Exploration & Production (E&P) Section
Regulatory activities
The Petroleum & Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008 were notified by Govt. of India in June 2008 for regulation of safety in offshore exploration, exploitation, conservation & management of Petroleum and Natural Gas and matter connected therewith.
OISD has been designated as competent authority to exercise powers and functions as stipulated in Petroleum & Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, in June 2008.
Guidance notes for P&NG Rules have been prepared and provided to companies.
As competent authority, OISD carries out supervision of safety of offshore installations by means of consents, investigations, verifications and safety audits.
Consent for Decommissioning in Offshore
OISD has been designated as Approving Authority for Decommissioning activities in E&P Offshore. In a first of its kind, one consent for Tapti field (PMT JV) decommissioning has already been accorded to BGEPIL where 38 wells plug and abandon campaign has been successfully completed and structures decommissioning is scheduled to start shortly.
Another consent, for MA field decommissioning approval for MA field in KG deep water area of M/s RIL has been accorded.
OISD is also designated as the nodal agency for any disaster affecting the Private Sector Installations. OISD periodically conducts coordination meetings to review the status of Disaster Management plans and readiness by these companies.
Various activities are carried out by E&P group viz. Safety Audits (ESA/SSA/PCSA), standard development and revision, Investigation of accident/incident and Knowledge dissemination in order to maintain high degree of safety in the Oil Industry.
External Safety Audit
OISD undertakes External Safety Audit of E & P operations (Onshore/Offshore) of all upstream companies (PSU Companies and JV’s/Pvt. operators working under PSC) to assess the efficacy of the safety management system. Methodology comprises of review of documents and interaction with the concerned personnel besides physical tour of the installations (Production installation/ Drilling rig / Workover rig).
Environment Group activities.
A. The various activities that are carried out by Environment Group are:
B. Joint inspection of OSR Tier-I facilities with Indian Coast Guard
OISD along with Indian Coast Guard representative conducts joint inspection of OSR Tier-1 facilities to check their preparedness and efficacy w.r.t. performance and maintenance of equipment, training of people and drills etc.
The standards pertaining to only E&P section :
|
Sr. No. |
OISD Standard/GDN/RP No. |
Standard Name |
|
1 |
OISD-STD-174 |
Well Control (Statutory as included in OMR 2017) |
|
2 |
OISD-STD-175 |
Cementing Operations |
|
3 |
OISD-STD-176 |
Safety Health & Environment Training for Exploration & Production (Upstream) Personnel |
|
4 |
OISD-STD-181 |
Geophysical Operations |
|
5 |
OISD-GDN-182 |
Safe Practices for Workover and Well Stimulation Operations (Statutory as included in OMR 2017) |
|
6 |
OISD-STD-183 |
Standard on Logging Operations |
|
7 |
OISD-STD-184 |
Standard on Life Saving Appliances |
|
8 |
OISD-STD-185 |
Wire Line Operations |
|
9 |
OISD-STD-186 |
Simultaneous Operations in E&P Industry |
|
10 |
OISD-STD-187 |
Care and Use of Wire Rope (Statutory as included in OMR 2017) |
|
11 |
OISD-STD-189 |
Standard On Fire Fighting Equipment for Drilling Rigs, Work Over Rigs And Production Installations (Statutory as included in OMR 2017) |
|
12 |
OISD-STD-190 |
Safety in Derrick Floor Operations (Onshore and Offshore Drilling Rigs) |
|
13 |
OISD-STD-191 |
Oil Field Explosive Safety (Statutory as included in OMR 2017) |
|
14 |
OISD-GDN-193 |
Guidelines for Gas Lift Operations & Maintenance |
|
15 |
OISD-GDN-200 |
Guidelines for preparation of oil spill contingency plan |
|
16 |
OISD-RP-201 |
Environment Management in E&P Sector |
|
17 |
OISD-GDN-202 |
Field Inspection of Drilling & Work-over Rig Mast, Substructure & Rig Equipment |
|
18 |
OISD-GDN-203 |
Operation, Maintenance & Inspection of Hoisting Equipment |
|
19 |
OISD-RP-205 |
Recommended Practices for Crane Operation, Maintenance & Testing (for Upstream) |
|
20 |
OISD-STD-216 |
Electrical Safety in Onshore Drilling & Workover Rigs |
|
21 |
OISD-GDN-218 |
Guidelines For Safe Rig-Up & Rig-Down of Drilling and Work-Over Rigs |
|
22 |
OISD-GDN-219 |
Guidelines on Field Inspection, Handling & Testing of Casing Pipe & Tubing |
|
23 |
OISD GDN 226 |
Natural Gas transmission pipelines and City Gas Distribution Networks (Statutory as included in OMR 2017) |
|
24 |
OISD-STD-231 |
Sucker Rod Pumping Units |
|
25 |
OISD-STD-234 |
Electrical Safety in Onshore Production Installations in E&P Sector |
|
26 |
OISD-RP-238 |
Well Integrity |
|
27 |
OISD-GDN-239 |
Guidelines On Annular Casing Pressure Management for Onshore Wells |
|
28 |
OISD-RP-242 |
Drilling and Testing of HPHT Wells |
|
29 |
OISD-RP-243 |
Recommended Practices on Coal based Methane (CBM) operations |
The other standards and guidelines used by E&P section:
|
Sr. No. |
OISD Standard/GDN/RP No |
Standard Name |
| 1 |
OISD-STD-105 |
Work Permit System (Statutory as included in Petroleum Rules 2002) |
| 2 |
OISD-STD-106 |
Pressure Relief & Disposal System |
| 3 |
OISD-STD-108 |
Oil Storage and Handling (Statutory as included in OMR 2017) |
| 4 |
OISD-STD-109 |
Process Design and Operating Philosophies on Blow Down & sewer system |
| 5 |
OISD-STD-114 |
Safe Handling of Hazardous Chemicals (Statutory as included in OMR 2017) |
|
6 |
OISD-GDN-115 |
Guidelines on Fire Fighting Equipment and Appliances in Petroleum Industry |
| 7 |
OISD-STD-118 |
Layouts for Oil and Gas Installations (Statutory as included in Petroleum Rules 2002 and OMR 2017) |
| 8 |
OISD-STD-128 |
Inspection of Unfired Pressure Vessels (Statutory as included in OMR 2017) |
| 9 |
OISD-STD-129 |
Inspection of Storage Tanks (Statutory as included in OMR 2017) |
| 10 |
OISD-STD-130 |
Inspection of Piping Systems |
| 11 |
OISD-STD-132 |
Inspection of Pressure Relieving devices |
| 12 |
OISD-STD-141 |
Cross Country liquid hydrocarbon pipeline (Statutory as included in Petroleum Rules 2002) |
| 13 |
OISD-STD-142 |
Inspection of fire fighting equipment and systems |
| 14 |
OISD-STD-145 |
Internal Safety Audits |
|
15 |
OISD RP 149 |
Design aspects for safety in electrical systems(Statutory as included in OMR 2017) |
| 16 |
OISD-STD-152 |
Safety Instrumentation for Process System in Hydrocarbon Industry |
| 17 |
OISD-STD-153 |
Maintenance & inspection of safety instrumentation in hydrocarbon industry |
| 18 |
OISD-STD-155 |
Personal protective equipment |
| 19 |
OISD-STD-163 |
Safety of control room for hydrocarbon industry |
| 20 |
OISD-GDN-166 |
Guidelines for Occupational Health Monitoring in Oil and Gas Industry |
| 21 |
OISD-STD-178 |
Management Of Change (Statutory as included in OMR 2017) |
| 22 |
OISD-GDN-180 |
Lightning Protection |
| 23 |
OISD-STD-188 |
Corrosion Monitoring and Control of Offshore & Onshore Pipelines |
| 24 |
OISD-STD-191 |
Oil Field Explosive Safety |
| 25 |
OISD-GDN-206 |
Guidelines on Safety Management System in Petroleum Industry |
| 26 |
OISD-GDN-207 |
Contractor Safety |
|
27 |
OISD-GDN-224 |
Monitoring & Control of Volatile Organic Compounds Emission |
| 28 |
OISD-GDN-233 |
Guidelines on inspection of Non piggable pipelines. |
|
29 |
OISD-STD-240 |
Asset Integrity Management of rotary equipment |
|
30 |
OISD-STD-227 |
Emergency Response and Preparedness in Oil & Gas Industry |
|
31 |
OISD-STD-228 |
Selection, Training & Placement of Fire Operators in Hydrocarbon & Petrochemical Industry |
Users are strongly advised to refer to ALL, repeat, ALL OISD Standards / Guidelines / Recommended practice before arriving at any conclusion.
