Deep Water Disaster
An explosion has crippled the Horizon Delta platform, leaving you in charge of 47 surviving crew members. With the rig listing at 12 degrees and multiple fires threatening the methane storage tanks, you must coordinate emergency evacuations while preventing a catastrophic environmental disaster. Your decisions in the next 30 minutes will determine not only the fate of your crew but potentially that of the entire Gulf Coast ecosystem.
Challenges
0
Survivors
0
Popularity
0
Difficulty
B1-B2
Scenario Overview
Your Role
Platform Operations Supervisor
Conversation Partner
Coast Guard Commander Hayes
Setting
Emergency Control Room - Red warning lights flash across banks of monitors showing critical system failures. Through the reinforced windows, black smoke billows against the night sky.
Location
Horizon Delta Oil Platform, Gulf of Mexico, 137 miles offshore
Learning Objectives
Evacuate minimum 40 crew members via helicopter
Prevent methane tank explosion through cooling systems or emergency venting
Maintain platform stability above -15 degrees list
About This Scenario
An explosion has crippled the Horizon Delta platform, leaving you in charge of 47 surviving crew members. With the rig listing at 12 degrees and multiple fires threatening the methane storage tanks, you must coordinate emergency evacuations while preventing a catastrophic environmental disaster. Your decisions in the next 30 minutes will determine not only the fate of your crew but potentially that of the entire Gulf Coast ecosystem.
How It Starts
“Platform Supervisor, this is Commander Hayes. I have three rescue choppers inbound, but that smoke column is visible from 30 miles out. I need your immediate status report on personnel and critical systems. You have 27 minutes until those methane tanks reach critical temperature.”
This is how Coast Guard Commander Hayes's greeting will start.
Practice Details
Scenario ID
#855
Category
General
Location Tag
Horizon Delta Oil Platform, Gulf of Mexico, 137 miles offshore
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