Failure of connector on marine riser
- Safety Flash
- Published on 3 May 2013
- Generated on 13 September 2025
- IMCA SF 06/13
- 1 minute read
The US Department of the Interior Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Gulf of Mexico OCS Region (BSEE) has published the following report regarding a pollution incident involving the discharge of synthetic base mud (SBM) into the sea due to a loss of integrity of a connector on a lower marine riser package (LMRP).
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