NTF11640 – Incident details

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Woodside Energy Ltd reported a notifiable incident (NTF11640) on 12 July 2022 involving damage to the main hoist rope on the midships crane of the CWLH OKHA FPSO in Western Australian waters. During a routine weekly inspection, the rope showed apparent outer layer damage, possibly from bird-caging, prompting the operator to immediately take the crane out of service. The incident was categorised as a Dangerous Occurrence involving damage to safety-critical equipment and escalated to level 1 inspection on 13 July 2022. Woodside requested and received approval to delay submission of the full 30-day investigation report to 2 September to allow completion of failure analysis by an approved vendor. The initial report was received on 18 July and reviewed on 19 July 2022.