What's new at HSE » Offshore oil and gas

Risk leadership and organisational type

HSE — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:40:47 +0000

The anecdotal experience of new entrants in the UK offshore industry is that they are not, as a group, safer or less safe than established organisations.

Similarly, the organisational arrangements that are sometimes associated with new entrants - such as the separation of ownership and operation - are not clearly less safe than more traditional arrangements. What seems to matter more is a deeper capacity to make chosen ways of organising work.

View full research report ‘RR756 - Risk leadership and organisational type’

OIAC agenda

HSE — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:25:38 +0000

The agenda for the meeting of the Offshore Industry Advisory Committee (OIAC) on 11 November 2009 is now available.

View OIAC agenda 11 November agenda

Offshore Specialist Inspector vacancies

HSE — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:00:43 +0000

Posts are available within HSE’s Hazardous Installations Directorate for Offshore Specialist inspectors with the following disciplines:

Diving
Fire, explosions and risk assessment
Human Factors
Mechanical engineering
Offshore
Pipelines
Structural civil engineering
Well engineering
Process Integrity

Closing date for applications is 12th November 2009

View vacacies and job profiles

Well examination schemes - commonly observed weaknesses

HSE — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:00:18 +0000

Technical inspection document to brief wells inspectors and other inspectors involved in inspection of offshore installations and oil and gas borehole sites of common weaknesses found when inspecting well operators’ well examination schemes.

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The Safe Isolation of Plant & Equipment workshop - Bootle

HSE — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:00:24 +0000

Following on from a successful initiative in the Midlands, HSE are holding a free workshop 4 November, Bootle Merseyside, covering the Safe Mechanical Isolation of Plant and Equipment. This event will be of value to those who plan and control isolation work on site. The workshop will be an opportunity to access HSE expertise on this topic.

View details and agenda of the Safe Isolation of Plant & Equipment workshop - Bootle

A Monte Carlo approach to joint probability of wave, tide and surge in EWL calculations

HSE — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:00:04 +0000

Extreme Water Level (EWL) is the total level of the water arising from wave crest, storm surge and tidal level acting in combination with each other throughout an extreme event. EWL is a key parameter in the design and safe operation of offshore installations, particularly with respect to bottom founded structures.

View the full research report RR740: A Monte Carlo approach to joint probability of wave, tide and surge in EWL calculations

Technical policy relating to structural integrity management (fixed structures)

HSE — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:15:48 +0000

This policy document provides information on Structural integrity management (SIM): The means of ensuring that the people, systems, processes and resources that deliver structural integrity are in place, in use and will perform when required over the whole lifecycle of the structure in accordance with the Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations 1996 (DCR).

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Conference on Safety Case Thorough Reviews

HSE — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:35:54 +0000

Health & Safety Executive (HSE) Offshore Division are holding a conference on Safety Case Thorough Reviews at the AECC on 10 Nov 2009 . The aim is to share with the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry, HSE’s expectations and each other’s experience of Safety Case Thorough Reviews.

For further information visit the Offshore site

Technical policy on safety case assessment relating to structural integrity

HSE — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:00:01 +0000

This policy document provides information to specialist structural inspectors as to what duty holders can be expected to provide in their safety cases and design notifications. It enables consistency in applying the safety case regulations and is based on good practice obtained from safety case submissions to date.

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Technical policy relating to structural degradation and deterioration

HSE — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:00:14 +0000

New technical policy for the offshore industry about damage and deterioration to offshore installations.

Damage and deterioration can be the result of inadequate design and construction, operational accidents, ageing processes or a combination. The threat is that the deterioration, from whatever cause, impairs structural integrity to a level whereby safety of the installation is threatened.

Read the technical policy

Revised memorandum of understanding between HSE, MCA and MAIB

HSE — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:44:39 +0000

This memorandum of understanding between the Health and Safety Executive, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and the Marine Accident Investigation Branch ensures effective co-ordination where their duties for health and safety enforcement and accident investigation overlap at the water margin, offshore and on inland waterways.

Read the memorandum

Offshore variation order impact assessment

HSE — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:00:45 +0000

Impact assessment of a Variation Order to The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) applicable to certain offshore installations.

View offshore impact assessment [PDF]

“Complacency has no place” warns new offshore head

HSE — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:00:48 +0000

Steve Walker, the new head of the HSE’s Offshore Division has put tackling any industry complacency on safety at the top of his priority list.

View offshore press release

Hazardous Installations Offshore Division job vacancies

HSE — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:29:27 +0000

Details are now available of 5 posts with in HSE’s Hazardous Installations Offshore Division:

Diving Specialist Inspector
Structural / Civil Engineering
Process Integrity/Fire and Explosion QRA
Offshore Specialist Inspector
Human Factors Specialist Inspector

Closing date for all posts is 30 September 2009.

View job details

Offshore Intervention Guide

HSE — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:40:09 +0000

OSD follows the operational procedures and legal and enforcement guidance issued for HSE’s Operations Group. These provide instructions and guidance for inspection, investigation, enforcement and major incident response. This guide provides additional offshore-specific instructions and guidance.

View offshore intervention guide[PDF]

Head of HSE’s Offshore Division to retire

HSE — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:10:27 +0000

Ian Whewell, Head of the Health and Safety Executive’s Offshore Division is to retire after 35 years with the organisation and in roles that have seen him play a key part in helping to prevent another Piper Alpha disaster.

View Head of HSE’s Offshore Division to retire press release

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HSE — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:00:05 +0000

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Tea shack news

HSE — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:30:53 +0000

The August edition of the newsletter for offshore workers is now available. In this issue; What is HSE’s role in helicopter safety?, Installation integrity - so far so good…

View August tea shack newsletter [PDF 192KB]

Offshore safety statistics bulletin 2008/9

HSE — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:00:46 +0000

Latest accident statistics for the offshore industry suggest the sector is getting safer, with both the combined fatal and major injury rate and major hydrocarbon releases at their lowest since the HSE began regulating the industry.

View the offshore safety statistics bulletin 2008/09

Offshore safety incidents hit a record low

HSE — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:10:05 +0000

New offshore statistics suggest the sector is getting safer, with both the combined fatal and major injury rate and major hydrocarbon releases at their lowest since the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) began regulating the industry.

View the offshore safety incidents hit a record low press release in full