Safety Issue

Safety Issue

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Safety Issue

An issue that encompasses one or more contributing factors and/or other unsafe conditions. Source: IMO resolution A.1075(28), Guidelines to assist investigators in the implementation of the Casualty Investigation Code, 4 December 2013, Regulatory Guidance
Accident Event

Accident Event

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Accident Event

An event that is assessed to be inappropriate and significant in the sequence of events that led to the marine casualty or marine incident (e.g. human erroneous action, equipment failure). Source: IMO resolution A.1075(28), Guidelines to assist investigators in the implementation of the Casualty Investigation Code, 4 December 2013, Regulatory Guidance
Casualty Event

Casualty Event

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Casualty Event

The marine casualty or marine incident, or one of a number of connected marine casualties and/or marine incidents forming the overall occurrence (e.g. a fire leading to a loss of propulsion leading to a grounding). Source: IMO resolution A.1075(28), Guidelines to assist investigators in the implementation of the Casualty Investigation Code, 4 December 2013, Regulatory Guidance
Well Barrier Elements

Well Barrier Elements

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Well Barrier Elements

One of several dependent components that are combined to form a well barrier. Source: ISO 16530-1:2017, Petroleum and natural gas industries — Well integrity – Part 1: Life cycle governance, First Edition, March 2017. Global Standards

Well Barrier Elements

A pressure and flow containing component that relies on other component(s) to create a well barrier.

Source:API SPECIFICATION 19TT, Specification for Downhole Well Test Tools and Related Equipment, First Edition, October 2016. Global Standards

Well Barrier Elements

Well barrier elements include deep-set plugs under the production packer and plugs in the hanger assembly for the completion string. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Such Type Which is Capable

Such Type Which is Capable

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Such Type Which is Capable

Such type which is capable means emphasis should be on the individual’s education and competence, experience, physical suitability, personal qualities and experience from drills and training when selecting the personnel. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Situations of Hazard and Accident

Situations of Hazard and Accident

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Situations of Hazard and Accident

The situations of hazard and accident also include situations of hazard and accident other than the defined, complex situations of hazard and accident, stress situations and situations where key personnel are incapacitated or are unable to carry out their duties. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Serious Bodily Injury

Serious Bodily Injury

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Serious Bodily Injury

‘Serious bodily injury’ means:
  1. head injuries involving concussion, loss of consciousness or other serious consequences;
  2. loss of consciousness as a result of working environment factors;
  3. skeletal injuries, with the exception of simple hairline fractures or fractures of fingers or toes;
  4. injuries to internal organs;
  5. whole or partial amputation of parts of the body;
  6. poisoning with danger of permanent health injury, such as H2S poisoning;
  7. burns or corrosive injuries with full thickness skin injury (third degree) or partial thickness skin injury (second degree) to the face, hands, feet or abdomen, as well as all partial thickness skin injury that covers more than five per cent of the surface of the body;
  8. general cooling (hypothermia);
  9. permanent inability to work.
Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Right Alert

Right Alert

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Right Alert

Giving the ‘right alert’ means alerting the relevant locations / agencies based on respective action plans for various emergencies. These include, inter alia:
  1. The facility's central control room or another central function;
  2. The Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre (MRCC);
  3. iii) One or more parts of the operator's emergency preparedness organization;
  4. iv) Contractors' emergency preparedness organisations;
  5. v) Other partners, as per the agreement related to coordinated emergency preparedness resources.
Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Processes

Processes

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Processes

Processes in this respect means production systems, drilling and well operations, combustion (exhaust), workshop activities (e.g. hot work, handling of coating products), evaporation from storage tanks, etc. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Preventive Measures or Routine Curative Services

Preventive Measures or Routine Curative Services

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Preventive Measures or Routine Curative Services

Preventive measures and routine curative services shall include resources like well equipped medical room where medical officer can perform the duties mentioned in Rule 41 of Chapter-VII. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Notice of Accident or Accident

Notice of Accident or Accident

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Notice of Accident or Accident

Notice of accident: Accidents as mentioned in this rule include fire and other incidents also. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
No Interdependence of Barriers

No Interdependence of Barriers

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No Interdependence of Barriers

  No interdependence between the barriers means that these barriers shall not be impaired or cease to function simultaneously, as a consequence of a single failure or a single incident. Example of ‘no interdependence’ of barriers - Two barriers during drilling -well fluid and BOP. In case of failure of first barrier (well fluid) due to increased formation pressure, BOP is not impaired. Hence no interdependence. - However Upper Pipe ram and Lower Pipe Ram BOPs are dependent barriers because if the BOP control system fails during kick, both BOPs will not function. Hence there is interdependence between the two. - Two barriers on pressure vessel - pressure switch high (PSH) and pressure safety valve (PSV). In case of failure of PSH due to control logic malfunction, functioning of PSV is not impaired. Hence no interdependence. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Necessary Qualification

Necessary Qualification

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Necessary Qualification

Necessary qualification means experience and technical / professional competence. Competence requirement includes professional competence, system knowledge and HSE aspects competence and should be in line with industry standards such as OPITO safety training standards for oil and gas industry and should be documented. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Penetrations

Penetrations

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Penetrations

Penetrations in fire divisions include ventilation ducts, pipes, cables and beams, as well as windows and doors. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Mutatis-mutandis

Mutatis-mutandis

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Mutatis-mutandis

Mutatis-mutandis, a Latin word, means with respective differences taken into consideration. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Measures Against Intruding Vessels or Objects

Measures Against Intruding Vessels or Objects

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Measures Against Intruding Vessels or Objects

Measures against intruding vessels or objects: Such measures inter alia include use of Water Monitors, LARD (Long Range Acoustic Device), Offshore Supply Vessel. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Major Repairs

Major Repairs

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Major Repairs

Welding repairs that involve removal and replacement of large sections of piping systems.

Source: API 570, Piping Inspection Code: In-service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration of Piping Systems, Fourth Edition, February 2016, with Addendum May 2017. Global Standards

Major Repairs

Major repairs are those which require shut down of normal operations for an extended period of time (does not include routine dry-docking/ maintenance shutdown). Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Major Fire

Major Fire

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Major Fire

In these Rules ‘major fire’ has not been defined. As the rules are goal based, it is the responsibility of the operator to classify the fire incident and report accordingly. Obviously, the classification has to be based on consequences; potential for property & environment damage / endangering safety of personnel etc. of the fire incident. The operator may be required, if regulator so desires, to provide the basis for his classification. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Maintenance Effectiveness

Maintenance Effectiveness

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Maintenance Effectiveness

Maintenance effectiveness as mentioned in this sub rule means the ratio between the requirements stipulated for performance and technical conditions and the actual results. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Lifting Gear or Lifting Equipment

Lifting Gear or Lifting Equipment

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Lifting Gear or Lifting Equipment

Lifting gear and lifting equipment inter alia include winches, slings, shackles, offshore containers, personnel transfer basket, safety belt, harness, lanyard, lifting tackles and personnel work trolley. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Life Time

Life Time

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Life Time

The life time of the well as mentioned in the Rule, means service time and subsequent time till final abandonment. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Life Cycle

Life Cycle

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Life Cycle

The stages containing the processes activities and tasks spanning the life of the system and/or product from the definition of its requirements to the termination of its use; life cycle covers its conception, design, operation, maintenance, support and disposal. Source: IMO MSC.1/Circ.1512, Guideline on Software Quality Assurance and Human-Centred Design for e-navigation, 8 June 2015, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance

Life Cycle

Life cycle include periods in which the facility or parts thereof are temporarily or permanently shut down. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Indirectly

Indirectly

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Indirectly

Indirectly means well platform outgoing pipeline may be routed to the manifold of other well platform instead of going directly to the installation. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Housekeeping

Housekeeping

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Housekeeping

Housekeeping inter alia includes maintaining floors and walls free of dust & dirt, keeping areas hygienic, keeping aisles and stairways clean, handling rubbish and waste materials etc. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Health Related Resources

Health Related Resources

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Health Related Resources

Health related resources shall also include emergency medical evacuation. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Evacuation Routes

Evacuation Routes

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Evacuation Routes

Handling of materials and transport routes, access and evacuation routes: The terms transport, access and evacuation routes also include stairs, doors, hatches, etc. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Environmental Risk

Environmental Risk

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Environmental Risk

Environmental risk means the risk of pollution. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Drilling Fluid Systems

Drilling Fluid Systems

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Drilling Fluid Systems.

Drilling fluid systems mean systems with tanks (pits), pumps, piping, chemical store, sensors, indicators and alarms to monitor, record, recondition, transfer and store fluids. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
“What If?” Analyses

“What If?” Analyses

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 “What If?” Analyses

These consist of a structured series of considered questions dealing with aspects of the design, construction and operation of an installation and determine the general consequences of any deviation from the norm. Source: Approved Code of Practice for Managing Hazards to Prevent Major Industrial Accidents, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Department of Labour, New Zealand, July 1994. Regulatory Guidance
Task Analysis

Task Analysis

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Task Analysis

Task analysis enables the systematic examination of all occupations and tasks to establish the effectiveness of work procedures and practices and to identify hazards associated with any of the sequential steps. The process involves: • Inventory of the tasks. • Identify the critical tasks and concentrate on these. Consider such factors as: — the severity of the potential losses; — the frequency with which the task is performed; — the probability of loss when the task is performed. • Break down the work into significant steps or critical activities. • Identify what could go wrong. Consider people, equipment, materials, environment. • Is it being done the best way? Consider cost, production, quality and safety. • Develop controls: specific actions and precautions to prevent loss from occurring. • Write down the procedure: a step-by-step description of how to proceed, what to do, why, in a simple, easy-to-follow format or practice. • Put to work task instruction, skill training, etc. Documentation and followup of progress is important. Two basic approaches are: — analysis by observation and discussion; Ñ    analysis by discussion alone. Source: Approved Code of Practice for Managing Hazards to Prevent Major Industrial Accidents, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Department of Labour, New Zealand, July 1994. Regulatory Guidance