Health and Safety

Executive

Health and Safety
Executive
HSE Perspective on UK Pipeline
and Riser Integrity Management

Douglas Souden
Principal Pipelines Inspector
Health & Safety Executive
Aberdeen
Seminar 19 October 2011, Stavanger: A System
Approach to Pipeline & Riser Safety and Integrity
HSE Information relating to Pipeline safety and integrity can be found on the HSE web site: http://www.hse.gov.uk/pipelines/index.htm
Scope of Presentation
Introduction and Background
UK Regulation, Integrity Management
Standards and Good Practice
KP4: Aging and Life Extension
Lessons Learned San Bruno
Leadership and SPIs
Summary of key points
Source: HSE
HSE Offshore Strategy
http://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/priorities.htm
Leadership and SPIs
Safety Culture / Workforce Involvement
Asset Integrity (KP4 3 year programme)

Current Strategy Priorities:
OSD Mission Statement: Our mission is to assure safe management and
control of major accident hazard risks and prevent catastrophic incidents in the
offshore Oil and gas industry

Source: Step Change
HSE Offshore Pipeline Delivery Guide:
Encourage a proactive pipeline lifecycle Integrity Management approach
Deliver and share targeted and consistent intervention plans
Share lessons learned from incidents and investigations
Promote improved development and sharing of Industry good practice

UK Offshore Hydrocarbon Releases
Source: Step Change
Data Source: DECC (2009)
Pipelines Safety Regulations 1996
Regulation 13 - Maintenance
absolute legal duty to maintain in an efficient state, in efficient
working order and in good repair throughout the pipeline life cycle
secure safe operation
prevent loss of containment
Regulation 23 Major accident prevention document
identify hazards and pipeline integrity threats
formally record and document results
implement adequate safety management system
revise or replace as often as appropriate
Regulation 20 to 22 Notification to HSE
concerns significant changes affecting level of risk
notify at completion of concept design
Captures new MAHPs or changes to operating regime

Source: HSE
Source: HSE
Integrity Management: Standards
and Industry Good Practice
Provide a specific IM System framework and guidance in
support of main design codes
Initial USA - Onshore focused on critical risk areas
API 1160 (2001) and ASME B31.8S (2004)
More recent European issued guidance - aligned to subsea
pipeline systems:
DNV RP-F116 (2009 under review)
Engineering Institute Guidance (2009)
UK Oil & Gas Flexibles IM Guidance (2010)
New standards emerging for Life Extension:
NORSOK Standard Y-002 (2010)
Draft ISO Recommended Practice

Source: Energy Institute
Integrity Management System
Source: DNV RP 116
Aging Overview
Evidence of degradation and damage
OR
Insufficient knowledge / information to
know the extent of possible deterioration
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Need to consider effects of:
accumulating or accelerating
damage
modifications
obsolescence
changes of process & / or well
conditions
advances in knowledge and
technology
organisational issues / loss of
corporate knowledge
Source: HSE RR509
The 4 Stages of Equipment Life
Source: HSE
Degradation and Re-assessment
Accumulation of damage and
defects important
Effective monitoring & review of
degradation vital to support
ongoing integrity
Internal corrosion detrimental if
not predicted or controlled
Approach must be consistent
with lifecycle and reflect internal
inspection capability; or
Other type of periodic validation
of corrosion modelling via direct
measurement required
Time or Deterioration Rate
Deterioration
Model Worst Case
MAWT
Actual can only
be established
by
measurements
Monitoring Degradation
Periodic Validation and Assessment
Source: HSE RR509
Source: HSE
Pipeline Life Extension
Need to justify operation beyond
original design life conditions
Engineering investigation required
(backward & forward look) to verify
continued fitness for future service
Pipeline design codes call for a
formalised process and record
Industry Guidance provides
framework for assessment; eg
NORSOK Y-002 (Dec 2010)
Understanding the degradation
processes, good records and
effective management of aging are
crucial to successful life extension
Source: HSE
Source: HSE RR509
KP4 Aging and Life Extension
Planned 3 Year Inspection programme to 2013
with supporting activities and outputs:
Development of guidance and good practice
Appropriate research
Development of an Industry Network
Stakeholder Engagement
Feedback to Industry
Aim is to ensure that the risks to asset integrity
associated with Aging and life extension are
being controlled effectively

KP4 Inspection approach
Programme in 3 phases:
Phase 1 initial onshore then
offshore verification;
Phase 2 KP4 elements linked
to future offshore inspection;
Phase 3 Programme close
out and feedback
Multi-Discipline Team Approach:
Organisational factors; Structural integrity; Materials, Maritime
integrity; Process plant integrity; Fire & blast; Mechanical integrity;
Electrical & control systems integrity; Wells and Pipelines
Standardised approach: Use of templates
Some initial teething and calibration issues

Source: HSE
Source: HSE
KP4 Progress
KP4 Policy and Strategy documents on line
Campaign of industry/stakeholderawareness
Continued development of HSE web page
Inspection templates shared with Industry
Encouraged development of an Industry Network
Managed by Oil & Gas UK via Step Change web site
Over 90 members
Plans for UK Industry Guidance
Initiated update of HSE guidance on Thorough
Reviews OIS 4/2009
Phase 1 completed for first 3 duty holders
Lessons Learned - Recent Example of
Pipeline Integrity Failures
On 9 Sept 2010 a rupture occurred on
a 30 gas pipeline in California at San
Bruno operating at approx. 400psig
Eight people were killed and many
more injured and 38 homes destroyed
Evidence of Integrity Management
system failures
Video
Source: NTSB
US NTSB Report on San Bruno:
Safety Management Failings
No clear management focus on major
hazards and pipeline system safety.
Haphazard approach to record keeping and
management/data analysis.
'Threat identification' not sufficient.
Evidence of delays to critical pipeline repairs.
Insufficient resources available for pipeline
integrity assessments.
Resource bottlenecks meant some
important work not done.

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Leadership and Performance
Indicators
Safety Leadership Process Safety Leadership Principals
Expectation that organisations with major hazard risks have
adopted the eight principles of major hazard leadership
developed by the Process Safety Leadership Group
(PSLG).
HSE will inspect using Leadership Assessment Tool (LAT)
Safety Performance Indicators (SPIs)
Expectation that operators will have developed an effective
suite of SPIs
Leading and Lagging indicators should be identified
Expect that a Gap Analysis will have been carried out
against HSG254
Most operators using a Traffic Light System approach
Summary of Key Points
Pipeline Integrity Management remains a key priority focus
for HSE, both offshore and onshore:
Related pipeline ageing and life extension issues will be
inspected as part of the KP4 Programme
HSE expect duty holders to have robust/effective integrity
management systems throughout the pipeline lifecycle:
Systems should reflect good practice and must be subject
to regular monitoring, audit and review
Strong leadership, effective use of SPIs and sharing of
lessons learned and good practice are important factors
Effective management of Aging is a vital component to
successful Life Extension projects
Formal review of Pipeline Life Extension expected in line with
good practice and emerging Standards
References
HSE Web Site Offshore Oil ad Gas Pages: Aging and Life Extension of Offshore Installations
http://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/Aging
OIS 4/2009, Guidance on Management of Aging and Thorough Reviews of Aging Installations, Offshore
Information Sheet No. 4/2009, Health and Safety Executive, http://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/infosheets/is4-
2009.pdf
DNV-RP-F116: Integrity Management of Submarine Pipelines October 2009
Energy Institute S813 Guideline on the Integrity Management of Subsea Facilities
Process Safety Leadership Group (PSLG) Principles of Process Safety Leadership
http://www.hse.gov.uk/comah/buncefield/pslgprinciples.pdf
HSE Delivery Guide on Major Accident Hazard Process Safety Indicators
http://www.hse.gov.uk/comah/guidance/process-safety-performance-indicators.pdf
HSE Research Report RR509 - Plant Aging: Management of equipment containing hazardous fluids or
pressure 2006 http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr509.htm
US NTSB Investigation Report into the San Bruno Natural Gas Transmission Pipeline explosion September
9, 2010 http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/reports/2011/PAR1101.pdf
Step Change and Oil & Gas UK Aging and Life Extension Network
http://www.stepchangeinsafety.net/about/workgroups/Ageingandlifeextensionofoffshoreinstallations.cfm
OP010 - State of the Art Report on Flexible Pipe Integrity and Guidance Note on Monitoring Methods and
Integrity Assurance for Unbonded Flexible Pipes (2010)
http://www.oilandgasuk.co.uk/publications/viewpub.cfm?frmPubID=152
SINTEF Report (Clients PSA, Norway): Aging and life extension for offshore facilities in general and for
specific systems
NORSOK standard, Life Extension for Transportation Systems, Rev 1, Dec 2010
http://www.standard.no/en/Sectors/Petroleum/NORSOK-Standard-Categories/Y-Pipelines/Y-0021/
ISO/NP TS 12747, Draft ISO Recommended Practice: Petroleum & Natural Gas Industries - Pipeline
Transportation systems - Pipeline Life Extension, International Standards Organisation, 2008, Geneva,
Switzerland.

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