Scarabeo-5

On Nov 22, 2016, at 5.30 p.m. a fire broke out on the "Scarabeo 5" in the Njord field in the Norwegian Sea. There were 106 people on board when the fire occurred. 33 people were evacuated from the rig by three helicopters. 14 of these were flown to a nearby installation rig and 19 to Kristiansund. One person was sent ashore for a medical examination. The other 73 crew members remained on board, and operator Statoil had no plans to move more people from the rig. The fire was extinguished three hours later, and the crew was currently working to return to normal operation. The "Scarabeo 5" was not in the process of drilling, when the fire broke out.

Owing to overcapacity in its rig portfolio, Statoil will suspend its contract with Saipem for the "Scarabeo 5" from the autumn of 2014, provisionally for the remainder of the year which means that the rig will be laid up for a brief period. Statoil was planning to re-commission the rig after the turn of the year. The rig is currently engaged in operations on Visund and is scheduled to complete its work there in August 2014. The period for which the rig is being taken out of operation is equivalent to less than 3 % of Statoil’s drilling capacity on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) this year. The rig is on contract until 2017 and will be used for the drilling and completion of production wells on various NCS fields, thus boosting recovery from existing fields. Taking Scarabeo5 out of commission for a brief period will not affect Statoil’s production targets or planned exploration activities on the NCS. In 2014 the company will still be drilling 20-25 exploration wells on the NCS. Out of these 20-25, Statoil will be the operator of approximately two-thirds of the wells.

On Sep 20, 2013, a fire broke out on the oil rig "Scarabeo 5" at the Keppel Verolme Yard in the Botlek, Rotterdam. Three workers were wounded, one employee suffered burns and was taken to hospital. Two others were treated on site for smoke inhalation. The fire which caused a lot of smoke was meanwhile under control. Dutch reports with photos and video: http://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/20-09-2013/drie-gewonden-bij-brand-op-booreiland-keppel-verolme http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/21907089/__Gewonden_op_booreiland__.html