Information

Corrosion

• External corrosion project template [195KB]
• Offshore external corrosion guide [1.6MB]

Diving

• HSE Diving website guidance

Electrical engineering control systems

• Alarm systems guidance for HID inspectors [114KB]
• Electricity
• Safety instrumated systems for the overpressure protection of pipeline rises

Evacuation, escape and rescue (EER)

• Evacuation, escape and rescue technical advisory group (EERTAG) [21KB]

Fire, explosion and risk assessment

• Fire, explosion and risk assessment topic guidance
• Fire and explosion strategy - Issue 1

Key programmes final reports

• KP1 Hydrocarbon Release Reduction Campaign Report
• KP2 Deck and drilling operations final report
• KP2 Deck and drilling operations Audit guidance
• KP2 Deck and drilling operations Rigging Loft guidance
• KP2 Deck and drilling operations Phase 2 Inspection templates [188KB]

• Key Programme 3 (KP3) Installation Integrity [1.25MB]
• Details from KP3 report [26KB]

Documents used to assist the KP3 programme

• Loss of containment manual [435KB]
• KP3 manual [764KB]
• Installation Integrity on UKCS [250KB]

KP3 templates

• Offshore maintenance management template [122KB]
• Offshore marine template [205KB]
• Onshore maintenance management template [172KB]
• Onshore marine template [264KB]

Examples of good practice identified during KP3 inspections

• Good practice list [37KB]

Marine and aviation

• Offshore helideck design guidelines [4.6MB]

Maritime integrity

• The safe approach, set-up and departure of jack-up rigs to fixed installations

Mechanical engineering

• Offshore lifting issues

Occupational health

• Offshore ergonomic health and safety training pack
• Noise exposure and control in the offshore oil and gas industry - An inspection tool for HSE/OSD inspectors

Pipelines

• HSE pipelines website guidance

Process integrity

• Loss of containment manual - reducing offshore hydrocarbon releases [435KB]
• Riser Emergency Shut Down Valve (ESDV) leakage assessment

Safety cases

• Verification during decommissioning and dismantling – Offshore Information Sheet 2/2008 [37KB]
• Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005 HSE’s involvement in the design and construction process (including processing of design notifications) – Offshore Information Sheet 11/2007 [40KB]
• Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005 Regulation 13 thorough review of a safety – Offshore Information Sheet 4/2006 [52KB]
• Guidance on risk assessment for offshore installations - Offshore Information Sheet 3/2006 [263KB]
• Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005 Regulation 12 demonstrating compliance with the relevant statutory provisions – Offshore Information Sheet 2/2006 [142KB]
• Assessment Principles for Offshore Safety Cases (APOSC) [158KB]
• Guidance for the topic assessment of the major accident hazard aspects of safety cases
• OSD procedures for safety case assessment and processing of other submissions
• Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005 (SCR05) – Submission of notifications, thorough review summaries and safety cases - Operations Notice 74

Structural integrity

• Structural integrity strategy
• Technical policy relating to foundations and geotechnics for offshore installations in the UKCS
• Technical policy relating to extreme weather hazards
• Technical policy relating to seismic events hazard [81KB]
• Technical policy relating to structural response to ship impact [87KB]

Wells

• Understanding oil and gas wells notifications
• Well Engineering and Operations Group organogram [16KB]
• Control of wells during intervention operations
• Wells group strategy [153KB]
• Tubular handling on the drill-floor

General information

• Offshore charging information
• Planning to do business in the UK Offshore Oil and Gas Industry? What you should know about health and safety [125KB]
• Safety notices
• Operations notices
• Information sheets
• Offshore leaflets
• Dropped objects protection scheme
• HSE offshore health and safety strategy to 2010 [327KB]
• Memorandum of understanding between the Health & Safety Executive and the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway concerning health and safety supervision related to pipelines and installations governed by agreements between the UK and Norway [80KB]

Newsletters

Tea-shack news

• Worker involvement events flyer [85KB]
• Issue 9 - February 2009 [185KB]
• Issue 8 - November 2008 [153KB]
• Issue 7 - July 2008 [213KB]
• Issue 6 - December 2007 [135KB]
• Issue 5 - June 2007 [85KB]
• Issue 4 - November 2006 [84KB]
• Issue 3 - February 2006 [113KB]
• Issue 2 - March 2005 [183KB]
• Issue 1 - August 2004 [103KB]

Research

• Offshore research reports (OTO, OTI and OTH series)
• Research reports (RR series)
• Search offshore research

Safety alerts

• Leak sealing repair clamps
• Catastrophic failure of shell and tube production cooler

Science and technology strategy

• Offshore Division Science and Technology Strategy [68KB]

Statistics

• Offshore injury, ill health and incident statistics 2007/2008 [171KB]
• Offshore safety statistics bulletin 2007/2008
• Offshore Injury, Ill Health and Accident Statistics 2006/2007 [453KB]
• Offshore safety statistics bulletin 2006/2007
• Offshore Injury, Ill Health and Incident Statistics 2005/2006 [645KB]
• Offshore Injury, Ill Health and Incident Statistics 2004/2005 (Provisional Data) [633KB]
• Offshore Hydrocarbon Release Statistics 2001/2002
• UK offshore public transport helicopter safety records 1976-2002 [230KB]