Functions & Responsibilities of OISD
- To oversee the implementation of all the decisions of the Safety Council;,
- To keep abreast of the latest design and operating practices in the area of safety and fire fighting in the hydrocarbon processing industry in the developed countries, so as to develop standards and codes that would be suitable for the conditions in India;
- To liaise with the statutory organizations on current views and developments and help evolve a concerted effort for the industry;
- To carry out periodic safety audits, review, suggest procedures for improvements and report on the implementation of the suggestions to Safety Council;
- To collect the relevant information and exchange it with the members of the Oil Industry including information regarding accidents and disasters occurring in the Oil & Gas industry, and also organize industry meetings for exchange of experience;
- To carry out inquiries into accidents, whenever required, and provide support to Inquiry Committees set up by the Government;
- To ensure implementation of all approved codes of practices for industrial hygiene;
- To review practices in the storage and handling of dangerous chemicals and ensure compliance with latest standards;
- To review in plant training programmes with regard to safety;
- To grant consent to operate to any offshore rig and installations;
- To monitor the reporting/conditions related to safety compliance for offshore rigs and platforms;
- Verify decommissioning of offshore structures & abandoning of wells as per worldwide safe practices and OISD standards;
- Monitor compliance of ERDMP of private E&P operators and liaise on regular basis;
- Conduct oil spill audit along with Coast Guard at offshore E&P locations as prescribed in NOSDCP;
- To specify critical drawings / layouts that need to be vetted by Safety Specialists at the design stage and carryout spot checks of design standards based on site audit findings to serve as feed-back for establishing new standards at the design stage, and
In addition to the above, at specific requests from the Chief Executives & Government Departments, OISD liaises with Railway Safety Directorate, Ministry of Surface Transport, Port Authorities etc. regarding problem area in applying and enforcing respective regulations.
