oil field in the northern sector of the North Sea. The oil field, discovered in September 1972 by Signal Oil and Gas Company, is produced over the Thistle Alpha platform, located 125 nautical miles northeast of Sumburgh, Shetland Islands and 275 nautical miles Northeast of Aberdeen, Scotland. Licence P236 was awarded as part of the UKCS fourth round in 1972, and the first well on the site was drilled and completed in July 1973 when the Thistle oil field was confirmed as a commercial discovery. The oil has a gravity of 38.4°API. The oil field is estimated to have a reserve of roughly 824 million barrels of oil. The nearby Deveron field, also produced over the Thistle Alpha platform, was discovered in 1972 following the successful completion of a second well on the site. A 1997 seismic re-interpretation site's estimated the reserves to be roughly 61.3 million barrels of oil. Production commenced for partners BNOC, Britoil and BP on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
