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The Oil and Gas Industry has long been involved in safety and risk management methodologies. There are several reasons for this. The industry has different types of operating facilities, which all have complex processes and all involve a high level of risk. This risk involves all stages of the industry from exploration to development to refining and processing.

The scale of risk varies between the different types of operations, but all have offsite consequences. These consequences can include damage from fire or explosion and the release of toxic or flammable gases or liquid.

Despite the strong tradition and need for PHA studies, many companies are inconsistent in their approach to carrying out their studies. This inconsistency arises from two main reasons:

  • Many companies have segregation between departments (business units)
  • Many business units, from drilling to refining and processing, are spread out throughout the world which also leads to variations in their approach to HAZOP’s and other PHA methodologies

PHA-Pro is customizable to meet your needs of carrying out HAZOP’s in both the upstream and the downstream processes in your organization. At the same time, it brings a corporate consistency and a sharing of knowledge in your approach to your PHA studies and reports.

Keeping the flow of gas and oil through out the world stable can also require that oil and gas companies pay additional attention to their security and vulnerability issues. Prior to and since 9/11, companies have made even more careful reviews due to the size and isolated nature of some of the facilities - oil fields, pipelines, transfer stations, refineries, oil platforms and even the transportation of energy, etc. - where an incident can have serious economic and offsite safety & environmental consequences.

Many of the facilities found in the industry all involve a high level of risk to the workers’ safety. The companies have to include their contractors and subcontractors in their HSE plans. Traditionally contract employees have a higher injury rate than company employees. According to International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (OGP) in Safety Performance of the Global E&P Industry 2002:

  • In 2002, there were 102 fatalities. This gives a Fatal Accident Rate (FAR) of 4.81 company/contractor fatalities per 100 million workhours. This breaks down to:
    1. Companies - 13 fatalities or a FAR of 2.
    2. Contractors - 89 fatalities or a FAR of 6.00.
  • There were 2209 lost time incidents (excluding fatalities) resulting in at least one day off work. This works out to an average of 42 incidents per week. Approximately 310 work-years are estimated to have been lost by reporting companies and their contractors. (This number is based on 220 working days per year)
  • The overall Lost Time Injury Frequency (LTIF) was 1.09 lost time injuries (fatalities + list workday cases) incidents per million workhours. Contractor LTIF was 30% higher than company LTIF. Onshore LTIF was 0.95 whereas offshore LTIF was 1.54.

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