A New, Risk Based Management System for the Health, Safety and Environmental Assurance of Third Party Services

摘要

Over the past four years a new program for the management ofrnhealth, safety and environmental performance of companiesrndirectly, or indirectly contracted to BPX(Alaska) has beenrndeveloped. This program introduced substantial andrnfundamental changes in the roles and responsibilities of thernparties involved.rnHistorically the E&P company, or customer, identified thernrisks related to a contract. Contractor programs frequentlyrnlacked structure, contractual responsibilities were often looselyrndefined and requirements varied amongst contracts. Thernintroduction of new, global corporate performancernexpectations, the need to improve contractor incident rates,rnchanging regulatory requirements, fundamental changes inrncustomer - contractor relationships and a desire to achieve arnzero-incident workplace were among the motivations for therndevelopment of a new contractor HSE system.rnThe cornerstones of the new program are a uniform set ofrncontractor expectations and the use of contract specific riskrnidentification, performed by the customer and contractor inrnpartnership. An eight step process has been developed:rndefinition of scope-of-work; analysis of gaps betweenrncustomer expectations and contractor systems; identification ofrnhazards related to contracted activities; assessment of risksrnassociated with identified hazards; development of a Plan tornmanage risks; agreement of interfaces between customer,rncontractor and other parties; communication of the Plan andrnInterfaces; periodic review.rnThe paper describes, in detail both the development and thernapplication of the new program. The implementation of theprogram in a group of fifteen contracts, representing direct,rnthird-party or sub-contractor and alliance relationships withrnBPX(Alaska) is used as a case study. This case study:rnconsiders the ability of the various organizations involved inrnthe process to understand and learn from the assurancernprocess; compares the risk based safety management processrnto the previous, rules based process; reviews the impact of thernvariety of contractor management systems in use amongst thernsubject organizations.