Toolkit
Health and Safety Regulatory Regime in the UK
Health and Safety Regulatory Regime in the UK
- National STEPS Network
- Toolkit
- Unknown
- Competence and TrainingProcess SafetyRegulation and LegislationStructural and Asset Integrity
- Barrier managementRegulation and legislationRespiratory hazardsWell controlWell integrity
- DrillingWell abandonment
- Independent audit and verificationMedical surveillanceRisk assessmentWell-barrier testing
- Upstream oil and gas
- Onshore facility
Summary
HSE presentation explaining regulation of onshore oil and gas through well notification, independent examination, safety documentation, operational reporting and enforcement. It follows well integrity from design to abandonment, including cement barriers and verification methods, and outlines safeguards for hydraulic fracturing and protection against respirable crystalline silica exposure.
Classifications: Barrier management; safety barrier management.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Respiratory hazards; respirable dust; inhalation hazards.
Classifications: Well control; kick control; loss of well control.
Classifications: Well integrity; well life cycle integrity.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Well abandonment; plug and abandonment; P&A.
Classifications: Independent audit and verification.
Classifications: Medical surveillance.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Well-barrier testing; well barrier verification.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Onshore facility; onshore plant.
Summary
HSE explains UK regulation of onshore oil and gas, well integrity, safety documents, emergency response, inspections, reporting and enforcement.
Themes: competence and training, process safety, regulation and legislation, structural and asset integrity.