Information

Corrosion

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

Diving

• HSE Diving website guidance

Electrical engineering control systems

• Control systems for ESD [110KB]
• Process control systems and associated alarm functions [150KB]
• Fire and gas systems [116KB]
• Alarm systems guidance for HID inspectors [114KB]
• Electricity
• High integrity pressure protection systems [HIPPS] for the overpressure protection of pipeline risers [269KB]

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]

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
• European standard for wire rope slings

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

• Offshore Information Sheet No. 2 / 2008 - Verification during decommissioning and dismantling [37KB]
• HSE Information Sheet – 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 No. 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]
• Revising an existing safety case to comply with the 2005 safety case regulations – Operations Notice 69
• Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005 Combined Operations – What particulars, relating to combined operations, should be provided in the safety case for an installation? – Operations Notice 70
• Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005 – Guidance – Operations Notice 71
• Revision of offshore safety cases to include generic aspects of combined operations – a reminder – Operations Notice 73
• SCR05 industry workshops 21/22/23 February 06
• 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 [202KB]
• 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

• Well Engineering and Operations Group organogram [18KB]
• Control of wells during intervention operations
• Wells group strategy [153KB]
• Tubular handling on the drill-floor

General information

Charging information

• Offshore charging information
  

Miscellaneous

• 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

• 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 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]