Managing for health and safety (HSG65)
Health and Safety Executive (HSE, UK)
HSEEnglish
Managing for health and safety reference guide: Plan, Do, Check, Act cycle.
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The most important sector: every operation starts with safety. H2S gas, permit to work, risk analysis, PPE, fire and emergency, environment, and process safety.
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Real Incidents & Lessons Learned
All incidents →April 20, 2010 · Drilling · Well Control
Macondo well blowout and Deepwater Horizon rig explosion
Loss of well control during temporary abandonment, followed by an explosion, fire, rig sinking, and a massive oil spill.
Article · Video coming soonMarch 23, 2005 · Refining · Process SafetyBP Texas City refinery explosion
Overfilling of a splitter tower during unit startup, leading to flammable liquid discharge from an atmospheric blowdown stack, followed by an explosion and fire.
Article · Video coming soonJuly 6, 1988 · North Sea, UK
The Piper Alpha platform disaster
Coming soon
Official source: The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster (Cullen Report) — HSE
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Blowout prevention is the foundation of process safety in drilling and well intervention.
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Gas Migration
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BOP Intro
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Book library →Guidance on permit-to-work systems (HSG250)
Health and Safety Executive (HSE, UK)
HSEEnglish
Guidance on permit-to-work PTW systems in the petroleum and chemical industries.
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Official source ↗Developing process safety indicators (HSG254)
Health and Safety Executive (HSE, UK)
HSEEnglish
Guidance on developing process safety performance indicators for major hazard establishments.
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Official source ↗Reducing error and influencing behaviour (HSG48)
Health and Safety Executive (HSE, UK)
HSEEnglish
Human factors: understanding errors and how to reduce them at work.
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Official source ↗IOGP Report 459 — Life-Saving Rules
International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP)
HSEEnglish
Life-Saving Rules in the oil and gas industry, with implementation assets and translations.
Free & openFree public download from IOGP (© IOGP)
Official source ↗The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster (Cullen Report)
Lord Cullen — published by HSE (UK)
HSEEnglish
Official public inquiry report into the Piper Alpha disaster of 1988 (two volumes).
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