Process Safety Audit and Improvement Roadmap for 18 North Sea Oil & Gas Assets
Project Objective: To assess the client’s current Process Safety performance, particularly relating to Hydrocarbon Releases (HCR), and develop clear Process Safety improvement recommendations in terms of improving both Process Safety culture and the effectiveness of key related processes.
Client: European Oil & Gas Operator operating within the North Sea
Asset: Offshore Oil & Gas Installations (manned & unmanned)
Location: Denmark
Duration: 6 months
Why ABL were contracted
ABL’s Asset Integrity Management (AIM) division has a proven track record of delivering Process Safety solutions globally. Our consultants can provide expertise and guidance throughout these projects, from Process Safety incident data analysis, interviews with frontline workforce and key stakeholders, to developing improvement action plans and roadmaps to achieve Process Safety excellence.
Project overview
Process Safety is a key factor in ensuring a safe working environment, our client’s highest priority.
To ensure Process Safety excellence and minimise the risk of Hydrocarbon Releases (HCRs), our client wanted to understand their current Process Safety performance, identify key areas for improvement, and capture and prioritise the associated Improvement Actions into a Process Safety roadmap
What we did
ABL conducted the Process Safety Improvement project in three phases:
1. Historic Data Analysis
- Analysis of over 200 safety incident reports using a data model to highlight key Process Safety incident themes in the areas of People, Procedures, Plant and Tools
2. Key Stakeholder Engagement
- A Process Safety improvement workshop was then held with key client representatives, using the findings from the incident data analysis to engage on Process Safety culture and behaviours
3. Safety & Risk Management Action Plan
- Process Safety key findings from Phase 1 and 2 were then collated into high level improvement areas, and associated improvement actions developed
- The improvement actions were then prioritised by the estimated Value vs Effort to identify quick wins and longer term improvement actions
Key deliverables and benefits
From our assessment, ABL identified;
- 28 Improvement Areas – specific gaps in Process Safety performance
- 39 Recommended Actions – key actions recommended to address the improvement areas and achieve Process Safety excellence
Following the above assessment, our client has realised the following benefits;
A quantitative understanding of historical Process Safety incidents and performance
Meaningful insights on Process Safety culture and behaviours within the frontline workforce
Clear Process Safety improvement recommendations in terms of improving both Process Safety culture and the effectiveness of key related processes
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