SAFETY CASE FOR HIGH HAZARD POTENTIAL INSTALLATIONS - THE WAY FORWARD

As a result of the explosion and subsequent fire on the Piper Alpha in the North Sea, in which 167 lives were lost on 6th July 1988, a public enquire was established which made 106 recommendations. These were accepted by the UK government, and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Offshore Division was entrusted to develop regulations which require safety cases to be prepared for all offshore installations and in respect of all activities carried out in the UK territorial waters and its continental shelf. The regulations apply to existing fixed and mobile installations, well operations, and new fixed installations under design. After November 1995, it will be an offence to operate an existing installation without a safety case having been accepted by the HSE. This paper deals briefly with CIMAH regulations and in detail with the UK Offshore Regulations, and describes the content of safety case as require under these regulations for a typical platform. As most oil companies operate internationally it is shown that it would be to their advantage to prepare at least a limited safety case for their on/offshore installations. It is hoped that governments of countries where such installations are situated would in due course prepare and apply similar enforcements.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • ISOPE 93, 3rd Intl Offshore & Polar Engng Conf; 6-11 June 1993; Singapore. Sponsored by ISOPE, U.S.A. et al. Procs. Publ by ISOPE, ISBN 1-880653-08-7. Vol IV, p 631 [7 p, 21 ref, 4 tab, 3 fig]
• Authors:
  • Qureshi, A R
• Publication Date: 1993

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Hazards; Regulations; Risk analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Platform safety
• Subject Areas: Law; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00707418
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 1995 12:00AM