The Byford Dolphin was built by Aker in 1974 (originally named the Deep Sea Driller) and is classed by DNV. Incident happened at the Morgan Falls dam where he was training another fire-fighter whilst undertaking sub-contract commercial diving work at the dam. Clare Lucas, of Linthwaite, is ready to do battle in court over the tragic incident which claimed the life of Roy Lucas and four of his colleagues. Photo credit: Byford Dolphin in Dry Dock by Josef Pavlik CC-SA 3.0. The Byford Dolphin is a semi-submersible drilling rig operated by Dolphin Drilling, a Fred. It is able to maneuver with its own engines (to counter drift and ocean currents), but for long-distance relocation it must be moved by specialist tugboats. UF 218: The Byford Dolphin Incident (7mins.) Olsen Energy subsidiary. A drilling rig, the Byford Dolphin, had an accident in 1983. Truls Hellevik, a Norwegian diver working aboard the oilrig ‘Byford Dolphin’ had just returned from a dive with three other divers. But there's a crucial difference between this and the Byford Dolphin incident: the handler who breached the seal was a veteran diver. AR15.COM is the world’s largest firearm community and is a gathering place for firearm enthusiasts of all types. No, it’s not. But, never, ever Google this entry title in Google Images. Between 1974 and 1978, it was named Deep Sea Driller b> . The accident resulted in Byford Dolphin losing an exploration contract with Statoil, which expressed concerns with the rig’s operating procedures. Five crew died and a sixth was seriously injured. They were all in a decompression chamber system attached by a short passage, called a ‘trunk’, to a diving bell on the rig. The group were killed in an accident on the Byford Dolphin oil rig, in Norwegian-owned North Sea waters, on November 5, 1983. Five workers were working in the North Sea on a Norwegian semi-submersible oil rig. Oh, this makes a modicum of sense: it’s Halloween time, creeper posts, and now let’s talk about a British sea-borne oil rig because that’s spooky? During the immediate aftermath many workers were subjected to fatal doses of radiation in desperate attempts to mitigate the effects. Byford Dolphin has 108.2 meters (355Ã, ft) long, 67.4 meters wide (221Ã, ft) and a depth of 36.6 meters (120Ã, ft). The drilling rig is an “Aker H-3” design which was built in 1974. The incident cost the company millions of dollars in lost income. Byford Dolphin Accident 1983 Explosive Decompression– also known as the most horrific accident in offshore drilling history.On November 5, 1983, a terrific accident killed 5 people while they were drilling in a gas field.. How Did The Byford Dolphin Accident 1983 Explosive Decompression Occurred? There was no miscommunication, no confusion — no reason to do what he did. Is it haunted? Diving bell accident On 5 November 1983 at 4:00 a.m., while drilling in the Frigg gas field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, four divers were in a decompression chamber system attached by a trunk (a short passage) to a diving bell on the rig, being assisted by two dive tenders. Byford Dolphin Drilling rig is an Enhanced Aker H-3 design built by Aker Group at the Aker Verdal shipyard in 1974. This and the Byford Dolphin incident in 1985 led to compression systems being refitted with safety devices to prevent disasters like this. From hunters and military members, to competition shooters and general firearm enthusiasts, we welcome anyone who values and respects the way of the firearm. On 17 April 2002, a 44-year-old Norwegian worker on the rig was struck on the head and killed in an industrial accident.