process safety through teamwork

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Process Safety Through

Teamwork

Alex Guild

Technical Safety Team – Chevron Upstream Europe

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Agenda

Rosebank overview

What’s driving us?

How we went about it

Successes

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Rosebank Development Summary

*Indicative graphic subject to update

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Objectives for Process Safety Management

Keeping the hydrocarbons inside the process

Whole of lifecycle approach

Regulatory compliance

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Loss of Containment: A Great Opportunity

Root Causes in Design

Design Did Not Anticipate Conditions

21%

Review Failed to Uncover

Inadequacies in Design

14%

Design Did Not Consider

Human Factors 9%

Design Standards Inadequate

6%

Design Standards Not

Utilised 44%

Design Standards Did

Not Exist 6%

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Process Safety

Safeguards, Swiss Cheese & Bow Ties

Ha

za

rds

Loss of

Containment

Cause

Cause

Cause

Cause

Cause

Impact to personnel

Impact to

environment

Asset damage

Causes Prevention

Safeguards

Mitigation

Safeguards Consequences

“bow-tie”

“Swiss cheese”

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Tenets of Operation

Operate within design and environmental limits

Operate in a safe and controlled condition

Ensure safety devices are in place and functioning

Follow safe work practices and procedures

Meet or exceed customers’ requirements

Maintain integrity of dedicated systems

Comply with all applicable rules and regulations

Address abnormal conditions

Follow written procedures for high-risk or unusual situations

Involve the right people in decisions that affect procedures and

equipment

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The Pillars of Process Safety

• Demonstrate commitment: walk the talk

• Consistent message/regular communication

• Involve the team

• Thinking ahead: planning time and resources

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Leadership

Message

– Consistency: walk the talk

– From the top

We need your help!

We’re in it together

– Combined Chevron and contractor team

Being open to bad news

Flexibility

Process Safety Leadership Team to provide governance

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Organisational Capability

Sufficient qualified & competent personnel: Chevron & contractors

Co-location of project personnel improved communication

Operations team

– Diverse, experienced operations team enabled issues to be picked up early

– Brought UK experience to the team

Customer focus : engagement of the business unit

Partner engagement

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Verification Scheme: Driving Focus

Focus on Safety & Environmental Critical Elements (SECE)

– Barriers against major accidents

Performance standards set clear, verifiable performance goals for the

design

Developed with the Chevron & Contractor engineering teams

Way of achieving commitment to our PSM goals

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Incident & Injury Free – Applied to Process Safety

IIF activities focused on process safety during FEED

– Safety in design: post first oil operations

– Constructability: how do we construct it safely?

Focused on developing a process safety culture

Combined approach between Chevron and main contractors

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Process Safety Leading Indicators –

A Theoretical Example

Focus AreaProcess Safety

Leading Indicator

Information

SourceTolerance Actual

Technical Knowledge% FPSO/Subsea 3D Model

Reviews completed vs PlanSchedule > 66% 100%

Technical Knowledge% Packages with closed

HFE DeviationsInspection Reports >80% 90%

Technical Knowledge% Packages with non-compliant

Noise SpecificationInspection Reports

< 10%0%

Process Safety

Awareness

% FPSO/Subsea Chevron Teams

attended PSM Training

Attendance

Records> 90% 86%

Management of

Change% MoC Requests Overdue MoC Register < 10% 0%

Compliance Assurance% Open Verification

Comments OverdueDNV Register < 10% 12%

Compliance Assurance% Open Classification

Comments OverdueDNV Register < 10% 7%

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Teamwork Successes

Wind shielding

on turret

Local Electrical

Rooms

Offset Helideck

Process Deck Layout

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Questions