Oil giant ExxonMobil is investigating an incident on the Hebron platform in which a hydraulic pin puller became a seven-kilogram projectile that could have killed workers, says the Canada ...

According to the Canadian offshore regulator, the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB), ExxonMobil has reported that a hydraulic pin puller failed on 28 May 2023 ...

The pin puller failed which resulted in the puller rod being projected across the pipe deck striking the top of the northwest pipe deck handrail and then dropping to the deck.

The work involved the use of a hydraulic pin puller that failed, which turned the puller rod into a projectile. The 6.8-kilogram rod flew about 19 metres across the deck, struck a handrail, and ...

The work involved the use of a hydraulic pin puller that failed, which turned the puller rod into a projectile. The 6.8-kilogramme rod flew about 19 metres across the deck, struck a handrail, and ...