Learning from a Process Safety Event: Gas Leak and Blackout

This short animation shares the learning from a significant offshore process safety event, where a gas leak inside a gas turbine enclosure triggered an automatic shutdown followed by a complete loss of electrical power. While no injuries occurred, the incident highlights the importance of barrier resilience and effective emergency response.

The video explores the sequence of events and key lessons around maintenance verification, management of change, emergency power reliability and blackout recovery. It reinforces the importance of understanding how multiple small weaknesses can combine to challenge escalation control.

Thank you to Repsol for sharing this learning with industry. By openly sharing experiences and lessons learned, we can strengthen process safety, improve barrier management and help prevent similar high-potential events across the energy industry

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