{"operation":"document","citation":"P-80-018","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-018","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1980-03-13","effective_on":"1980-03-13","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR: ADVISE LESSEES SUBJECT TO ITS JURISDICTION UNDER 30 CFR PART 250 OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ACCIDENT, AND DIRECT THAT THEY MARK THE LOCATION OF ALL PIPELINES WHICH MAY BE HAZARDED BY THEIR DRILLING OPERATIONS.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-018.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-018.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-018","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-80-018","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-80-018.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR: ADVISE LESSEES SUBJECT TO ITS JURISDICTION UNDER 30 CFR PART 250 OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ACCIDENT, AND DIRECT THAT THEY MARK THE LOCATION OF ALL PIPELINES WHICH MAY BE HAZARDED BY THEIR DRILLING OPERATIONS.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1980-03-13\n\nAdopted Date: 1980-02-21\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1988-05-16\n\nSynopsis: ON JULY 15, 1979, 95 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF (OCS) IN SHELL OIL COMPANY'S (SHELL) SOUTH PASS, BLOCK 62, FIELD, A 14-INCH SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY TRANSMISSION LINE OPERATING AT A PRESSURE OF 900 PSIG WAS SNAGGED AND RUPTURED BY A GRAPPLING HOOK FROM THE ANCHOR-HANDLING VESSEL PETE TIDE II, WHILE THE VESSEL WAS GRAPPLING FOR AN ANCHOR PENDANT FROM THE SEMI SUBMERSIBLE DRILLING RIG OCEAN QUEEN. THE RESULTING EXPLOSION AND FIRE CAUSED THE DEATH OF TWO PERSONS AND INJURIES TO FOUR OTHERS. DAMAGE TOTALED OVER $1,500,000.\n\nProbable Cause: None\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA79MP023\n\nReport Number: PAR-80-01\n\nAddressee Name: United States Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1988-05-16\n\nAddressee Acronym: USGS\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1988-05-16\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1464}