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System Safety for the

O&G Industry

What will it take?

Mark Silverstone

April 19, 2012


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By the way, regarding shear rams:

They do work sometimes...

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Behavior Safety::Process Safety

Lesson learned from BP Texas City ?

Slips, trips, falls

Process incidents

X?

Concepts that may have outlived their usefulness

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Safety Pyramid

SPE JPT April, 2004

X?Concepts that have outlived their usefulness

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Another well entrenched concept that

needs to be disposed of?

X?

Concepts that may have outlived their usefulness

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Confusion between occupational

safety and system safety

Personal safety focuses on

Changing individual behavior

Controlling injuries to employees on the job

Process (system) safety focuses on Design of system in which behavior occurs

Preventing major losses

Result: Managing to the wrong feedbackExample: Using days off from work as a measure of system

safety between occupational safety and system safety

Dr. Leveson, http://www.ioconf.no/2011/video64/21/2012
http://www.ioconf.no/2011/videohttp://www.ioconf.no/2011/video


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Caution: In O&G Industry

Process Safety =X?System Safety

What is PSM?Comprehensive, Systematic Management Approach

that Integrates:

Engineering Controls & TechnologiesSafe Work PracticesTraining

Management Practices

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And...

There are 14 Elements in the Process Safety Management regulation:1) Process Technology

2) Process Hazards Analysis

3) Operating Procedures and Safe Work Practices

4) Management of Change - Technology

5) Personnel Training and Performance6) Contractor Safety and Performance

7) Management of Change - Personnel

8) Incident Investigation and Communication

9) Emergency Planning and Response

10) Auditing

11) Quality Assurance12) Mechanical Integrity

13) Pre-Startup Safety Reviews

14) Management of "Subtle" Changes

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But, PSM is not:

Exceptions

Hydrocarbon fuels used solely for workplace

consumption as a fuel Flammable liquids stored in atmospheric

storage tanks

Retail facilities

Oil & gas drilling or servicing operations Normally unoccupied remote facilities

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Perhaps...

this has changed under

new rules? It has forsome companies.

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Swiss Cheese KPIs = Process Safety?

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New Triangle?

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API RP 754

Are we on the same page?

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Behavioral or Process?

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A nod to Environmental?

Perhaps System Integrity to include System

Safety, Process Safety, HSE?

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How about System Integrity?

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Life Saving Rules

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Lately (last ~15years) I hear more talk about....

Risk

Recordables

Forward looking

Lagging, Leading indicators

High Potential near misses Symptoms

Values

PMTPerformance Management

PEProduction Excellence

...but not much about Process Safety (except in chemicalsdivisions)

...only most recently from SPE, API, OGP

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Conclusion

System Safety/Process

Safety/System Integrity has made itto the agenda. But there is a long

way to go to implement it in the

Upstream Oil and Gas Industry

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