Health and Safety Executive

Health and Safety Executive

Research Programme

for Offshore

Malcolm Birkinshaw

June 2006

Organisation For R & D

Major Hazards Programme R & D

Nuclear, Onshore, Offshore Major Hazards

Research is Programme led (e.g. KP3)

Technical Support is incident led

Extramural and HSL Expert Sources

HSL is R & D supplier of 1st Choice

Strategic Considerations

• HSC Science Strategy 2005 – 2008 hse.gov.uk/research/content/strategy0508.pdf

• Major Hazards Strategic Programme 2005 – 2008 (internal document)

• HID Strategy hse.gov.uk/hid/deliveryplan/

• Offshore Division Science and Technology Strategy Nov 2004

• Hse.gov.uk/offshore/scitechstrat/scitech.pdf

Offshore S & T Strategy Themes

• Ageing facilities

• Change management

• Floating systems/new development

• Revitalising health and safety

Extramural R & D

• Current Portfolio: £1.8 m

• Pre 02/03: 1 Project

• 02/03 : 4 Projects

• 03/04 : 3 Projects

• 04/05 : 6 Projects

• O5/06 : 4 Projects

• 06/07 : 2 Projects

Extramural Themes (1)

• Metocean: ISO validation pilot, UK wave map, airgap

• Structural Integrity: blast wall strength, corrosion inspection; fatigue HSS

• Floaters: offloading; Roll JIP; flexible riser JIP

• Shift workers circadian rhythms

• Blowouts frequency data collection

Extramural Themes (2)

• Guidelines: avoidance of pipe vibration; elastomer seals in explosive environments;

• Collaborative work with CAA for heliops

• Review of practices in shipping industry for managing ships collision

HSL Work for OSD

• 04/05 £687k; 05/06 £555k

• 105 projects (mainly small)

• incident related testing and analysis (diving, wire ropes, gas dispersion)

• aid to development of OSD F & B strategy

• generic explosion modelling comparisons

• weathered PFP testing

• gas detector operability

Waiting Extramural (1)

• £460k estimate 10 Projects• Metocean

– joint probability calculation of extreme water levels

– Public domain hind cast data to assess joint probability of extreme water levels

– Calculation of air gap for NS Fixed installations using ISO 19901-1

Waiting Extramural (2)

• Structural Integrity– Residual stress in welded joints– Framework for SI management of fixed

jacket structures– Techniques and technologies

underpinning management of ageing installations

– SI monitoring: review and appraisal of current technologies

Waiting Extramural - 3

• Performance based explosion resistant design

• Safety on drill floor – driller’s supervision

• FPSO failures database

Future

• Ageing Installations: technology underpinning extension; framework for management; monitoring review; foundation safety; explosion resistant design; safety on drill floor ( drilling supervision); carbon sequestration

• More stakeholder collaboration

• Tighter Funds For External Resources

• Cross Sector Cutting Themes