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SAFETY OFFSHORE – Roles, Responsibilities, Regrets
and Recriminations
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SPE WA Perth
3 February 2010
National Offshore Petroleum Safety AuthorityNOPSA
JANE CUTLER
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Today’s presentation ….
• Why we are concerned about safety• Offshore safety in Australia – roles &
responsibilities• Challenges in 2009, 2010 and beyond
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Shallow gas blowouts
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NOPSA
• Single regulator – Commonwealth Statutory Authority
• Regulates in Commonwealth waters and State/NT designated coastal waters (where mirror legislation is in place)
• Administers – Offshore Petroleum & Greenhouse Gas Storage Act
2006 & regulations– Offshore Petroleum (Safety Levies) Act 2003 &
regulations
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NOPSA’s legislative functions Focus on the OHS of people working in offshore
petroleum operations ……•• promotepromote• develop and implement effective monitoringmonitoring and
enforcementenforcement strategies to secure compliance•• investigateinvestigate accidents, occurrences and
circumstances•• adviseadvise•• cooperatecooperate with other Commonwealth agencies,
State or Northern Territory agencies
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Regulatory Regime
• ‘Duty of Care’ based• Permissioning regime with safety case
acceptance as a permissioning tool • Safety cases accepted following assessment• Safety cases tested through inspection/audit by
NOPSA• Regulatory actions to maintain safety case focus• Enforcement if required
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Duty of CareIn practice duty of care is shared among
parties offshore:Primary Group;
Operator, persons in control of parts of facility or particular work, titleholders.Subsidiary Group;
employers, manufacturers, suppliers, installers and all persons regarding occupational health and safety.
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Role of the Operator
“The operator of a facility must take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that: a) the facility is safe and without riskfacility is safe and without risk to health
of any person at or near the facility; and b) all work and other activitieswork and other activities are carried out in
a safesafe manner and without riskwithout risk to the health of any person at or near the facility.”
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Role of the Workforce
• Reasonably practicable steps• Must not create or increase OHS risk• Cooperates with the operator• Uses equipment in accordance with
instructions• Must not interfere with safety equipment
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NOSA’s Role - Verification
• Is the Operator doing enough?– Assessment & acceptance of safety cases
• Are they doing what they said they would do?– Inspection and audit of facilities
• If something goes wrong … what happened? Did anyone break the law? Are sanctions required?– Investigation and enforcement
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Ocean Odyssey, UK 1988, 1 fatality
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Safety Case
What Does a Safety Case Do?Prevent Accidents
Procedural Controls
Hardware Controls
Hazards & Risks
The Work Place
Safety Management System
Formal Safety Assessment
Facility Description
The Work to be Done
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Mumbai High, India 2005, 22 fatalities
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New Commonwealth Legislation
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States Legislation
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NOPSA’S Core Skills and Experience
Inspectors
Professional Engineers;Chemical, Civil, Mechanical, Marine,
Process, Electrical, Environmental and Occupational health
Australian Public Service Investigator
Business ManagementLaw and legal Practitioners
Government RegulatorEnforcement Agency
OHS PractitionersOIM, Drilling Supervisor, Wells Engineer,
Vessel Master, Design Engineer, Auditor, Warranty Surveyor.
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Montara 2009, Timor Sea
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“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that you’ll do things differently”
Warren Buffet
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P36 - Campos Basin 2001, 11 fatalities
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Offshore Blowouts
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What’s new in 2010
• Carbon Capture and Greenhouse Gas Storage
• Floating LNG• Consolidated Offshore Regulations• Pipeline integrity• Output from Montara Comission of Inquiry
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Gas Well Blowouts in Gaoqiao, Chongqing, China
23 December 2003
243 people died, 9,000 were injured, and 64,000 were evacuated
Many of the confirmed dead are children or elderly people who were unable to flee after the explosion. Those who did not escape in time suffered burns to their eyes, skin and
lungs from the gas.
H2 S from wells
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Next 5 Years
• Well integrity?• Design safety case?• Inherent safety?• New technology?
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“If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.”
Barack Obama