Arbitration win for KværnerMillennium celebration
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Near miss with disaster potential

person by Trude Meland, Norwegian Petroleum Museum
An error which left a valve standing open caused 1.2 million litres of gas to be driven under high pressure into platform areas on Draugen where people were working.
— Life boats are located on the main deck. Photo: Shadé Barka Martins/Norwegian Petroleum Museum
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Taking place on 12 May 1999, this incident was potentially extremely dangerous. The smallest spark from striking metal could have caused an explosion. Shell said that the leak was spotted immediately, but it took no less than 12 minutes before the valve had been closed.

This serious near-miss was caused by a combination of human error and a failure in safety routines.[REMOVE]Fotnote: Aftenposten, 24 June 1999, “Nestenulykke på Draugen”.

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Arbitration win for KværnerMillennium celebration
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Published August 8, 2018   •   Updated October 18, 2018

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Fast find
Shell was appointed operator of production licence 093 in Norway’s eighth offshore licensing round. The first exploration well on this acreage indicated a big potential for a commercial discovery.
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Royal opening
HM King Harald V performed the official opening of Draugen on 1 December 1993. He pressed the button at 12.15 to symbolise the field coming on stream 145 kilometres north-west of Kristiansund.
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