Guidance
Source control planning and procedures information paper
Source control planning and procedures information paper
- NOPSEMA
- Guidance
- Emergency ResponseHydrocarbon ReleaseSimultaneous OperationsStructural and Asset Integrity
- Environmental protectionHydrocarbon releaseRegulation and legislationWell controlWell integrity
- Dispersant application planningDrillingLifting operationsROV operations
- Blowout preventerCranePumpsRemotely operated vehicleWellhead
- Emergency responseOperating and work proceduresSafety-case assuranceSimultaneous operations coordination
- Upstream oil and gas
- Marine watersSubsea
Summary
This information paper sets out regulatory expectations for offshore loss-of-well-control preparedness across environment plans, well operations management plans and safety cases. It covers capping-stack selection and deployment, relief-well design and dynamic kill analysis, plume modelling, subsea dispersant supply, water-column monitoring, response-time modelling, coordinated operations and readiness exercises.
Classifications: Environmental protection; environmental safety; pollution prevention.
Classifications: Hydrocarbon release; hydrocarbon leak; oil and gas release.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Well control; kick control; loss of well control.
Classifications: Well integrity; well life cycle integrity.
Classifications: Dispersant application planning.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: ROV operations; remotely operated vehicle operations.
Classifications: Blowout preventer; BOP; blow-out preventer.
Classifications: Crane; cranes.
Classifications: Pumps.
Classifications: Remotely operated vehicle; ROV; underwater robot.
Classifications: Wellhead; well head.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Safety-case assurance.
Classifications: Simultaneous operations coordination; SIMOPS; simultaneous operations.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Marine waters.
Classifications: Subsea; underwater worksite.
Summary
Describes regulatory expectations for planning and assessing source control responses to offshore loss of well control.
Themes: emergency response, hydrocarbon release, simultaneous operations, structural and asset integrity.