Reaction to Shell’s temporary shut down of Prelude
The initial reaction from Bill Campbell
Trying to interpret what is going on is difficult because of lack of detail from journalist report so maybe misinterpreting what happened and my interpretation may be misguided, but… evidence if more is needed that something is wrong on this installation.
The facility is provided with emergency diesel supplied generator(s) which require to be immediately available in an emergency when the main AC distribution fails or is tripped by the ESD system. The generator(s) is/are termed safety-critical equipment and as such are subject to mandatory testing every 7 days under UK legislation, it’s similar in Australia. The statement that this loss affected some amenities onboard and work is ongoing to resolve this – this is difficult to interpret…
Anyway clearly the emergency system failed but what caused the main AC system to fail in the first place, if it was nothing serious WHY is it still not available? or is it?
Do not think you would suspend production or de-man non-essential crew if you could simply start up the maim generators and close onto the main HV switchboard…………….
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