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Emergency Preparedness Collaboration and Continuous Improvement

Lead author: Sigurd Robert JacobsenCo-authors: Anne Gro Løkken, Jan Erik Jensen

Petroleum Safety Authority, NorwayArctic Frontiers 2018, Tromsø

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• Safety regulator since 1973.

• First as part of the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. Independent since 2004

• Regulatory responsibilityfor safety and the workingenvironment in Norway’spetroleum sector.

• Report to the Ministry ofLabour and Social Affairs.

• About 170 employees.

Petroleum Safety Authority

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Our expertiseStaffed and organised to “reflect” the petroleum industry.Highly qualified staff with broad or leading-edge expertise.Key disciplines:

• working environment• drilling and well service• HSE management• structural safety• logistics and emergency preparedness• process integrity

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Authority has been delegated to thePetroleum Safety Authority Norway to:• issue regulations for the petroleum

sector as authorised by legislation

• undertake overall safety assessments

• take decisions on consents, sanctions and exemptions from regulatory requirements.

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• Ensuring that companies are consciousof their responsibilities.

• Tripartite collaboration betweencompanies, unions and government.

• Trust and openness.

Distinctive features of theNorwegian approach to regulation

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Goals and ambitions

• The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway will set the terms for health, safety, the environment and emergency preparedness in the petroleum sector, follow up to ensure that industry players maintain high standards in this area, and thereby contribute to creating maximum value for society.

• Norwegian Government ambition: World leaders in the field of HSE in the petroleum industryMeld. St. 7 (2011–2012) White paper to Parliament, The High North - Visions and Strategies

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Prudent activities

• The activities shall be prudent, based both on an individual and an overall assessment of all factors of relevance for planning and implementation of the activities as regards health, safety and the environment. Consideration shall also be given to the specific nature of the activities, local conditions and operational assumptions.

• A high level for health, safety and the environment shall be established, maintained and further developed.

• Frame regulation § 10

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Continuous Improvement

• The responsible party shall continuously improve health, safety and the environment by identifying the processes, activities and products in need of improvement, and implementing necessary improvement measures. The measures shall be followed up and the effects evaluated.

• The individual employee shall be encouraged to actively identify weaknesses and suggest solutions, cf. Section 15 of the Framework Regulations.

• Applying experience from own and others' activities shall be facilitated in the improvement work.

• Management regulation § 23

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Continuous Improvement

• identify processes, activities and “products” in need of improvement• implementing necessary improvement measures• evaluate effects• follow up measures

• employees encouraged to participate- identify weaknesses and suggest solutions,

• experience from own and others' activities shall be used Source: deming.org

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Continuous improvement process- Plan, Do, Check, Act,

Raising the safety level- Incremental improvement

Setting a new standard- Consolidating the achievement

Time

Safety levelHSE level

Setting newstandard

CI process

What are we trying to achieve?

Theory/Method:- PDCA Deming Cycle- W. Edwards Deming- Toyota - Kaizen

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Opportunities and threats

• What promotes the process?- Regulations, responsibility, prudent activity- Industry guidelines, standards and company requirements- The ability to understand the purpose and goals- Society’s involvement, politics and NGOs- Technological (operational & organisational) innovation

• What threatens the process?- Oil price (may also be an opportunity)- Resistance to change

Norwegian Oil and Gas, Guideline 064 Area Emergency Preparedness

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How can we achieve our goals?

• Guidedog and watchdog role- central to communication and influencing industry.

• Guide dog – have you thought about …?• Watchdog – how have you solved the challenge (comply with regulations)?

• Communication- Attend conferences, hold lectures and make presentations. Communicate the issues we see as important.

Communicate our standpoint.

• Participation- become involved in joint projects involving industry, workforce and other authorities

• Collaboration- Collaborate, cooperate, commit to achieving goals together

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Collaboration

• Barents 2020 (2008 to 2012)• Norwegian Oil and Gas – HSE in the North (2010 – 2014)• SARINOR, Search and Rescue in the High North (2012 – present)• AORF, Arctic Offshore Regulators Forum (initiative in 2013, established in 2015)• EPPR, Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response Working Group

- TFOPP, Task Force on Arctic Marine Oil Pollution Prevention (2014)- Technology report (2016)- Standardisation as a tool … in petroleum activities report (2016/17)

• BaSEC, Barents Sea Exploration Collaboration (2015 to present date)• SAREX I and II (2016 and 2017)• ISO TC67/SC8 Arctic Operations (2013 to present)• IE/ROGU

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AORF

SAREX I & IISARiNOR

BaSEC

Petroleum Safety Authority

NorOG EPPR

ISO TC67/SC8Barents 2020

«PSA network»

Operators

Rig Owners

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AORF

SAREX I & IISARiNOR

BaSEC

Petroleum Safety Authority

NorOG EPPR

ISO TC67/SC8Barents 2020

Rig Owners

Operators

Other authoritiesJRCC

«Wider network» & «cross pollination»

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Ice Accretion on LifeboatsResults of collaboration

• Issue raised by PSA (2010/11 onwards). • Observations:

- No attention to issue- Denial of a problem- Increased awareness- Acknowledgement of issue- Research

• PSA actions- Meetings, presentations, supervisory activities

OMAE2012-83329, Evacuation from Petroleum Facilities Operating in the Barents Sea, Jacobsen and Gudmestad, 2012

source: srj

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Meteorological Data reportingResults of collaboration

• PSA promoting comparison of weather forecast and observed weather• Make observed weather available to the forecasters• Meteorological data reporting to forecasters since ~2013

- Early achievement during NorOG HSE in the North project

• Improved forecasting of Polar Lows

• PSA actions- Meetings, supervisory activities- cooperation with meteorological authorities

source: srj

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• Improvements onboard facilities and helicopters

• Telemedicine on offshore installations- Telemedicine solutions considered on board helicopter

• Medic coverage on offshore installation improved- Number increased where deemed necessary to compensate for

distance

• Medical equipment for treatment of patient- Increased treatment capability on offshore installations and in

helicopter

• PSA actions- Acknowledgement of Consent, supervisory activities, meetings

Medical emergency preparednessResults of collaboration

source: srj

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• Helicopter transport of personnel in the Barents Sea• PSA concern regarding capability and capacity• PSA very clear on responsibility (AF § 17)• Branch organisation disagrees• Operators take responsibility

• PSA actions- Acknowledgement of Consent, meetings- Conference presentations, clear message

En-route Rescue of Personnel from SeaResults of collaboration

OMAE2013-10616, Long-range rescue capability for operations in the Barents Sea, Jacobsen and Gudmestad, 2013

source: srj

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BaSEC performance requirementsResults of collaboration

• Rescue of personnel from lifeboats- Target should be to rescue personnel from lifeboats within 24 hours after lifeboats have been launched.

• Man overboard situations- In man over board situations, personnel shall be rescued from the sea within 8 minutes after man over

board is detected.

• Persons in the sea following helicopter ditch outside the safety zone- The helicopter passengers and crew shall be picked up from sea

as soon as possible but at latest within 4hrs.- The intention is to clarify that the operator has a responsibility for

safe transport to and from the offshore installation, both inside and outside the safety zone. (BaSEC 2016)

source: NorOG

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Achievements

• Have we achieved our goals?- Prudent activity and continuous improvement – YES- High standard of HSE - YES- Rescue of people from sea due to helicopter incident – YES

• How have we achieved our goals?- Collaboration, participation- Guide dog – watch dog- Persistence- Clear communication of standpoint- Openess - sharing information

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New topics to consider

• Effects of cold water shock on survival- Drowning (bouyancy) – Hypothermia (protection against cold) – Drowning (CWS, fatigue)

• Evacuation of personnel from facilities far from shore• Competence

- Leadership and survival, experience transfer from real occurrences

• Planning of helicopter flights considering ability to rescue people- In place: helicopter shall only fly over areas where it will not capsize if landing in the sea

• Escape – Evacuation – Survival – Rescue

!Escape Evacuation SURVIVAL Rescue

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Conclusion

• Tripartite collaboration between PSA, industry and the work force has a long tradition and is the foundation for success

• Openess and sharing of information across the entire Arctic• Dialogue and engaging in industry projects bare fruits• Guidedog and watchdog role are central to communication and influencing

- Clear understanding of roles and responsibilities, authority - industry- Clear communication of PSA interpretation of regulations

… broad involvement of stakeholders and PSA participation continually challenging industry, there is “cross pollination” of ideas and expectations lubricating the process of continuous improvement within emergency preparedness …

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