BTTT and worth understanding for all those who missed these same discussions and information a few months ago when we went through this before.
Found some older stats for fire / explosions.
1996: 93
1997: 135
1998: 93
1999: 80
2000: 105
2001: 91
2002: 96
2003: 110
2004: 76
2005: 84
And another list:
http://home.versatel.nl/the_sims/rig/losses.htm
How many of those fire/explosions resulted in the entire crew being in the water, requiring resuce? How many were little things a local fire extinguisher put out?
I did a little study on the data you linked at this post.
I cannot vouch for the comprehensive nature or the total inclusiveness of this data. I can only deal with the data itself as presented.
Here are some interesting numbers.
Of the 184 incidents documented, 61 were listed as (GOM) Gulf of Mexico.
This data covers 60 years in total, but incidents for the GOM only cover 50 years. People can make of that what they will. Were there GOM incidents in that other ten years not reported? Perhaps so. Perhaps not.
I will deal with the fifty year data for GOM as presented.
In that fifty year “rig” history, only 7 incidents involved fire or explosions. If we address only the platform histories, we’re talking about four fires or explosions.
In that fifty year “rig” history, there is only one mention of an explosion. If we’re addressing explosions involving a platform, that drops to zero.
In that fifty year “rig” history, 14 blowouts occurred in the GOM. If we’re addressing blowouts on platforms, that number drops to six.
Xenalyte, if you have a link to the numbers of fires and explosions data you provided, I’d like to take a look at it too. If you provided it already, I’m sorry I missed it. Which post?