Oil Industry Safety Directorate

Oil Industry Safety Directorate

Ministry of Petroleum and natural gas

Activity of OISD

MAJOR
ACTIVITIES OF OISD

STANDARDISATION :

Standardisation is one of the most important activity of the Safety Directorate.
Standardisation is required to be done to keep abreast of the latest design and operating
practices in the areas of safety and fire fighting in the hydrocarbon processing industry.
The areas where standards / recommended practices / guidelines need to be developed are
identified as proposed by the industry or OISD. Work on these topics commences after the
same are approved by Steering Committee. The standardisation work is then taken up by the
Functional Committees nominated by the Steering Committee. As a continuous exercise, every
year new areas of Standardisation are identified.

As on date, Overall status of Standardisation is as follows :

Total Standards/Recommended

Practices / Guidelines Identified

- 98

Printed & Distributed

- 86

Under various stages of Preparation

- 12

A list of Standards already printed & distributed is enclosed.

REVIEW / REVISION OF STANDARDS :

OISD standards printed are scheduled to be reviewed
after 4 years of its publication to incorporate the latest technological changes and
experience gained in their implementation. This is an on-going process. The revision is
carried out as per the following procedure :

1.

Principal Panelists (PPs) send the following details in respect of each of the
proposed amendments :

i

Existing clause of the OISD Standard

ii

Amendment proposed in the clause

iii

Justifications for proposed amendment

2.

"Standards Amendment
Committee" consisting of sectional heads of OISD viz. Director (Process), Director
(Engg.) , Director (Marketing Coordination), Director (Gas Processing), Director
(Exploration & Production ) and OISD Coordinator of the Standard reviews the proposed
amendment. This Committee will take assistance from members of relevant Functional
Committees and other technical experts as felt necessary.

3.

The "Draft
Amendments" is circulated to all PP s for their review / comments/

4.

The finalised draft will be
put-up on the Steering Committee meeting for adoption.

5.

The Amendment will thereafter be
issued to the industry for implementation.

6.

At the time of complete revision
of the Standard, the above amendments and additional points from PP's, if any , will be
considered.

The above procedure would be
put up for approval to Safety Council before implementation.

EXTERNAL SAFETY AUDITS :

External Safety Audits of plants and facilities
is carried out periodically which includes critical examination of all the components of
the safety systems viz. management policy, management attitude towards safety, safety
training, review of plant layouts, operating / inspection / maintenance procedures,
emergency plans, usage of personal protective equipment, in-house fire / accidents
records, fire protection systems etc.,

These audits are carried out by audit teams
consisting of technical experts from industry. These teams are constituted by OISD. The
approved checklists are used as guidelines during these audits. On the last day of the
audit, the audit teams appraise the local management about their observations and
conclusions.

The ESA reports are sent to the Chief Executives
of the concerned Oil Companies. OISD thereafter monitors the progress of implementation of
the recommendations of the audit teams. The member organisations send the quarterly ESA
compliance reports to OISD. This information is further conveyed to MOP & NG regularly.

SAFETY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION / SAFETY
AWARDS :

Oil Industry Safety Awards were instituted in
order to inculcate competitiveness among oil companies to improve their safety
performance.

Safety performance of the competing organisations
/ installations is evaluated with the help of a new criteria developed at OISD which takes
into consideration, the total loss concept i.e. fatalities, fires, lost time , direct
& indirect losses etc. and also the hazard potentials.

Safety performance under each of the groups is
measured by a factor called Penalty Rating. The lower the value of Penalty Rating, the
better the Safety performance. Penalty Rating (PR) is defined as ratio of penalty points
(PP) to Hazard Potential (HP)

Penalty Points (PP)

i.e. Penalty Rating (PR)/

----------------------------

Hazards Potential (HP)

Penalty Points under each of the groups for the
competing organisations are calculated based on various parameters viz. Lost time
accidents , Fatalities, Fires - (Major & Minor), Direct losses etc., Each of these
penalty parameters are assigned adequate weightage while calculating the total penalty
points.

The Hazard Potential of various Process /
Production units have been worked out based on the DOW�s Fire and Explosion Index.
Hazard Potential of Pipeline and Marketing Installations is calculated as total equivalent
turnover of products handled and distributed by the company on all India basis.

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Total Standards/Recommended
Practices / Guidelines Identified	- 98
Printed & Distributed	- 86
Under various stages of Preparation	- 12

1.	Principal Panelists (PPs) send the following details in respect of each of the proposed amendments :
	i	Existing clause of the OISD Standard
	ii	Amendment proposed in the clause
	iii	Justifications for proposed amendment
2.	"Standards Amendment Committee" consisting of sectional heads of OISD viz. Director (Process), Director (Engg.) , Director (Marketing Coordination), Director (Gas Processing), Director (Exploration & Production ) and OISD Coordinator of the Standard reviews the proposed amendment. This Committee will take assistance from members of relevant Functional Committees and other technical experts as felt necessary.
3.	The "Draft Amendments" is circulated to all PP s for their review / comments/
4.	The finalised draft will be put-up on the Steering Committee meeting for adoption.
5.	The Amendment will thereafter be issued to the industry for implementation.
6.	At the time of complete revision of the Standard, the above amendments and additional points from PP's, if any , will be considered.

The above procedure would be put up for approval to Safety Council before implementation.
EXTERNAL SAFETY AUDITS :
External Safety Audits of plants and facilities is carried out periodically which includes critical examination of all the components of the safety systems viz. management policy, management attitude towards safety, safety training, review of plant layouts, operating / inspection / maintenance procedures, emergency plans, usage of personal protective equipment, in-house fire / accidents records, fire protection systems etc., These audits are carried out by audit teams consisting of technical experts from industry. These teams are constituted by OISD. The approved checklists are used as guidelines during these audits. On the last day of the audit, the audit teams appraise the local management about their observations and conclusions. The ESA reports are sent to the Chief Executives of the concerned Oil Companies. OISD thereafter monitors the progress of implementation of the recommendations of the audit teams. The member organisations send the quarterly ESA compliance reports to OISD. This information is further conveyed to MOP & NG regularly.
SAFETY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION / SAFETY AWARDS :
Oil Industry Safety Awards were instituted in order to inculcate competitiveness among oil companies to improve their safety performance. Safety performance of the competing organisations / installations is evaluated with the help of a new criteria developed at OISD which takes into consideration, the total loss concept i.e. fatalities, fires, lost time , direct & indirect losses etc. and also the hazard potentials. Safety performance under each of the groups is measured by a factor called Penalty Rating. The lower the value of Penalty Rating, the better the Safety performance. Penalty Rating (PR) is defined as ratio of penalty points (PP) to Hazard Potential (HP)
	Penalty Points (PP)
i.e. Penalty Rating (PR)/	----------------------------
	Hazards Potential (HP)
Penalty Points under each of the groups for the competing organisations are calculated based on various parameters viz. Lost time accidents , Fatalities, Fires - (Major & Minor), Direct losses etc., Each of these penalty parameters are assigned adequate weightage while calculating the total penalty points. The Hazard Potential of various Process / Production units have been worked out based on the DOW�s Fire and Explosion Index. Hazard Potential of Pipeline and Marketing Installations is calculated as total equivalent turnover of products handled and distributed by the company on all India basis.