Your First Assignment
Hi there,
It was a fantastic week watching you going through the process of becoming good science communicators. And a lot more coming through..
And I must congratulate all of you for splendid delivery of Cultural Performance this morning. We enjoyed each and every single of it. Good job!
Assignment 1:
Assuming that you're a worker of a petroleum company who is now working at an offshore platform/oil rig. The rig is located somewhere 200 nautical miles from the main land. The water surrounding the platform is 5 degree below. As you're doing a routine check on the pipe systems on the platform, suddenly there's a loud bang followed by massive fire everywhere. The whole platform structure caught in fire and will collapse in about less than 10 minutes. The situation is very chaotic and you never know when the Research and Rescue is coming.
You only have 2 options; either jump into the sea or wait for the rescue team ? And which is yours? And why?
Note: write them under the comment section.
Labels: Assignment 1
posted by mrfaez @ 12/11/2006 03:54:00 PM
35 comments
35 Comments:
Wicked performance indeed!
Totally amazing for the little time u had to prepare - outstanding effort!
Keep up the good work ppl!
The ill-maintained and overloaded North Sea oil rig Piper Alpha was destroyed in a fire which also killed scores of workers.
Leaking gas on the Occidental Oil drilling platform ignited late in the evening of 6 July 1988, causing a devastating blaze in which 167 of the 226 men on board perished.
Many of the oil workers leapt 100ft (30m) into the sea to escape the fire and toxic fumes, despite being told their jump would almost certainly be fatal.
It is still the world's worst-ever offshore oil disaster. By refering to this case, as one of the workers in offshore "I WILL WAIT FOR THE RESCUE TEAM AND OTHER INSTRUCTION". Most of the fatal are caused when the workers jump into the sea.
The reason behind my decission is the temperature of the water is 5 degree below and my body wouldn't last longer in the water. Besides that, in the emergency situation, panic will only lead to the disaster and make havoc to the other workers. By jumping into the sea make difficulty to the rescue team to rescue workers life.
After the incident of Piper Alpha, more safety procedures are considered in all of the platforms. Therefore, all of the workers must be trained before they are allowed to get their passport to go to the plant and to work in the plant. Therefore, I must wait for the instruction, assemble at the assemble point and wait for the instructions. Rescue helicopters also can be used if the plant wouldn't lass longer.
10 minutes is enough for the emergency procedures because workers are trained to be alert and they have their emergency training. Other than 10 minutes will consider not save. That is why I will stay, follow the instructions and safety procedures.
My dream is to work in offshore, hopefully my dream will come true.
Lutfy~ ^_^ (can sleep now)
BTW- Mr Faez's picture does looks like a detective. The picture is taken when he was young (my assumption). That is why Blog is important to share those experiences with others. hihi, waiting pictures from others.
Lutfy~
Hi everybody…
For the assignment 1 given…I’ll choose to stay, wait for the rescue team…
First and foremost reason is of course I’m not a good swimmer (sorry for this “fool” answer huhu)…in fact, with the temperature of the water 5degree below and it is 200nautical miles from the main land, I’m sure a good swimmer also will not survive in this condition and his dead body will float somewhere further from the platform and hard for the rescue team to find the body…
And as I still didn’t enroll to HSE course, I can say maybe this is also a standard HSE practice for offshore oil rig…
The second reason is the term “will collapse in about less than 10minutes” is not an exact one…maybe it will collapse after than that or maybe it will not cause much injuries to me as i’m at the ocean “now”…the ratio of the water may “can” uphold the massive destruction cause by this tragedy and the temperature also may “help” in decreasing the heat from this fire…
And also for every structure…either on land or offshore…of course there have a standard HSE procedure in case of emergency and this ‘tragedy’ may have been considered…so when this platform was built, of course there have “Research and Rescue Team” somewhere ready for this condition and it is not long for them to do their “job” as they are well-trained…
In fact if we jump from that height(the platform), the impact will be so destructive, maybe if I’m still alive after that, I’m already lose my legs, broken my head and “lost my mind”…as the water is 5degrees below…maybe there have some iceberg and if I fell onto the iceberg, the injuries will be too severe…but if I wait and then fall with the destruction of the platform, then the impact will be less and hopefully I can hold some part of the platform and kept floating with it till the “Research and Rescue Team” arrive…
It is no point to panic…I’ll try to stay calm and try to find out if there have any safety boats left or just assume there have one helicopter there but everybody are so panic and don’t realize the existence of it…haha..then I’ll safe…
That’s all I can think for now(although so long already but with no point huhu)…thank you
In reality, we must always establish a set of priorities during an emergency situation to increase our chances of survival. I would regard a few objectives as good guidelines.
"Recognition"- Find out what type of emergency I am facing (delayed or immediate) and what actions should be taken. I recognize quickly that I’ll be caught in fire soon and need to take immediate action. I will either jump into the sea or wait for the rescue team.
"Inventory" - Look around and take into account those items that will work for me and those that will work against me.
"Shelter" – Anything that I require to protect myself from the fire, including clothing, PFD, and survival craft.
"Signals" - I have to attract attention to myself in order to be rescued. These include pyrotechnics such as flares and smoke signals, mirrors, lights, whistles, dye and radios.
Option A: Jump into the sea
The structure will collapse in about less than 10 minutes. If I were to jump into the sea, I can avoid from being burned or hurt in the fire.
The rig is located 200 miles from the main land. If I were to jump into the sea, I could not swim to the mainland thus I could only wait for the rescue team to come. But I would have to bear the risk of not being noticed by the rescue team if I drift farther away from the platform.
The water surrounding the platform is 5 degree below. If I were to jump into the sea, I have to tolerate with the cold ocean water. My body will lose heat quickly and finally I would be frozen to dead if the rescue team could not rescue me in time.
While waiting for the rescue team to come, I need to maintain my stamina while swimming far away from the exploding oil rig. But due to the low temperature, my body heat would dissipate quickly and I would lose energy soon. The worst is I cannot swim anymore and I would be drowned.
Option B: Wait for the rescue team
If the rescue team can come in time before the structure collapse, the probability of survival is higher than jumping into the sea. However, I would never know when the Research and Rescue team is coming. If I do not flee from the structure as soon as possible, I would be burned up or “squashed” by the structure itself.
If I were to wait for the rescue team, I must get the fireproof clothing and rush to the control rooms or living quarters that are usually pressurized to prevent the entry of harmful atmospheres, such as hydrogen sulphide gas or carbon dioxide gas, which may be released upon penetration or in an emergency.
My option:
The nature of offshore platform operation — extraction of oil (volatile substances) sometimes under extreme pressure in a hostile environment — has risk and not infrequent accidents occur. Thus, llifeboats and rafts are usually stationed beside the platform with prepackaged supplies and are readily available and quickly provide service to workers.
My option is to be aboard on the lifeboats while the fire protection systems such as fire water systems and fixed sprinkler systems are activated to fight the fire. The whole platform structure might actually last more than 10 minutes (who knows?). Virtually all of us (the workers) must be evacuated after the explosion. Life vests should be worn at all times. Since the emergency team is not there, we should steer the boats away from the platform. Personnel baskets, carrying four or five workers wearing personal flotation devices, can be used to transfer crews between boats and offshore platforms or drilling rigs.
Hopefully this incident will not occur if I were to work at offshore platform in the future ;)
Wow, good job on these, you guys. Sorry for the triple-post, but I wanted to let Sameha,
Safwan and Akesoh know that I had an interesting e-mail exchange today with Tajuddeen about how the "atuo tap" works in the toilets at Petrosains.
Basically, it uses photoelectric sensors which uses an infrared transmitter and a receiver side-by-side to detect the presence/absence of target objects. In the particular type used in the auto-tap, the transmitter (as in TV Remote) emits infrared light.
When there is the presence of any object (within designed ortuned range), the emitted infra red light will be detected by the infrared-receiver
(similar to TV set receiver) which then turns on an electric switch, which in turn activates (opens) an electrically controlled valve, which opens the tap.
In other words, the "object," usually your hand, reflects infrared from the transmitter. A flash of camera or even fire alarm in the toilet also emits infrared light (among other wavelengths), so the receiver is not "intelligent" enough to differentiate this from the infrared of Photoelectric transmitter. (transmitter and emitter are the same thing)
You may have noticed that it also has a timer (which can adjusted by our technicians), which determines how long the valve remains open after the electronic switch closes (absence
of an object). This is to ensure a smooth opening and closing of the valve, and
normally will be set to about a 2-4 seconds.
I hope this is some of the information that you were looking for. Please let me know if you have any questions and keep pursuing those good questions in the project that you present next week. What ever content you choose to explore is up to you, not us!
Cheers, Jamie
In this situation, i will wait for rescue team.why do i choose it? We have two choice:
1. jump into the sea. I donot know how to swim. Therefor, if i jump into the sea, i will die.Futhermore, the water surrounding the platform is 5 degree below when the temperature inside the body is usually 37 degree celsius.If i could swim, i would die since the body temperature changes so suddently from 37 to below 5 degree celsius, which makes the body cannot adapt immediately.Therefore,the organ will suffer from the malfunction.Therefore, the ability of dealth is high.
2.I wait for the rescue team although i donot know when they come. I will find the personal protective equipment and
together with my friends try to extinguish the fire on the platform. Since each workplace is equipped with the fire extinghuiser,we will use it. Ten minutes is not a long time, but i is also the time that we can change something.
Base on two above analysis, i chose the way of waiting. But i will wait while cooperate with my team to do something to save our lives.
If I was in this situation, first I will look for any available safety equipment ...so, if I found some safety equipment, I will wait for the rescue team for about 7 minutes, at the same time I will prepare my self to jump safely into the sea ...so, if the rescue team did not come after 7 minutes I will jump into the sea. But if I could not find any availabe safety equipment I will wait for the rescue team because if I waited maybe I will be rescued by the research and rescue team bt if I jump into the sea totally I will be dead because the water surrounding the platform is 5 degree below and the rig is located somewhere 200 nautical miles from the main land ...so, in such situation like this even a good swimmer can not swim, that is way I should choose the second option.
A terrible situation...but we need to consider it because it may happen in reality. In this case, i would jump into the sea, but not jump directly, jump in an intelligent way :D
As we all know, the offshore platform/oil rig always have life jackets and secure boats. So we should call for the rescue first to tell them about the situation and then quicky but not rush to wear the life jackets and then use the secure boats to run away from the platform as far as possible. Do remember "walk, do not run". Running would make everyone around you more panic, pushing others, one fell and others might step into him. After that we can use the compass to determine the way to get back to the shore. Hope that would work if this case happened.
Waiting for the rescue is like giving your life to fate. I myself belive in fate but we should act as much as we can, then fate will help. At least you should try something to save your life and others, not waiting there for an undetermined time of coming.
If I'm in that situation, I will follow the safety procedure instructed by the hse officer.I will wear life jacket and prepare for the backup boat. I will not jump straight to the see as it will cause fatal to me. Although I know how to swim but the temperature of the water is very cold. I will surely die in the water. So, I will take the safety boat and wait for the rescue team to come.The rescue team will not take much time to come because they have training for such an emergency.And "I"M ALIVE,YEAH"
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If I were in this situation, surely I wont jump into the sea, with all the circumstance and environment around there, are not supported me and all the workers to do that. Thus, I prefer to wait for the rescue team BUT we have to do something while waiting for them, not just waiting for other hand.
My suggestion is , after a loud bang, someone has to call to the rescue team, tell exactly the place where we are so that the rescue team may come faster, and be prepared to leave the rig with the safety boat. Steer as far as we can then just wait for the rescue team.
The most important thing while this all suddenly happened is, we have to calm down. Be cool and smart, try to find something that can be used to protect from the heat when the whole platform structure collapse and so on.
I would gather the necessary equipments to escape from the collapse. There should have a number of lifebuoy, oxygen cylinder and related equipments around the platform that will assist operators in the emergency situations of fire or explosion. Before escaping from the fire, if it is possible I would inform the center in mainland about the situation by any communication means such as mobile phone, fax etc. Then I would prepare to jump and swim as far as possible to stay away from the danger perimeter. Only by that action, I would keep myself safe and wait until the rescue team arrives.
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I'd certainly JUMP IN THE WATER. Since there's no news of the Search & Rescue team, if I stayed on the platform I'd almost certainly be burnt alive, which is not a good feeling.
1. To keep me from drowing or freezing in the sea, I'd throw into the water a big piece of wood, a small piece of wood and an oil barrel before I jump. I'd also have a lighter with me. (I know I'll be a heavy smoker by that time to help ease the pain of working on an isolated oil rig.)
I'd hang on to the large piece of wood so I don't drown (like in the Titanic). Then I'd remove the lid of the floating oil barrel, stick the smaller piece of wood in it, and light it with my lighter. The stick will keep burning as long as there's oil in the barrel. The produced heat will keep me from freezing.
2. Once I've jumped, I'd try to swim as far away from the platform as possible, because when the oil rig does collapse: oil storage tanks will leak, a layer of oil will cover the surface of the water, the oil will catch fire and kill anybody floating in its boundaries.
I would have to say I would first spend a maximum of two to three minutes looking for an escape raft and life jackets and necessary life saving equipment, because of two reasons:
1. First of all the water is really cold and if I jump i will not be able to survive for long nore will I be able to swim far a way from the platform when it explodes.
2. Secondly as I have ten minutes, it will not affect me that match to spend a few more minutes securing my escape from the exploding platform while in time waiting for the rescue team to arrive. By having a raft and a life jacket I will be able to survive longer in the water, incase the rescue team dont come in time.Also I could help others who are in the water, and they might be helpful and useful to me in different ways, from man power to having food to last us a few days.
I considered that as the best solution as I could get as far away from the exploding fish while giving the rescue team just a little bit more time. With the raft and the life jacket I can secure to myself not to freeze in the cold water.
Since I have a problem, and as we learned, I have to follow the logical sequence in thinking to find the appropriate solution.
First of all, let's gather the given information and identify the problem: We have a fire on an oil rig 200 miles from shore and the surrounding water is 5 degrees below. The rig will approximately explode after 10 minutes.
Secondly, let's identify the available solutions: I have one of two options, option 1 to jump into the sea and option 2 to wait for the rescue team
Thirdly, Let's trace our available options: for option 1 if I jumped into the sea, the water surrounding is 5 degrees below which means that I will get frozen soon as the shore is 200 miles from the rig, for option 2 I will take the risk of waiting for the rescue team, I may succeed in contacting the rescue team or emergency or saving the life of other workers if they are present or not. The rescue team may be not able to come before the explosion and at that time I will be dead.
Fourthly, Lets search for alternative solutions:
1- For option 1, if I am able to find one of the safety materials, it could help me to jump in the sea, like the capsule found in oil platforms or life boats although it may be one of the Health and Safety rules to save yourself.
2- For option 2, if I am able to do some changes for the rescue of the platform or to take the opportunity that the rescue team may come and save me as 10 minutes I think are quite enough time even to try to contact the rescue team, but it will still be a risk as I the rescue team didn’t come, I will be in great trouble
3- Lets search for other alternatives or as we say lets think outside the box, may be the estimated time of 10 minutes is not true and the rescue team comes after more than 10 minutes as the platform didn’t explode yet as wrong assumptions are based on wrong input information, may be If I am at night, I can use any fireworks or available materials to attract the attention of people surrounding, as Edward De Bono has defined lateral thinking that depends on the situation and the available creativity and thinking out of the box, may be there is a plane coming over and by using mirror to reflect the sun light , I can attract the attention of the plane to rescue me, why don’t I use one of the hand phones if the signal is still available to call the rescue team as a simple solution, may be I can find emergency or safety materials and rescue the whole crew like the capsules, safety suits,…etc or may be I can hack on one of the television stations sending them the picture of the fire and they can call the rescue team.
Fifthly, The stage of making the decision: if I assume only the provided situation and the provided given with only these two options, I would choose to stay in the platform trying to save the platform and search for any safety materials and ways of communications with the rescue team as well as it is a part of my personality as I like facing problems, not to escape although escaping may be the perfect and model solution.
If i am worker there, i would have two choices:
1. To Jump
2. To wait for rescue time while performing safety precedures.
If i choose to jump, we need to consider that the water is 5 degrees below zero and i may not be able to swim to safe distance from offshore platform/oil rig. it will be very difficult to do in that cold water.
If i stay, i can follow safety instructions which may prevent oil rig from fire while waiting for rescue team.
*i assume that fire is not everywhere, because if it is everywhere, you even can not move from your place, not talking about jumping or following safety precedures.
Wav.. These comments are great.. As most said i d prefer following the safety instructions. Nothing much to do. First i ll inform the center about this and try to use whatever available for my safety.
The question says that I only have 2 options; either jump into the sea or wait for the rescue team.
The fire is everywhere in the platform. The fire is dangerous, but it is ''very dangerous'' if it is in the oil and gas platform, because there are many flammable objects there. Normally rescue team supposed to come if they get information about the fire. If I were there and if I had time to call them, i'd call them once more. It is very dangerous to stay there.
I would wait rescue team, but not in the platform. I will wait for them in the sea, If I can I would try to get something such as wood and jump to the sea. If I jump at least I have chance to live. I think there is less risk in the sea than in the burning platform.
Since the situation is chaotic and unsafe. Thus, if I were working their and that situation happened to me, for granted I would wait for the research and rescue team to come and rescue me.
Indeed, I want wait for the whole platform to collapse, but I will wait for around 5 – 6 minutes. During this time I will try to collect as much as I can form safety equipments and tools which are going to be helpful for me in case I decided to jump into the sea. If none of the research and rescue team appeared in the first 5 -7 minutes after the explosion happened I will have no choice except to jump into the sea at the nearest safest place beside the offshore platform and wait for the rescue team to come and rescue me.
There is a huge possibility that the rescue team might come late due to the 200 nautical miles distance. And at the same time if I jumped into the water that have a temperature below 5 degrees – almost frozen – I might injure myself in the collision or die freezing.
Thus, from my point of view, it’s much much safer to jump into the water after waiting for the rescue for a while ……….
AHMED SIDDIG :-)
Hi to every one,
Regarding our first assignment which asks us to choose one of two options if a whole platform caught in fire,I would prefer to have a quick general overview of the whole situation.
THE FIRST OPTION:
JUMPING IN THE WATER:
As the rig is located 200 miles offshore and the surrounding water is 5 degree below it seems that the human body will freeze in a few minutes and there is no near place to go to in theese conditons.
THE SECOND OPTIONS:
WAITING FOR THE RESCUE TEAM:
There is only 10 minutes left before the whole platform will collapse which means that there is a big probability that the rescue team won't make it in time.In addition to that it is known that the oil and gas fires are extremely dangerous and may harm and cause death to anyone near to them.
After analyzing the situation what I'm going to do is that I will contact the rescue teams and to tell them my location and that I will jump in the water after 5 minutes which means 5 minutes before the collapse to give myself the time to adapt with water and receive the cold shock and to get far from the platform.
Besides, the human body can survive in the water for some time that allow the rescue teams to come and take actions.The following table show how many minutes the human body can survive in cols water:
Cold Water Temperatures
Expected Time Before Exhaustion or Unconsciousness:
32.5F Under 15 minutes
32.5-40F 15-30 minutes
40-50F 30-60 minutes
50-60F 1-2 hours
60-70F 2-7 hours
70-80F 3-12 hours
Over 80F Indefinite Indefinite
Expected Time of Survival:
32.5F 45 minutes
32.5-40F 30-90 minutes
40-50F 1-3 hours
50-60F 1-6 hours
60-70F 2-40 hours
70-80F 3 hours to indefinite
Over 80F Indefinite
In this situation I would wear life jacket and wait for the Research and Rescue team because jumping into the water might be more dangerous. Water with 5 degree below is not safe. Body can just freeze. Also there must be communication with the base on the shore and if the communication will be lost people on shore will certainly go to the offshore platform to see what is the problem?! And I think they will send Rescue team. So I think to wait for the Rescue team will be the best choice.
Salam alikum
How are you Mr. Faez?? Before I start my assignment I would like to thank you for all what you are doing for the success of this program t. You are really good and smart manager I admit that.
I am glad that you and all Petrosains staff liked our culture show. We enjoyed it too with you all.
ASSIGNEMNT (1),
As I know, people going to offshore to work there are well-trained and have been instructed in case a fire or any emergency cases. Instructions and objects are established as well at any offshore platform/oil rig.
In case an emergency case as we have here, a fire suddenly occurred in a rig is located 200 nautical miles from the main land. The water surrounding the platform is 5 degree below. The platform will collapse in a bout 10 minutes and workers never know when the research and rescue is coming. What am I going to do in case I am one of the workers?
Moreover, there are two options to choose at that situation, either jump into the sea (let’s call it option A) or wait for the rescue team (let’s called option B).
Which one is mine??!!!!!
Actually, it is a big question to me? I just hope to not be happened either to me or others…
Let’s look at both options.If we think of option A, we will see that, if I jumped I would be died because of the low temperature there (below 5). Even though I am well- trained and can swim I will not be able to reach the land a live because of , first the rig is 200 miles far from the land and second the temperature as I mentioned before (unless magic is there which is impossible).
What about option B?!! In that case the rescue team may come and then I am saved and may not come and for this case I should think of some thing else. With just 10 minutes I can estimate that, 30% the team will come and this percentage is low. Why we do not think of the systems have been established for the emergencies situations?
Nowadays, there are very good systems, safety equipments and lifeboats.
So in that case, I can try to find any equipment that can help or get the lifeboat.
NOW!!!
Which one do you think is the right to choose????
It is clear that I or any another one than me would think first of option B.
It is the one that got 70% you would to be saved while option A got 1%. DO NOT you think SO??
Option A is the first choose for me. I will try to use the time of 10minutes and try to find what any thing that keeps me a live till the team comes and wait at the rig. as the team did not come and few minutes left for the rig to be destroyed I would jump to the sea holding any thing I can see in front of me that may protect me from being frozen till the team comes or …..
Here I conclude saying think of the right way and with what suits your situations. For the manager, I hope you establish systems for these cases and think in all ways to protect people work at offshore platforms. It is peoples’ life which you MUST protect.
Thank you for the good question in assignment 1 and more good things lead us to think and learn in the coming assignments.
heyyy everybody,sorry but i will get to my point directly.
the SITUTION :
the platform is gonna explode in less than 10 minutes and the surrounding water is -5 C.
possible solutions:
1- jump into the water
2-stay at the platform waitin for the rescue team .
my ANSWER:
actually i will do BOTH.
firstly i will follow all the possible HSE procedures to get rescued and i will try to contact the rescue team as many possible time as i can and i will wear the life jacket and prepare and rescue boat if availble .then i will stay as far as i can for the origin of the explosion waiting for the rescue time and if i found that the rescue team hadn't come within the few minutes b4 the 10 minutes ends , i will hopefully jump the into the water hanging to the last hope that i would be rescued or in the other way i will have few more mintues in water to be rescued rather that being burnt at the moment.
"and this will me MI4"
end of my answer
yosry (the mummy)
salam alikum and hi with hola to every one
instead of writing too much and so on .....
we only have 2 options either jump into the sea or waiting for the rescue team.
frankly am going to approximate how much time i have before the whole platform explode(fired) for example 7 min.
in this 7 min time am going to help or usher the platform team to safety or to rescue boat(or to jump to the sea) (((all these information in case if we dont have a fire evacuation plan or safety plan))).its a matter of sacrfice on helping people first.....cheers
then definitely going to jump......and dont wait for the rescue team becasue they may come late(200 mile)
In this situation I will choose the second choice which is waiting for the rescue team. I will use 10 minutes to find the way to save my life for example searching for life jacket and safety equipment. Although the research and rescue will come or not finally the platform will burn by massive fire at that time there is no choice for me accept jump into the sea but if finally rescue came maybe they can save my life.
For the first choice, I think this choice is not really good because if we choose this choice, it means that we do not try to save life first just escape from the problem. Furthermore the water surrounding the platform is 5 degree below I think we cannot stand for this degree. Anyway which choice that we choose, we have to pray to GOD as well.
In this case I will choose the first choice but I will find a baot and life jecket then use this thing to
to save my life. Becaue every plat form it must have the provided safety equipment to prevent and usefull whenever the accident occure.I will not jump before I can find a baot and life jecket because I know if I jump in to the sea without these things I am not sure I will alife or not because of the degree of water is too low. If I wait for rescue I also not sure yet that they will come to help us in the save time because the plat form structure will collapse in 10 minutes.
In this situation I would jump to the sea after wearing life jacket and ill not wait for the rescue team to come .
I choose this one because many reason first I don’t know when the team will arrived, so that I don’t have enough time to wait for them and i think in the platform they have all the equipment which we need it when a danger happened .
I have to make sure that every things I need is with me, such as food, jacket life and firework.
however I have to prepare all things within 10 minutes and before I save my life I have to tell other who is with me to wear life jacket and take the safety boat to save them self .the end we don’t know what will happened so we need strong prayer to Allah to save our life
In this condition the platform will collapse in less than 10 minutes so as i am a worker in petroleum company who's currently working at an offshore platform/oil.This mean i must be well known person in this platform.So i must known how the surviving materials are.As in this condition the water is 5 degree it not possible to jump directly into the see.In this reason i will solve this situation in 2 step. First 5 minutes i need safety equipment to safe my life such as two oil tank tight with rope to flood on the water,safety cloth,small boat etc. After i get all equipments that required i will wait until 5 minutes if the rescue team still not coming i need to jump in to the sea because it very dangerous if platform explosion.
First of all, i would like to convey my deepest apologies to Mr. Faez for the delay in Assignment 1. I must say I've learnt not to procrastinate thru this.
Secondly, my response to the situation given would be, logically, to stay on board n NOT JUMP. Wane noe y? Well, for starters, the water is at 5 degrees Celcius.. That would freeze my entire anatomy, cause me to get a pneumonia attack and for the finale, end up dying in the middle of the deep blue sea, 200 nautica miles away 4rm shore.
Next, I would apply all of the HSE knowledge I have gathered in my entire life, wait patiently for the life squad and run for my life!!! that would be it actually.. signing of..,
In this situation as I work as an engineer.There are 2 choices 2 choose of course i am choosing not to jump into the sea. It means that i have 2 wait for the recue team to come even it takes time in the other hand if i would found that the time is nearly 10 minutes or the the platform is about collapse. First I have to safe some of the people to be far away from platform including me by using the safe boat or spare boat in order to move as far as possible from platform. The reason why i didn't jump it bcoz of the temperature of the sea water is very low if somebody jump of course the possibility of getting safe is very low that all about my opinion.
NGO HUY TAN
Firstly, I should quickly look for the life jacket and surviving equipments. Since I am the worker at the platform, I must already known where the surviving equipments are. Because the water is very cold, it is not possible for me to jump directly to the sea, I will surely die after few minutes. But with the safety equipments, I can survice untill the Rescue comes. After taken the surviving equipments, I may wait untill the structure is almost collapse. If the Rescue haven't come, I will jump to the sea. If there is some thing which can float like empty oil tank, buoy,... I will take it along and climb on or cling to it.
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