An Emergency Escape System for an Elevated Workplace

Abstract

Elevated workplaces such as those often required for the performance of oilfield services should provide emergency escape systems that allow quick escape if a hazardous condition develops. This paper describes a new purpose-designed system, the Emergency Escape Pod (EEP), that serves this need and solves many of the problems inherent in earlier systems. Incorporated into this new system are provisions for injured personnel, automatic activation, ease of deployment, fire protection, reliability, economical manufacturing, and general application versatility. This paper will present the history of some of the past systems, the compromises of each, the important criteria for an escape system, and the development and testing of the new~EP system.The specifics of the design are being presented so that these concepts and techniques can be placed into pUblic domain for the oilfield industry's use without patent restrictions. 7 in the development of this project. Also instrumental in its evolvement were the contributions made by the following employees of Halliburton Energy Services:

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