Norway, north sea

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Ekofisk Bravo oil field; Norway, North Sea.
Norway, North Sea.
1. On April 22, 1977, well B-14 on the Phillips Petroleum Company's "Bravo" production platform in the Norwegian Ekofisk field experienced an oil and natural gas blowout. This platform is 180 miles southwest of the Ekofisk oil field center in approximately 230 feet of water. The blowout resulted in the first major oil release in the North Sea. A red-brown mixture composed of oil and mud spurted up to 180 feet into the air above the offshore drilling rig. The "blowout preventer" had apparently been placed upside down on the wellhead during an earlier maintenance procedure. The 112 crew members on the platform were safely evacuated. The blowout resulted in a continuous discharge of crude oil through an open pipe 20 meters above the sea surface. At an estimated rate of 1170 barrels per hour, approximately 202,380 barrels of oil escaped before the well was finally capped 7 days later on April [...]
2. COMMODITY: EKOFISK CRUDE OIL.
3. POSITION 56.567N 003.200E. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6237: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6237