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AODC
Definition(s)
AODC
Association of Offshore Diving Contractors (Superseded by ADC and IMCA from 1 April 1995). Source: Commercial Diving Projects Offshore, Diving at Work Regulations 1997, Approved Code of Practice (UK HSE L103), First Edition, 1998. Regulatory GuidanceAOGBO
Definition(s)
AOGBO
Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) Order 2001 (Note: SI 2001/2127). Source: A Guide to the Offshore Installations and Pipelines Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995, Guidance on Regulations (UK HSE L70), Second Edition, 2002. Regulatory GuidanceAPI
Definition(s)
API
American Petroleum Institute. Source: ISO 16530-1:2017, Petroleum and natural gas industries - Well integrity – Part 1: Life cycle governance, First Edition, March 2017. Global Standards Source: API RP 781 Security Plan Methodology for the Oil and Natural Gas Industries.1st Ed. September 2016. Global Standards Source: Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Definitions, Alaska Admin. Code tit. 20, § 25.990, December 7, 2012. Regulations Source: API Standard 2RD, Dynamic Risers for Floating Production Systems, Second Edition, September 2013. Global Standards Source: API RP 14F, Design, Installation, and Maintenance of Electrical Systems for Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Unclassified and Class 1, Division 1 and Division 2 Locations, Fifth Edition, July 2008. Global Standards Source: API RP 14G, Recommended Practice for Fire Prevention and Control on Fixed Open-type Offshore Production Platforms: Upstream Segment, Fourth Edition, April 2007. Global Standards Source: API RP 49, Recommended Practice for Drilling and Well Servicing Operations Involving Hydrogen Sulfide, Third Edition, May 2001. Global Standards Source: API RP 59, Recommended Practice for Well Control Operations, Second Edition, May 2006. Global Standards Source: API RP 64, Recommended Practice for Diverter Systems Equipment and Operations, Second Edition, November 2001 (March 1, 2007). Global Standards Source: API RP 67, Recommended Practice for Oilfield Explosives Safety, Upstream Segment, Second Edition, May 2007. Global Standards API RP 500, Recommended Practice for Classification of Locations for Electrical Installations at Petroleum Facilities Classified as Class I, Division 1 and Division 2, Third Edition, December 2012, Global Standards Source: API RP 2FB, Recommended Practice for the Design of Offshore Facilities Against Fire and Blast Loading, First Edition, April 2006. Global Standards Source: API SPEC 13A, Specification for Drilling Fluids Materials, Eighteenth Edition, February 2010. Global Standards Source: API SPEC 16A, Specification for Drill-through Equipment, Third Edition, June 2004 (Errata/Supplement November 2004). Global Standards Source: API SPEC 16C, Specification for Choke and Kill Systems, First Edition, January 1993 (Reaffirmed 2001). Global Standards Source: API SPEC 16RCD, Specification for Drill Through Equipment—Rotating Control Devices, Upstream Segment, First Edition, February 2005. Global Standards Source: API SPEC 17D, Design and Operation of Subsea Production Systems—Subsea Wellhead and Tree Equipment, Upstream Segment, Second Edition May 2011 (Errata September 2011). Global Standards Source: API SPEC 17F, Specification for Subsea Production Control Systems, Second Edition, December 2006 (Reaffirmed April 2011). Global Standards Source: API STD 53, Blowout Prevention Equipment Systems for Drilling Wells, Upstream Segment, Fourth Edition, November 2012. Global Standards Source: API STD 65 – Part 2, Isolating Potential Flow Zones During Well Construction, Upstream Segment, Second Edition, December 2010. Global Standards Source: Canada Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations, SOR/87-612, February 2013. Regulations Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. Regulations Source: IADC UBO / MPD Glossary, December 2011. Global Standards Source: International Association of Drilling Contractors, Appendix 2 to Health, Safety and Environment Case Guidelines for Offshore Drilling Contractors, Issue 3.3.2, February 2010. IADC Guidelines Source: IOGP Report No. 510, Operating Management System Framework for controlling risk and delivering high performance in the oil and gas industry, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers, June 2014. Global Standards Source: ISO 21457:2010, Petroleum and natural gas industries — Materials selection and corrosion control for oil and gas production systems, First Edition,September 2010. Global Standards Source: ISO 13702:2015, Petroleum and natural gas industries — Control and mitigation of fires and explosions on offshore production installations — Requirements and guidelines, Second Edition, August 2015. Global Standards Source: NOPSEMA Guidance Note: Control Measures and Performance Standards, N-04300 GN0271, Australia, Revision 3, December 2011. Regulatory Guidance Source: 117 OLF, Norwegian Oil and Gas Association recommended guidelines for Well Integrity, No. 117, Revision No. 4, June 2011. Global Standard Source: Offshore Standard DNV-OS-C101, Design of Offshore Steel Structures, General (LRFD Method, Det Norske Veritas, April 2011. Global Standards Source: OGP Report No. 456, Process Safety – Recommended Practice on Key Performance Indicators, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers, November 2011. Global Standards Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations Source: Oil & Gas UK, Guidelines on subsea BOP systems, Issue 1, July 2012. Global Standards Source: Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations, SOR/87-612, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. Regulations Source: Petroleum Safety Orders--Drilling and Production, Definitions, California Code of Regulations, 8 CCR § 6505, December 2012. Regulations Source: Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response on Offshore Installations, Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995, Approved Code of Practice and guidance (UK HSE L65), Second Edition, 1997. Regulatory Guidance Source: Rules for Classification and Construction, IV Industrial Services, 6 Offshore Technology, 9 Guideline for Personnel Transfers by Means of Lifting Appliances, Edition 2011, Germanischer Lloyd SE. Global Standards Source: Rules for Classification – Offshore units, DNVGL-OU-0101, Offshore drilling and support units, DNV GL, July 2015. Global StandardsAPI
American Petroleum Institute. Institute Americana del Petróleo.
Source: Resolución Número 40687 de 18 Jul 2017 Por la cual se establecen los criterios técnicos para proyectos de perforación exploratoria de hidrocarburos costa afuera en Colombia. Columbia Ministerio de Minas y Energia, RegulationsAppropriate
Definition(s)
Appropriate
Appropriate: suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc. (The Macquarie Dictionary Online © 2007). Source: NOPSEMA Guidance note: Safety Case Content and Level of Detail, N-04300-GN0106, Australia, Revision 5, December 2012. Regulatory GuidanceAppropriate
In this regulation “appropriate” means appropriate having regard to the nature and magnitude of the risks to the safety and health of the employee created by the relevant work. Source: The Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995, UK S.I. 1995/738, 1995. RegulationsAppropriate
In this regulation “appropriate” means appropriate having regard to the nature and magnitude of the risks to the safety and health of the person referred to in paragraph (1). Source: The Borehole Sites and Operations Regulations 1995, UK S.I. 1995/2038, 1995. RegulationsAppropriate Measures
Definition(s)
Appropriate Measures
Appropriate measures with a view to protecting people and securing effective emergency response should be suitable for their purpose. They should also, taken together, enable the requirements of the Regulations to be met in the light of the circumstances on the installation, the stage in its life cycle, the nature of the hazard, the likelihood of it being realised and the potential consequences. In determining what is appropriate duty holders should take account of any specific requirements in the Regulations, the outcome of the assessments required by regulation 5 of these Regulations and regulation 3 of MHSWR, and the risks and the costs of various measures. Appropriate measures should be adequate to achieve the objectives set out in the regulation but would not require expenditure which is completely out of proportion to the risk their implementation avoids. Source: Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response on Offshore Installations, Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995, Approved Code of Practice and guidance (UK HSE L65), Second Edition, 1997. Regulatory GuidanceApproval Expiry Date
Definition(s)
Approval Expiry Date
Approval expiry date means the last date on which the subsequent approval is valid as proof of meeting the fire safety requirements of the Convention. Source: IMO Resolution MSC.307(88), International Code for Application of Fire Test Procedures, 2010 (2010 FTP Code), 3 December 2010, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory GuidanceApproved Method
Definition(s)
Approved Method
An Approved Method is a method for a particular engine, or a range of engines, which, when applied to the engine, will ensure that the engine complies with the applicable NOx limit as detailed in regulation 13.7. Source: Resolution MEPC.177(58), amendments to the Technical Code on Control of Emission of Nitrogen Oxides from Marine Diesel Engines, 10 October 2008, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory GuidanceApproved Method File
Definition(s)
Approved Method File
An Approved Method File is a document which describes an Approved Method and its means of survey. Source: Resolution MEPC.177(58), amendments to the Technical Code on Control of Emission of Nitrogen Oxides from Marine Diesel Engines, 10 October 2008, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory GuidanceAqueous Film-forming Foam concentrate (AFF)
Definition(s)
Aqueous Film-forming Foam concentrate (AFF)
Aqueous film-forming foam concentrate (AFF) is a foam concentrate based on a mixture of hydrocarbon and fluorinated surface active agents. Source: IMO MSC.1/Circ.1312, Revised Guidelines for the performance and testing criteria, and surveys of foam concentrates for fixed fire-extinguishing systems, 10 June 2009, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory GuidanceArctic Waters
Definition(s)
Arctic waters
Arctic waters means those waters which are located north of a line extending from latitude 58º00΄.0 N, longitude 042º00΄.0 W to latitude 64°37΄.0 N, longitude 035°27΄.0 W and thence by a rhumb line to latitude 67º03΄.9 N, longitude 026º33΄.4 W and thence by a rhumb line to Sørkapp, Jan Mayen and by the southern shore of Jan Mayen to the Island of Bjørnøya and thence by a great circle line from the Island of Bjørnøya to Cap Kanin Nos and thence by the northern shore of the Asian continent eastward to the Bering Strait and thence from the Bering Strait westward to latitude 60º N as far as Il’pyrskiy and following the 60th North parallel eastward as far as and including Etolin Strait and thence by the northern shore of the North American continent as far south as latitude 60º N and thence eastward along parallel of latitude 60º.N, to longitude 56º37΄.1 W and thence to the latitude 58º00΄.0 N, longitude 042º00΄.0 W. Source: IMO resolution A.1021(26), Guidelines for ships operating in polar waters, 18 January 2010, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory GuidanceArmed Robbery Against Ships
Definition(s)
Armed Robbery Against Ships
“Armed robbery against ships” means any of the following acts: 1 any illegal act of violence or detention or any act of depredation, or threat thereof, other than an act of piracy, committed for private ends and directed against a ship or against persons or property on board such a ship, within a State’s internal waters, archipelagic waters and territorial sea; 2 any act of inciting or of intentionally facilitating an act described above. Source: IMO resolution A.1025(26), Code of Practice for the Investigation of Crimes of Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships, 18 January 2010, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory GuidanceAS
Definition(s)
AS
Autonomous System. Source: ISO/IEC 27032:2015, Information technology — Security techniques — Guidelines for cybersecurity, First Edition, July 2012. Global StandardsAS
Australian Standard. Source: API SPEC 17F, Specification for Subsea Production Control Systems, Second Edition, December 2006 (Reaffirmed April 2011). Global Standards Source: NOPSEMA Guidance Note: Control Measures and Performance Standards, N-04300 GN0271, Australia, Revision 3, December 2011. Regulatory GuidanceAs
Spudcan laterally projected embedded area.
Source: ABS Guidance Notes on Geotechnical Performance of Spudcan Foundations, January 2017. Global StandardsAs Low as Reasonably Practicable (ALARP)
Definition(s)
As Low As Reasonably Practicable
Implementation of risk-reducing measures until the cost (including time, capital costs or other resources/assets) of further risk reduction is disproportional to the potential risk reducing effect achieved by implementing any additional measure.Note 1 to entry: See UK HSE.
Source: ISO 16530-1:2017, Petroleum and natural gas industries - Well integrity – Part 1: Life cycle governance, First Edition, March 2017. Global StandardsALARP (As Low As Reasonably Practicable)
A process for assessing the amount of effort and resources that should reasonably be applied to reduce risk. Reducing a risk to a level which is ALARP involves objectively determining the balance where the effort and cost of further reduction measures become disproportionate to the additional amount of risk reduction obtained. Source: International Association of Drilling Contractors, Appendix 2 to Health, Safety and Environment Case Guidelines for Offshore Drilling Contractors, Issue 3.3.2, February 2010. IADC GuidelinesAs low as reasonably practicable (ALARP)
A phrase used in the Regulations and the Act. The concept has been elaborated in various legal judgements. (There is voluminous relevant guidance available from Australia and elsewhere, e.g. the UK HSE.) (The related phrase “reasonably practicable” is used frequently in the Act.)The legal definition of “reasonably practicable” was set out in England by Lord Justice Asquith in Edwards v National Coal Board [1949] who said: “‘Reasonably practicable’ is a narrower term than ‘physically possible’ and seems to me to imply that a computation must be made by the owner, in which the quantum of risk is placed on one scale and the sacrifice involved in the measures necessary for averting the risk (whether in money, time or trouble) is placed in the other; and that if it be shown that there is a gross disproportion between them — the risk being insignificant in relation to the sacrifice — the defendants discharge the onus on them. Moreover, this computation falls to be made by the owner at a point of time anterior to the accident.” This English decision has since been confirmed by the Australian High Court Source: NOPSEMA Guideline – Glossary – Regulatory Operations, N-09000-GL0326, Australia, Revision 5, December 2011. Regulatory GuidanceAs low as reasonably practicable (ALARP)
To reduce a risk to a level which is ‘as low as reasonably practicable’ involves balancing reduction in risk against the time, trouble, difficulty and cost of achieving it. This level represents the point, objectively assessed, at which the time, trouble, difficulty and cost of further reduction measures become unreasonably disproportionate to the additional risk reduction obtained. Source: OGP Report No. 6.36/210, Guidelines for the Development and Application of Health, Safety and Environmental Management Systems, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers, July 1994. Global StandardsASOG
Definition(s)
ASOG
Activity-Specific Operating Guidelines. Source: IMO MSC.1/Circ.1580, GUIDELINES FOR VESSELS AND UNITS WITH DYNAMIC POSITIONING (DP) SYSTEMS, 16 June 2017, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory GuidanceAssessment
Definition(s)
Assessment
In this Part, “assessment” includes reassessment. Source: Canada Petroleum Resources Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 36 (2nd Supp.), current to April 29, 2013. LegislationAssessment
An evaluation or audit of an activity or asset to determine whether performance objectives have been achieved or OMS expectations correctly implemented. Source: IOGP Report No. 510, Operating Management System Framework for controlling risk and delivering high performance in the oil and gas industry, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers, June 2014. Global StandardsAssessment
Process undertaken by an accreditation body to assess the competence of a CAB, based on particular standard(s) and/or other normative documents and for a defined scope of accreditation. NOTE Assessing the competence of a CAB involves assessing the competence of the entire operations of the CAB, including the competence of the personnel, the validity of the conformity assessment methodology and the validity of the conformity assessment results. Source: ISO/IEC 17011:2004, Conformity assessment – General requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies. Global StandardsAssessment
Site-specific assessment. Evaluation of the stability and structural integrity of a jack-up and, where applicable, its seabed restraint or support against the actions determined in accordance with the requirements of this part of ISO 19905. NOTE An assessment can be limited to an evaluation of the components or member. Source: ISO 19905-1:202, Petroleum and natural gas industries – Site-specific assessment of mobile offshore units – Part 1: Jack-ups. Global StandardsAssessment
Site-specific assessment. Evaluation of the stability and structural integrity of a jack-up and, where applicable, its seabed restraint or support against the actions determined in accordance with the requirements of this part of ISO 19905. NOTE An assessment can be limited to an evaluation of the components or members of the structure which, when removed or damaged, could cause failure of the whole structure, or a significant part of it. Source: ISO 19905-1:202, Petroleum and natural gas industries – Site-specific assessment of mobile offshore units – Part 1: Jack-ups. Global StandardsAssessment
Assessment is the process described in the regulation. The process of assessment should involve the following steps: identifying fire and explosion major accident hazards, and major accident hazards with the potential to require evacuation, escape or rescue; identifying the likelihood of them occurring and their consequences; identifying the measures needed to meet the requirements of these Regulations, in respect of major accident hazards from fire and explosion, and major accident hazards requiring evacuation, escape and rescue; identifying performance standards for those measures to protect persons from fire and explosion and to ensure effective evacuation, escape and rescue. Source: Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response on Offshore Installations, Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995, Approved Code of Practice and guidance (UK HSE L65), Second Edition, 1997. Regulatory GuidanceAssessment
Process that evaluates a person’s fulfilment of the requirements of the certification scheme [SOURCE: ISO/IEC 17024:2012, 3.8]. Source: ISO/IEC TS 17027:2014, Conformity assessment – Vocabulary related to competence of persons used for certification of persons, Global StandardsAssessment
A formal examination, conforming to a relevant regulatory process, to determine if a submitted document meets the relevant tests in the listed OHS laws. Source: NOPSEMA Guideline – Glossary – Regulatory Operations, N-09000-GL0326, Australia, Revision 5, December 2011. Regulatory GuidanceAssessment
The initial comprehensive review of the fabrication yard’s quality systems, prior to the granting of approval, to establish that all the requirements of these Rules have been met. Source: Rules and Regulations for the Classification of Mobile Offshore Units, Part 4, Steel Unit Structures, June 2013, Lloyd’s Register, Global StandardsAssessment
An act of assessing, appraising or evaluating a condition of a product, process or system assigning class originally signified designation of one of several classes to a vessel based on its condition, ranging from good to bad. Today only the highest class is assigned, comprising the main class, 1A, and an obligatory additional class notation, e.g. Drilling Unit, where applicable. Voluntary additional class notations may also be assigned covering special service, equipment or systems, e.g. DRILL denoting a classed drilling plant. Source: Rules for Classification – Offshore units, DNVGL-OU-0101, Offshore drilling and support units, DNV GL, July 2015. Global StandardAssessment
An assessment shall consist of— (a) the identification of the various events which could give rise to—- a major accident involving fire or explosion; or
- the need (whether or not by reason of fire or explosion) for evacuation, escape or rescue to avoid or minimise a major accident;
- ensuring effective evacuation, escape, recovery and rescue to avoid or minimise a major accident; and
- otherwise protecting persons from a major accident involving fire or explosion; and
Asset
Definition(s)
RP 781 Security Plan
Assets may be categorized in many ways such as:- people,
- hazardous materials (used or produced),
- information,
- environment,
- equipment,
- facilities,
- activities/operations, and
- company reputation.
Asset
A person, structure, facility, information, and records, information technology systems and resources, material, process, relationships, or reputation that has value. Extended Definition: Anything useful that contributes to the success of something, such as an organizational mission; assets are things of value or properties to which value can be assigned. Adapted from: DHS Risk Lexicon. Source: NICCS™ Portal Cybersecurity Lexicon, National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (https://niccs.us-cert.gov/glossary) as of 11 November 2015, Global StandardsAsset
An identifiable resource with intrinsic financial value that is owned or controlled by the company and which provides benefits to its stakeholders. For the OMS, only tangible assets are relevant. A company may operate assets that are wholly owned or partly owned through joint ventures or other arrangements. Typically, an asset is a facility, or group of facilities, and may comprise land or sea acreage, buildings, plant, engineered structures, hardware or software, fixed or mobile equipment, vessels, aircraft: and road vehicles, terminals, pipelines, offices or retail outlets. Source: IOGP Report No. 510, Operating Management System Framework for controlling risk and delivering high performance in the oil and gas industry, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers, June 2014. Global StandardsAsset
An asset is any person, environment, facility, material, information, business reputation, or activity that has a positive value to an owner. The asset may have value to a threat, as well as an owner, although the nature and magnitude of those values may differ.
Source:API STANDARD 780, Security Risk Assessment Methodology for the Petroleum and Petrochemical Industries, First Edition, May 2013. Global StandardsAsset
Anything that has value to an individual, an organization or a government.- NOTE Adapted from ISO/IEC 27000 to make provision for individuals and the separation of governments from organizations (4.37).
Asset
Person, structure, facility, information, material, or process that has value. Sample Usage: Some organizations use an asset inventory to plan protective security activities. Extended Definition: includes contracts, facilities, property, records, unobligated or unexpended balances of appropriations, and other funds or resources, personnel, intelligence, technology, or physical infrastructure, or anything useful that contributes to the success of something, such as an organizational mission; assets are things of value or properties to which value can be assigned; from an intelligence standpoint, includes any resource – person, group, relationship, instrument, installation, or supply – at the disposal of an intelligence organization for use in an operational or support role. Annotation: In some domains, capabilities and activities may be considered assets as well. In the context of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan, people are not considered assets. Source: DHS Risk Lexicon, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2010 Edition. September 2010 Regulatory GuidanceAsset
Any person, facility, material, information, business reputation, or activity that has value to an operator.
Source: Canadian Standards Association, Z246.1-09, Security management for petroleum and natural gas industry systems, August 2009, Regional StandardsAsset
Facilities and associated infrastructure, e.g. structures, wells, pipelines, reservoirs, accommodation & support services. Source: OGP Report No. 415, Asset integrity – the key to managing major incident risks, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers, December 2008. Global StandardsAsset
Physical or logical object owned by or under the custodial duties of an organization, having either a perceived or actual value to the organization.- NOTE: In the case of industrial automation and control systems the physical assets that have the largest directly measurable value may be the equipment under control.
Associated Equipment
Definition(s)
Associated Equipment
Associated equipment means equipment necessary for the operation of NLs and NLCs. Source: IMO Resolution MSC.253(83), Recommendation on Performance Standards for Navigation Lights, Navigation Light Controllers and associated equipment, 8 October 2007, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory GuidanceAssociated Offshore Place
Definition(s)
Associated offshore place
As noted above a facility includes an associated offshore place. Clause 3 of Schedule 3 to the OPGGSA defines associated offshore place as any offshore place near the facility where activities (including diving activities) relating to construction, operation, maintenance or decommissioning of the facility takes place. The associated offshore place in relation to a facility can vary depending on the nature of the activities undertaken. Parties undertaking activities relating to the construction, operation, maintenance or decommissioning of the facility are in an associated offshore place and included in the facility. Obligations if a vessel is an associated offshore place A vessel determined to be an associated offshore place is subject to obligations of Schedule 3 and applicable regulations, including the existing (host) facility safety case. If the vessel and activity are not covered by the existing safety case, a revision to the host safety case will be required. Source: NOPSEMA Guideline: Facility definition includes an associated offshore place, N-01000-GL0253, Australia, Revision 4, December 2011. Regulatory GuidanceAssociated offshore places
Vessels and structures that are not associated offshore places- For the definition of associated offshore place in clause 3 of Schedule 3 of the Act, the vessels and structures in the following table are not associated offshore places.
- Vessel supporting a remotely-operated vehicle that is being used in connection with:
- inspection; or
- cleaning; or
- non-disturbing span rectification (for example, grout bagging); or
- the operation of a valve; or
- the recovery of debris; or
- valve control unit change out
- Vessel supporting a remotely-operated vehicle that is being used in connection with the removal of weight coating from a pipe before hydro-testing
- Vessel laying an umbilical or a cable
- Vessel:
- laying a clump weight anchor or mattress; or
- conducting rock dumping on a pipe during its construction (before hydro-testing)
- Vessel placing support structures or foundations on the sea bed for the purpose of a facility, including:
- foundation supports for a platform jacket, pipe end manifold or another manifold; or
- foundation piles
- Vessel undertaking pipe trenching and burial during the construction of a facility (before hydro-testing)
- Vessel installing and attaching a short length flexible pipe or jumper if there is no petroleum or greenhouse gas substance contained in the pipe or equipment to which the flexible pipe or jumper is being connected
- Vessel placing a subsea pipe manifold or pipe end manifold during the construction of a facility (before hydro-testing)
- Vessel attaching a cathodic protection anode to a pipe if welding is not required
- Vessel supporting a remotely-operated vehicle that is being used in connection with:
- However, subregulation (1) does not apply to a vessel in circumstances in which a facility is causing a risk (other than an ordinary marine risk) to the vessel or to persons on the vessel.
Associated offshore place
Associated offshore place, in relation to a facility, means any offshore place near the facility where activities (including diving activities) relating to the construction, installation, operation, maintenance or decommissioning of the facility take place, but does not include:- another facility; or
- a supply vessel, offtake tanker, anchor handler or tugboat; or
- a vessel, or structure, that is declared by the regulations not to be an associated offshore place.
At Work
Definition(s)
At Work
The phrase ‘at work’ means as an employee or as a self-employed person. The phrase covers divers who dive as part of their duties as an employee and divers who are in business on their own account during the time that they devote themselves to work as a self-employed diver. Diving does not have to be the main work activity of the employee or the self-employed person. The Diving Regulations apply when at least one diver is at work. Source: Commercial Diving Projects Offshore, Diving at Work Regulations 1997, Approved Code of Practice (UK HSE L103), First Edition, 1998. Regulatory GuidanceAt Work
Regulation 4 makes it clear that where OFAR apply, the meaning of ‘at work’ covers workers at all times while they are offshore, both on-duty and off-duty. Source: Health Care and First Aid on Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works, Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (First-Aid) Regulations 1989, Approved Code of Practice and Guidance (UK HSE L123), Second Edition, 2000. Regulatory GuidanceAt Work
In relation to any person means present, for gain or reward, in the person’s place of work. Source: Guidelines for Occupational Diving 2004, Occupational Safety and Health Service, New Zealand, updated October 2010. Regulatory GuidanceAt Work
At work, in relation to any person, means present, for gain or reward, in the person’s place of work. Source: Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Public Act 1992 No 96, New Zealand, as of 1 July 2011. LegislationAttack Method
Definition(s)
Attack Method
Manner and means, including the weapon and delivery method, a threat may use to cause harm on a target.
Source:API STANDARD 780, Security Risk Assessment Methodology for the Petroleum and Petrochemical Industries, First Edition, May 2013. Global StandardsAttack Method
Manner and means, including the weapon and delivery method, an adversary may use to cause harm on a target. Sample Usage: Analysts have identified weaponization of an aircraft as an attack method that terrorists may use. Annotation: Attack method and attack mode are synonymous. Source: DHS Risk Lexicon, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2010 Edition. September 2010 Regulatory GuidanceAttack Method
The manner or technique and means an adversary may use in an assault on information or an information system. Adapted from: DHS Risk Lexicon, NCSD Glossary Source: NICCS™ Portal Cybersecurity Lexicon, National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (https://niccs.us-cert.gov/glossary) as of 11 November 2015, Global StandardsAttack Method
The steps that an adversary takes or may take to plan, prepare for, and execute an attack. Adapted from: DHS Risk Lexicon, NCSD Glossary Source: NICCS™ Portal Cybersecurity Lexicon, National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (https://niccs.us-cert.gov/glossary) as of 11 November 2015, Global StandardsAttack Path
Definition(s)
Attack Path
Steps that a threat takes or may take to plan, prepare for, and execute an attack.
Source:API STANDARD 780, Security Risk Assessment Methodology for the Petroleum and Petrochemical Industries, First Edition, May 2013. Global StandardsAttack Path
Steps that an adversary takes or may take to plan, prepare for, and execute an attack. Sample Usage: Part of the attack path for the car bombing involved dozens of individuals moving money, arms and operatives from the terrorist safe haven to the target area. Annotation: An attack path may include recruitment, radicalization, and training of operatives, selection and surveillance of the target, construction or procurement of weapons, funding, deployment of operatives to the target, execution of the attack, and related post-attack activities. Source: DHS Risk Lexicon, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2010 Edition. September 2010 Regulatory GuidanceAttack Path
The steps that an adversary takes or may take to plan, prepare for, and execute an attack. Adapted from: DHS Risk Lexicon, NCSD Glossary Source: NICCS™ Portal Cybersecurity Lexicon, National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (https://niccs.us-cert.gov/glossary) as of 11 November 2015, Global StandardsAudit
Definition(s)
Audit
An evaluation of a security assessment or security plan performed by an owner or operator, the owner or operator's designee, or an approved third-party that is intended to identify deficiencies, non-conformities, and inadequacies that would render the assessment or plan insufficient.
Source: API RP 781 Security Plan Methodology for the Oil and Natural Gas Industries.1st Ed. September 2016. Global StandardsAudit
Documented investigation conducted by the purchaser to verify that applicable requirements are being implemented. Source: API SPEC 17L1, Specification for Flexible Pipe Ancillary Equipment, First Edition, March 2013. Global StandardsAudit
Audit means a systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining audit evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which audit criteria are fulfilled. Source: IMO Resolution A.1083(28), Amendments to International Convention on Load Lines, 1966, 10 December 2013, Regulations Source: IMO Resolution A.1085(28), Amendments to the Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, , 10 December 2013, Regulations Source: IMO Resolution A.1084(28), Amendments to International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969, 10 December 2013, RegulationsAudit
A formal, scheduled evaluation of an activity or asset with pre-determined objectives, criteria and protocols to test compliance against OMS expectations, implementation and/or performance. Audits vary in extent of independence and impartiality. This depends on whether the assessment is performed locally within an activity or asset based on "self-assessment"; by auditors appointed internally from other parts of the organisation; or by third parry auditors who are external to the company (imposed, invited). Source: IOGP Report No. 510, Operating Management System Framework for controlling risk and delivering high performance in the oil and gas industry, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers, June 2014. Global StandardsAudit
Systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining audit evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which the audit criteria are fulfilled.- Note 1 to entry: An audit can be an internal audit (first party) or an external audit (second party or third party), and it can be a combined audit (combining two or more disciplines).
- Note 2 to entry: “Audit evidence” and “audit criteria” are defined in ISO 19011.
Audit
A documented activity aimed at verifying by examination and evaluation that the applicable elements of the quality programme continue to be effectively implemented. Source: Rules and Regulations for the Classification of Mobile Offshore Units, Part 4, Steel Unit Structures, June 2013, Lloyd’s Register, Global StandardsAudit
Systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining audit evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which the audit criteria are fulfilled.- NOTE: 1 Internal audits, sometimes called first party audits, are conducted by the organization itself, or on its behalf, for management review and other internal purposes (e.g. to confirm the effectiveness of the management system or to obtain information for the improvement of the management system). Internal audits can form the basis for an organization’s self-declaration of conformity. In many cases, particularly in small organizations, independence can be demonstrated by the freedom from responsibility for the activity being audited or freedom from bias and conflict of interest.
- NOTE: 2 External audits include second and third party audits. Second party audits are conducted by parties having an interest in the organization, such as customer, or by other persons on their behalf. Third party audits are conducted by independent auditing organizations, such as regulator or those providing certification.
- NOTE: 3 When two or more management systems of different disciplines (e.g. quality, environmental, occupational, health and safety) are audited together, this is termed a combined audit.
- NOTE: 4 When two or more auditing organizations cooperate to audit a single auditee, this is termed a joint audit.
- NOTE: 5 Adapted from ISO 9000:2005, definition 3.9.1.
Audit
A systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining audit evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which audit criteria are fulfilled. Note: CSA Standard CAN/CSA-ISO 9000:05. Source: Environmental Protection Plan Guidelines, The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, and National Energy Board, Canada, March 31, 2011. Regulatory Guidance Source: Safety Plan Guidelines, The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, and National Energy Board, Canada, March 31, 2011. Regulatory GuidanceAudit
Independent review and examination of records and activities to assess the adequacy of system controls, to ensure compliance with established policies and operational procedures, and to recommend necessary changes in controls, policies, or procedures (See “security audit”) [9].- NOTE: There are three forms of audit.
- (1) External audits are conducted by parties who are not employees or contractors of the organization.
- (2) Internal audit are conducted by a separate organizational unit dedicated to internal auditing. (3) Controls self assessments are conducted by peer members of the process automation function.
Audit
In this regulation, “audit” means systematic assessment of the adequacy of the management system to achieve the purpose referred to in paragraph (1)(a) carried out by persons who are sufficiently independent of the system (but who may be employed by the duty holder) to ensure that such assessment is objective. Source: The Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005, UK S.I. 2005/3117, 2005. RegulationsAuthorization
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Authorization
Right or permission that is granted to a system entity to access a system resource. Authorization is dependent on authentication.
Source: DNVGL-RP-G108, Cyber security in the oil and gas industry based on IEC 62443, DNV GL, September 2017. Global Standards