Guidance
Hazard identification and risk assessment guidance note
Hazard identification and risk assessment guidance note
- NOPSEMA
- Guidance
- N-04600-GN1613
- Control of WorkManagement of ChangeStructural and Asset Integrity
- Barrier managementRegulation and legislationRisk managementWell integrity
- Inspection and maintenanceWell abandonment
- Independent audit and verificationManagement of changePreventive maintenanceRisk assessment
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
Guidance for titleholders on assessing well integrity risks throughout the well lifecycle. It discusses subsurface assessment, independent design review, qualitative and quantitative analysis, FMECA, bow-tie methods and risk registers. Risk profiles inform monitoring and maintenance regimes, anomaly management, change assessment, and planning for well suspension and abandonment.
Classifications: Barrier management; safety barrier management.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Risk management; risk evaluation.
Classifications: Well integrity; well life cycle integrity.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Well abandonment; plug and abandonment; P&A.
Classifications: Independent audit and verification.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Classifications: Preventive maintenance; preventative maintenance; planned maintenance.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
Provides methods for identifying well integrity hazards, assessing risks and selecting controls throughout the well lifecycle.
N-04600-GN1613. Themes: control of work, management of change, structural and asset integrity.