5 May 2000
Alert 00 – 14 Near Fatal Injury when Pipe Dropped from Elevators WHAT HAPPENED: Several incidents have occurred where 2-7/8″ drill pipe or 2-7/8″ pup joints have
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5 March 2000
Alert 00 – 07 Rig Damaged by Drill Collar Release from Fingerboard WHAT HAPPENED: Two 120’ (36m) stands of 8-1/4” (20.6 cm) Range II drill collars were
5 January 2000
Alert 00 – 03 Multiple Rotary Hose Failures – Hose Separation From Steel End Couplers WHAT HAPPENED: On two separate rigs operated by the same contractor, identical
6 December 1999
Alert 99 – 36 Traveling Block/Power Swivel Collision with Stand of Pipe WHAT HAPPENED: A fully retracted travelling block and power swivel, during its descent, collided with
6 November 1999
Alert 99 – 33 More on Mismatched Hammer Unions WHAT HAPPENED: Representatives from operators, drilling contractors, service companies, suppliers, and manufacturers held an industry wide meeting in Houston
6 October 1999
Alert 99 – 32 Top Drive Swivel Stem Parted WHAT HAPPENED: The rig experienced a drilling break. While picking up the drill string to check for flow,
6 October 1999
Alert 99 – 31 High Pressure Release of Trapped Nitrogen WHAT HAPPENED: Following the foam cementation of 20″ (50 cm) casing in deepwater from a semi-submersible rig,
6 October 1999
Alert 99 – 30 Marine Riser Buoyancy WHAT HAPPENED: While pulling the first section of marine riser through the drill floor, a section of buoyancy module weighing approximately
6 August 1999
Alert 99 – 24 Cementing Casing WHAT HAPPENED: After running approximately 1,600 feet of 8-5/8 inch casing a floorhand climbed onto the top of the casing and cementing
