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
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6 November 1999
Alert 99 – 34 Gardner Denver Safety Notice WHAT HAPPENED: The purpose of this notice is to inform personnel who own or operate Gardner Denver mud pumps
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 – 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 September 1999
Alert 99 – 29 Crane Operations Incident WHAT HAPPENED: The crane main load line was landing the second of a series of loads onto a moored supply
6 September 1999
Alert 99 – 28 Hydraulic Telescoping Cylinder Failure WHAT HAPPENED: While rigging up a telescoping mast, one of the two cylinders failed and the mast dropped. No
6 July 1999
Alert 99 – 22 Catastrophic Failure of 50 CC Retorts WHAT HAPPENED: There have been two catastrophic failures of 50 cc Retorts. The failures occurred during routine
6 June 1999
Alert 99 – 19 Top Drive Incident WHAT HAPPENED: A drilling rig recently experienced a major incident when the gooseneck and kelly hose became completely detached from the
