Submission - Final Report - Pipe Support Failure

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On July 4, 2019, a pipe support failure occurred at the Northern Endeavour facility in the Timor Sea, operated by Upstream Production Solutions. NOPSEMA received verbal notification on July 4 at 19:30 (CST) and a written incident report on August 13, 2019. The incident was classified as a dangerous occurrence under the category of "unanticipated equipment failure during work scope." The failure represented a safety-critical equipment damage event requiring formal reporting under offshore petroleum regulations. No environmental incident was indicated. The report was submitted using NOPSEMA's standard incident notification form within regulatory timeframes.