The Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005

Regulation 8

SCHEDULE 3 PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN A SAFETY CASE FOR A NON-PRODUCTION INSTALLATION

1.  The name and address of the owner of the installation.

2.  A summary of how any safety representatives for that installation were consulted with regard to the revision, review or preparation of the safety case pursuant to regulation 23(2)(c)(i) of the Offshore Installations (Safety Representatives and Safety Committees) Regulations 1989.

3.  A description, with suitable diagrams, of—

(a) the main and secondary structure of the installation and its materials;

(b) its plant; and

(c) the layout and configuration of its plant.

4.  Particulars of the types of operation, and activities in connection with an operation, which the installation is capable of performing.

5.  The maximum number of persons—

(a) expected to be on the installation at any time; and

(b) for whom accommodation is to be provided.

6.  Particulars of the plant and arrangements for the control of well operations, including those—

(a) to control pressure in a well;

(b) to prevent the uncontrolled release of hazardous substances; and

(c) to minimise the effects of damage to subsea equipment by drilling equipment.

7.  A description of how the duty holder has ensured, or will ensure, compliance with regulation 4(1) of the PFEER Regulations.

8.  A description of arrangements made for protecting persons on the installation from toxic gas at all times other than during any period while they may need to remain on the installation following an incident which is beyond immediate control.

9.  A description of the measures taken or to be taken or the arrangements made or to be made for the protection of persons on the installation from hazards of explosion, fire, heat, smoke, toxic gas or fumes during any period while they may need to remain on the installation following an incident which is beyond immediate control and for enabling such persons to be evacuated from the installation where necessary, including provision for—

(a) temporary refuge;

(b) routes from locations where persons may be present to temporary refuge and for egress therefrom to points from where the installation may be evacuated;

(c) means of evacuation at those points; and

(d) facilities within temporary refuge for the monitoring and control of the incident and for organising evacuation.

10.  A description of the main requirements in the specification for the design of the installation and its plant, which shall include—

(a) any limits for safe operation or use specified therein;

(b) a description of how the duty holder has ensured, or will ensure, compliance with regulation 4 of the Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations 1996; and

(c) a description of how the duty holder has ensured, or will ensure, the suitability of the safety-critical elements.

11.  Particulars of—

(a) the limits of the environmental conditions beyond which the installation cannot safely be stationed or operated;

(b) the properties of the sea-bed and subsoil which are necessary for the safe stationing and operation of the installation; and

(c) the locations in which the installation may be stationed and operated safely.

12.  A description of the arrangements for—

(a) identifying the routes and locations of pipelines, wells and other subsea equipment; and

(b) assessing the risks that they pose to the installation.

13.  Particulars of any combined operations which may involve the installation, including—

(a) a summary of the arrangements in place for co-ordinating the management systems of all duty holders involved in any such combined operation;

(b) a summary of the arrangements in place for a joint review of the safety aspects of any such combined operation by all duty holders involved, which shall include the identification of hazards with the potential to cause a major accident and the assessment of risks which may arise during any such combined operation;

(c) the plant likely to be used during any such combined operation; and

(d) the likely impact any such combined operation may have on the installations involved.