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    Massive fire in India's largest oil field kills over 10

    AP , MUMBAI, INDIA
    Friday, Jul 29, 2005,Page 5

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    The death toll rose to 10 with several still missing yesterday from a massive fire on an oil platform in India's biggest oil field, with the government saying it would take a month to recover most of the lost production.

    Ships and helicopters rescued more than 350 survivors.

    The fire on the platform, 160km off the financial hub of Mumbai, was brought under control late Wednesday after a dramatic midsea rescue and firefighting mission in rough waters.

    "Though the loss of the platform would immediately impact 110,000 barrels per day of crude production, it is expected that 70 percent of this production would be restored over the next four weeks," federal Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar told the parliament in New Delhi.


    A supply vessel and an oil rig in the region also were destroyed, Aiyar told reporters.

    "We have managed to rescue 352 people," senior navy officer Vice Admiral Madanjeet Singh said.

    There are "10 dead and several missing," Singh said. "Six people are trapped in a support vessel and efforts continue to rescue them."

    In the parliament, Aiyar conveyed "the nation's grateful thanks to the navy and the coast guard who have mounted a remarkably rapid and extremely successful search and rescue operation."

    Navy ships and helicopters carried the survivors and bodies of the dead oil workers to Mumbai yesterday.

    Some survivors were being treated for burns.

    Eight of the navy ships involved in extinguishing the fire also assisted in the rescue operations, said Commander Abhay Lambhate, a navy spokesman.

    Reports indicated some people left the platform on lifeboats and others were able to cross a bridge connected to another rig, Aiyar said.

    Lambhate said the cause of the fire had not been determined. Unconfirmed media reports said it started after a rig collided with the platform.

    "Our first priority is to save lives and second, to control environmental pollution," Aiyar said.

    The sprawling Mumbai High offshore drilling region can produce as much as 13 million tonnes of oil per year.

    Nearly 650 oil and natural gas wells are operated there by the state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp.

    Of these, nearly 80 are exclusive gas wells.

    The accident comes during the worst monsoon rains in the country's history, which left more than 200 dead in India's financial capital Mumbai and the surrounding state.
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    http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worl.../29/2003265498

  • #2
    it is one of the biggest disasters in the indian oil industry, but the navy and the coast gaurd should be commended how they carried out the rescue operations, there were only 10 deaths reported till now, 20 are trapped and coast gaurd are tryin their best to get them out...

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    • #3
      OMG! Man this could've been worse and things could've gone ugly. 350 saved is commendable, considering it was destroyed. The entire well could've bursted with the pressure, if the equipment didn't shut down properly.

      My father worked on UAE's oil rigs and we had a bit of a scare ourselves, with Iranian Tomcats (I think they were tomcats) came to attack it. Fully armed, the plane just kept circling while the oil rig was evacuated. Some Iranian intel nut had given them false info that UAE was drilling from Iran's wells but the attack was called off.

      Even if you think in pure $$ terms a lot has been salvaged since rigs can be replaced but u need experienced personnel to work on the fields. It indeed was a big field if 350 people were rescued.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Asim Aquil
        OMG! Man this could've been worse and things could've gone ugly. 350 saved is commendable, considering it was destroyed. The entire well could've bursted with the pressure, if the equipment didn't shut down properly.

        My father worked on UAE's oil rigs and we had a bit of a scare ourselves, with Iranian Tomcats (I think they were tomcats) came to attack it. Fully armed, the plane just kept circling while the oil rig was evacuated. Some Iranian intel nut had given them false info that UAE was drilling from Iran's wells but the attack was called off.

        Even if you think in pure $$ terms a lot has been salvaged since rigs can be replaced but u need experienced personnel to work on the fields. It indeed was a big field if 350 people were rescued.
        Intially there was a huge confusion when manishankar the minister gave his condolonces to all families of those working on the field..that was scary!!!
        What's the difference between people who pray in church and those who pray in casinos?
        The ones in the casinos are serious.

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        • #5
          lol... idiot! u know its one of the most high risk jobs out there? Try finding some good life/health insurance with this job they'd give you a whole list of reasons why they think u won't make it.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by bull
            Intially there was a huge confusion when manishankar the minister gave his condolonces to all families of those working on the field..that was scary!!!
            Yes, they also showed Manishankar Iyer talking to a survivor along with coupla others on tv. Turns out that the workers were never panicky about the whole thing as in the emergency routines were carried out effeciently and without much confusion and chaos. And thats great. Also the survivors expressed willingness to go back to work as soon as everything was back to normal.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Asim Aquil
              lol... idiot! u know its one of the most high risk jobs out there? Try finding some good life/health insurance with this job they'd give you a whole list of reasons why they think u won't make it.
              You can say that again! But most of the people missing are those, who they believe had plunged into the water at the time of the disaster. Almost everyone on board were rescued in time.

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              • #8
                Hello folks! New here! Anyway, my dad works in the ship which collided with the BHN platform. The samudra suraksha. But luckily he was off duty at home when the tragedy occured.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Yunalesca
                  Hello folks! New here! Anyway, my dad works in the ship which collided with the BHN platform. The samudra suraksha. But luckily he was off duty at home when the tragedy occured.
                  Oh, so you're a young Indian male? Terrific; I was just saying to myself, "I wonder why only about 2/3 of our posters are young Indian males; I sure hope a whole bunch more join us."

                  And then, POOF - just like that - here you are. Are we lucky, or what?

                  Welcome aboard.

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                  • #10
                    By the way, what's your handle mean? I looked it up, and it seems it's the name of a Final Fantasy character - a female, Queen Yunalesca.

                    Are you actually a female? Did I assume too much in my post above?

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Bluesman
                      By the way, what's your handle mean? I looked it up, and it seems it's the name of a Final Fantasy character - a female, Queen Yunalesca.

                      Are you actually a female? Did I assume too much in my post above?
                      To be honest, i don't exactly recall where i got this nick from,i think i had met someone with this nick during an irc chat session, remembered it and used it here!

                      And i am an eligible bachelor!

                      Nice meeting you all anyway!

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                      • #12
                        Bluesman is famous for his buttercookies Yunalesca...be nice and he might want to share some with you :)
                        Welcom aboar d btw

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Neo
                          Bluesman is famous for his buttercookies Yunalesca...be nice and he might want to share some with you :)
                          lol..
                          thanks for the welcome @neo...

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