HSE Compliance in Romania

HSE: ALL UNDER ONE GOAL

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Bogdan Marian Poteca

Well Engineering Department

OMV Petrom

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ROMANIA, A COUNTRY WITH A TRADITION OF MORE THAN 150 YEARS

OF ACTIVITIES IN THE OIL & GAS INDUSTRY

- ● First oil production recorded;

- ● First oil refinery;

- ● Bucharest was the first city in the world illuminated by lamp oil in 1856,

- followed by Vienna, where the first lamps were installed in 1859;

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- ● In 1861, the first well drilled in Romania, at a depth of 150 m, using

- wooden rods and auger type bits.

1. History: Oil Industry in Romania

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2. Where We Were: 2004

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● Poor maintenance and no upgrades (‘breakdown philosophy’);

● Very old mud pumps and other equipments;

● No HSE culture;

● Bad access roads and conditions;

● No inspection or certification for equipments and rigs (since 1989);

● Weak personnel training, as after 1989 the main educational training center have been closed: Campina Research Institute, Tool Pusher School

in Targoviste;

● No STOP work policy, no safety tools (PTWS, JSA).

EXAMPLES OF ENCOUNTERED PROBLEMS

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● Implement the ‘Safety Observation’ program;

● HSE management system audit on drilling contractors with a score card;

● Rig inspections to check application of HSE management system;

● Monthly HSEQ meetings with all stakeholders;

● Sharing E-Room;

● Prepare and issue safety alerts to the drilling community;

● Set up safety KPIs (leading and lagging indicators);

● Prepare and issue yearly HSE plans with quarterly reviews.

WHAT WE HAVE DONE

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Safety Observation Program (2009 - 2011)

3. Progress Review (end of 2011) – HSE Statistics

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Incidents (2009 - 2011)

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Drilling Operations 2 Years Roll Over (2009 - 2010)

4,68 MHW WITHOUT RECORDABLES

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Celebration Meeting with All Drilling Community (18th of June 2011)

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Drilling Operations 1 Year Roll Over (Jan. 2011 – Jan. 2012)

ONE FATALITY (a turning point)

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Fatality: Casing Stabbing Board Related

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3. Progress Review (end of 2011) – Rig Site Pictures

Changed to General Overview

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Transporting & Storing Tubular Materials

Before

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After

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Lifting Operations

Before After

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Containers

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After

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Working at Height

Before After

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Working at Height

After

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Well Control Equipment

Before (not API certified, no identification tags, no inspections)

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Well Control Equipment

After

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House Keeping

Before After

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Emergency Response (muster station and T-card system)

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Emergency Response (drills and ERT response)

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Continous & Ongoing ‘Battle’ with the Behaviour Related Unsafe Acts

(main causes of incidents)

Before

After

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4. Where We Are Now (2012)

…AFTER 4,68 MILLION MHW (~ 22 MONTHS) WITHOUT ANY RECORDABLES (MAY 2009 – APRIL 2011)

AND ONE FATALITY (DECEMBER 2011)…

● New tendered rigs with contracts having dedicated chapters on HSE;

● Full implementation of International Standards (i.e.LOLER, API, DS1, ISO);

● 3rd party inspection company (Moduspec) involved in rig inspections;

● Trained drilling personnel in international HSE best practices and working procedures (by a 3rd party company IADC accredited);

● Dropped objects prevention scheme;

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● Periodical steering committee meetings with contractors;

● Improved communication with the rig site (i.e. daily online morning meetings organized by all drilling teams);

● Monthly HSEQ meetings organized with the drilling contractors (170 attendants in average each month).

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● Continue with TEAM WORK and WALK THE TALK;

● Zero incidents;

● Increased (improved) leadership presence and the staff engagement in the rig site to create the proper and efficient safey culture;

● Perform more rig inspections and increase the level of standards implementation;

● Working only with modern drilling rigs (safe rigs);

● Promote juniors from the training academies with a strong backround in operations and HSE as drilling supervisors;

● Implement an effective action tracking system.

5. Future Challanges

THANK YOU!

ANY QUESTIONS ?

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