Operational Safety Management for Oil & Gas Professionals

introduction
This Operational Safety Management for Oil & Gas Professionals training course will cover the inherent hazards of oil and gas operations. Flammable, toxic, explosive is just some of the inherent hazards of oil and gas. Operational Safety is of prime importance which means that there have to be the correct procedures in place and personnel that are competent in using these procedures to ensure that no incidents occur.
Objectives
• Understand HAZOP, Inherent Safer design and Risk
• Explain what Safety Reports represent
• Recognize how lessons learnt can be used to improve the organisation
• Understand different types of fire
• Formulate Emergency Plans
Course Outline
DAY 1
Health, Safety and Environmental Management
• Process Safety Management (PSM)
• Learning from incidents
• Hazards inherent in oil and gas
• Risk Assessment
• Work permit systems
• Safety Reports
DAY 2
Process Safety
• Mechanics of failure
• Safe containment of hydrocarbons
• Plant operation and maintenance
• Start-up and shut down
• Fire hazards
• Furnaces and boiler operations
DAY 3
Risk Assessment Techniques
• Framework for risk assessment
• Hazard and Operability Study ‘HAZOP’
• The Bow-tie model
• Inherent Safer design
• Safety Integrity Level ‘SIL’
• Hazardous Area Classification
DAY 4
Fires, Explosions and Emergency Response
• Fire and explosion in the oil and gas industries
• Types of fire
• Types of explosions
• Fire and explosion risk analysis
• Fire and explosion protective systems
• Emergency Plans and response
DAY 5
Transport Operations Safety
• Diving activities
• Maritime transport
• Land transport
• Course evaluation & summary