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Macondo Lessons Learned

Anne MyhrvoldPetroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA)

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Topics for the next 50 min

• Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA)

• Post Macondo project in PSA• Audit by the North Sea Offshore Authority Forum

• Risk level• PSA main priorities

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Petroleum Safety Authority

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Our expertise

• Highly qualified personnel with broador leading-edge expertise

• Key disciplines• the working environment• drilling and well• HSE management• structural safety• logistics and emergency preparedness• process integrity

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Main features of the regulations

• Based on performance (functional) requirements− gives the industry the freedom to choose good solutions

− supports the placement of responsibility

− references to norms and industry standards provide predictability for users and indicate the expected standard of the solutions

• Requirement that the companies establish risk targets and manage their activities in relation to these

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The Post Macondo follow-up in PSA

• PSA established a project to follow up the accident

• The mandate for the cross-disciplinary internal project team was to prepare a basis for PSA’s supervision and measures in order to improve HSE on the Norwegian Continental Shelf

• 2 reports released- The Deepwater Horizon accident - assessments and

recommendations for the Norwegian petroleum industry- A concluding report on the follow-up of the Deepwater Horizon

accident

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Post Macondo project 2010-2014

Main report 2011• Evaluation and recommendations

relevant for the Norwegian petroleum industry

• 3 main topics:Risk managementBarrier managementOrganization and leadership

Final report 2014• Status of PSA and the industry’s follow

up after the main report in 2011• Evaluation of effect• Identified improvement areas still to be

followed up

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Risk management

• The Macondo accident demonstrated the need for improved risk management and processes which lead to more robust solutions (i.e built-in safety margins)- Review strengths and weaknesses of the

existing risk methods and tools- Initiate R&D activities- Identify proactive major accident risk

indicators

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Risk management

• PSA- Risk management is the fundament in our 4 main priorities and in our approach towards

the industry- Update of our regulation to reflect uncertainties in the risk definition

• Industry response- Awareness of major accident risk and robust solutions have increased - R&D projects

- Improved risk assessments to better reflect the knowledge dimension and surprises- Modelling instantaneous risk for major accident prevention- New perspective of risk understanding

• Still….Develop reliable indicators for managing major accident riskDistinguish better between indicators for personal injuries and major accidentClarify the purpose of the risk management processTake greater account of the uncertainty in risk assessments

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Barrier management

• The Macondo accident demonstrated the need for improved barrier management - Establish barrier strategy and

clarify connection between risk management and barrier management

- Development of specific performance requirement to both technical, organizational and operational barrier elements

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Barrier management

• PSA- One of our 4 main priorities- Barrier document: «Principles for barrier management in the petroleum

industry»

• Industry- Several initiatives both by companies and industry associations

- The barrier document is in use- Workshops, meetings

• Still….- Specially attention is needed towards barriers that avoid:

- Well integrity- Prevention of HC leaks- Aging installations

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Organization and leadership

• The DwH accident demonstrated the need for improved safety culture, organization and leadership- Capacity and competency - Management of change- Roles and responsibility- Involvement- Information- Learning

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Organisation and management

• PSA- One of our 4 main priorities: «Leadership and major accident risk»- R&D projects, exchange of knowledge

- Learning

• Industry- Several initiatives both by companies and industry associations- Update of industry standards; major accident risk, well control- Competency and training

• Still….- Give emphasis to HSE consequences related to contracts, contractual

relations, incentives, KPIs- Get better at picking up signals of deficiencies at an earlier stage- Evaluate effects achieved from follow-up efforts

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Summary - Post Macondo project

• Several initiative and results- Updates of standards, especially within drilling and wells- Development of capping equipment- Barrier management, development of tools

• Activities ongoing- R&D projects

• Still…..- Safety is a perishable commodity

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North Sea Offshore Authority Forum

• NSOAF is the network for offshore regulators working in the North Sea, founded in 1989

• NSOAF members are :Denmark

Faroe IslandsGermanyIreland

United Kingdom Netherlands

NorwaySweden

• Forum to exchange information, best practice and lessons learnt from incidents

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NSOAF - multi-national audit

• 11 audits during 2013 in UK, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands and Germany

• Covered a range of operations: platform based drilling, jack-ups rigs and harsh environment semi-submersibles

• Audit questions covering four elements- Control Panel/Engineering Systems- Human Factors- Organisational Factors- Company Interfaces

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Audit report

• Report published January 2014- Identifies a range of approaches to Human and Organisational Factors

in well control – some impressive, others less so!- Highlights good and poor practises- Contains audit questionnaire- Download at www.psa.no, www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/nsoaf.pdf

• Findings have a wider applicability than just in North Sea- Good practises should be easily adoptable- Can be used to stimulate continuous improvement- Quality of interfacing arrangements are crucial!

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• “The control loop model” – a good tool for communication• Scenarios and examples were very useful• Multi disciplinary audit teams• We will bring this method into future audits

The experiences from the NSOAF-audit in Norway

Important learning points• Training and exercises including simulators, scenarios• Co-operation between the parties• Design of human-machine-interface

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PSA - Trends in risk level

• Trends in Risk Level in the Norwegian Petroleum Activity (RNNP)

• An annual set of reports – first time in year 2001 - English summary www.psa.no

• Measure the development in risk level – industry perspective

• Highlight areas to which priority must be given in order to reduce risk

• Improve understanding of the possible causes of accidents and near misses

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Incidents and near misses(DHAs) all facilities (excluding helicopters)

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Total indicator – major accidents Production facilities

Weight factor based on loss of life

Based on observations, does not express risk directly

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Main Priorities 2014

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Barriers

Groups particularlyexposed to risk

Management andmajor accident risk

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Continuous improvement is a fundamental principle for the

petroleum industry…

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