Risk management offshore

摘要

Operating risks are never absent on a prospecting or producing rig, especially when the location is offshore, Full assessment of major accident hazards and pre-planning of mitigation measures by engineers, technicians and HSE personnel working as a team is the norm these days. DEALING WITH 'MACRO' offshore emergencies such as a major spill is well covered by specialist private operators like OSRL and the internationally funded IPIECA. Both are well known in Africa's deep and shallow waters. However, when it comes to the 'micro' scale - reacting to a failure of safety-critical equipment, for example - the rig operator is largely dependent on his own resources, initially anyway. This is where in-advance operational risk assessment (ORA) comes into its own.