Steelhead Platform Blowout; Cook Inlet, Alaska

Cook Inlet, Alaska | 1987-Dec-21

Initial Notification: RCVD REPORT VIA LANDLINE THAT THE STEELHEAD PLATFORM HAD SUFFERED A BLOWOUT AND THAT THE CREW WAS PREPARING TO EVACUATE. AIR STATION KODIAK LAUNCHED A C-130 A/C AND A H-3 HELO AND THE CGC SEDGE GOT UNDERWAY TO SCENE. THE BLOWOUT DID NOT REPORTEDLY RELEASE ANY OIL OR LIGUID PETROLEUM INTO COOK INLET, AND WAS VENTING GAS ONLY. MOMENTS AFTER A PROGRESSIVE EVACUATION OF THE PLATFORM WAS COMPLETED, THE PLATFORM ERUPTED INTO FLAMES. ALL PERSONNEL ARE ACCOUNTED FOR AND REPORTED UNINJURED. THE RIG CONTINUES TO BURN OUT OF CONTROL. CGC SEDGE CONTINUES ENROUTE AND THE H-3 HELO IS STAGED AT KENAI FOR MSO ANCHORAGE SUPPORT USCG district 17.