Thief Hatch... will it kill you in the end ?

In most cases the flare was burning, sometimes not. As Nabors was the preferred carrier for Conoco Phillips in the Eagleford, we were usually the first ones in. Additionally Nabors was the only carrier certified to haul from H2s wells. Have you ever gone to a H2s well that was surrounded by 3 fences. As the wells were new they often produced 1500 to 2000 bbls per day. The flare was not capable of disposing of all the gas, and escaped to atmosphere through tank hatches. If you opened all hatches the flow coming out of the thief hatch of the tank you were working, would be greatly reduced. As this was the early period of hauling, there were no pipelines to move the crude in from the patch, as the price of Condensate was high and Natural gas low, it was flared off or allowed to escape through thief hatches.

I don't care how long your arms are you could not escape " getting gassed " when you opened the thief hatch.
Go to my first post of this thread click on the Wall Street Journal link.

I think some don't understand what went on. No one has answered the question, If you are going to vent to atmosphere, why do I have to get gassed? It would not have taken much engineering to vent these gases away from the personnel that are put at risk. Those men that died at the thief hatch deserved better.

 

The gas vapors in the H2o tank were the same as the crude tank. It did not matter which tank the crude produced into, when it was full it would pass into the next tank by way of the overflow pipe near top of tanks. The gas vapors built of quickly, this is why all tanks were under pressure, even if the crude tanks were'nt full.

 

You don't need a subscription, you just click on the link. .http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-did-these-oil-workers-die-1429664008

 

yep your right, my bad, this is why computers and truck drivers ain't always a good match. If it was'nt for the porn computers would be useless. ha

 

try this one http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060007896

 

Yes this link works.