Drilling personnel

It generally is recommended, and often required, that gas dcicciiuii systems be installed in a fail-safe manner. That is, if power is disconnected or otherwise interrupted, alarm and/or process equipment shutdown (or other corrective action) should occur. All specific systems should be carefully reviewed, however, to ensure that non-anticipated equipment shutdowns would not result in a more hazardous condition tlian the lack of shutdown of the equipment. If a more hazardous situation would occur with shutdown, only a warning should be provided. As an example, a more hazardous situation might occur if blowout preventers were automatically actuated during drilling operations upon detection of low levels of gas concentrations than if drilling personnel were only warned. 

Rig type and performance of drilling personnel (rig size, degree of automation, power equipment, etc.)... 

However unfortunate, drilling personnel have been historically directly connected with major incidents within the petroleum industry on numerous occasions and the impression, consciously or unconsciously still remains. On the other hand, it is very rare or non-existent that a loss prevention professional is promoted to the ranks of senior management, even though they may have been keenly conscientious in maintaining a high economic return to the company by the prevention of catastrophic accidents. 

After a careful look at the power consumption histogram and discussion with both the production facilities and drilling personnel of the operating company, a new configuration was designed (Table 3—Optimization). 

However, drilling personnel wanted independent power supplies and a minimum of three machines The three 2.5-mw units selected occupied a plan area about equal to two 3.3-mw units. 

This power optimization allocated turbine-driven sets to the drilling personnel which were accepted reluctantly because of unknown technology. A drilling contractor familiar with turbine equipment overcame this reluctance so further design work could proceed. 

However unfortunate, drilling personnel have been historically directly connected with major incidents with in the petroleum industry on numerous... 

IPIECA OGP. 2009. Drilling fluids and health risk management—A guide for drilling personnel, manag-... 

If drilling and service personnel require accommodation at the well site a camp will need to be constructed. For safety reasons the camp will be located at a distance from the drilling rig and consist of various types of portacabins. For the camp, waste pits will be required, access roads, parking space and drinking water supplies. 

Disaster Planning. Plant managers should recogni2e the possibiHty of natural and industrial emergencies and should oversee formulation of a plan of action in case of disaster. The plan should be weU documented and be made known to all personnel critical to its implementation. Practice fire and explosion drills should be carried out to make sure that all personnel, ie, employees, visitors, constmction workers, contractors, vendors, etc, are accounted for, and that the participants know what to do in a major emergency. 

On-Site Emergency Responder 29 CFR 1910.120 (q) or state mandate Personnel from outside DOE site who respond to an emergency on the DOE site. Includes local fire fighters. HAZMAT teams, etc. Practice and drills as necessary. 

The emergeney plan at Site C did not eontain provisions for eondueting periodie rehearsals or evaeuation drills, and it was not elear whether site personnel had opportunities to rehearse emergeney response situations with outside eommunity organizations. 

An Emergency Action Plan should be established, assigning an emergency control center and appropriate personnel for emergency response. Drills should be carried out to assure all personnel are familiar with these plans. 

Train operating personnel in recognizing criteria for blowdown activation and verification, and what to do if it fails. This should consist of a mixture of drills, scenarios, walkthroughs and, if possible, simulator trials. 

The visual field inspection of derrick or mast and substructure procedure is recommended for use by operating personnel (or a designated representative) to the extent that its use satisfies conditions for which an inspection is intended. A sample report form for this inspection procedure can be found in API Standard 4F. Forms are also available from International Association of Drilling Contractors (lADC). 

Drilling operations will never be 100% safe for the personnel but the various techniques available in mud logging, MWD and LWD greatly improve the safety on the drill site. 

There are a variety of chemicals that are toxic and used in the drilling fluid makeup. Chromates and asbestos were once commonly used and are now off the market. A mud inventory should be kept for all drilling additives. Included in the inventory are the material safety data sheets (MSDS) that describe each material s pertinent characteristics. The chemicals found on the MSDS sheet should be compared with the priority pollutants and any material should be eliminated if a match is found. The chemicals should also be checked on arrival for breakage and returned to the vendor if defective packaging is found. All mud additives should be housed in a dry area and properly cared for to prevent waste. Chemicals should always be mixed in packaged proportions. Wasted chemicals, ejected to the reserve pit by untrained personnel, can present future liabilities to the operator. 

Offshore facilities are dramatically different from onshore facilities because instead of being spread out the equipment is segregated essentially into compartments or separated into a complex of platforms. Offshore facilities pose critical questions of personnel evacuation and the possibility of total asset destruction if prudent risk assessments are not performed. A through analysis of both life safety and asset protection measures must be undertaken. These analyses should be commensurate with the level of risk a particular facility represents, either in personnel exposed or financial loss. An unmanned wellhead platform might only require the review of wellhead shut-in, flowline protection and platform ship collisions to be effective, while manned drilling and production platforms may require the most extensive analysis. 

Direct hydration, of ethylene, 10 538 Direct hydrogenation, 6 827 Direct immunosensors, 14 154 Direct ingot (dingot) method, 25 409 Direct initiation, 14 270 Direct injection (DI) diesel engines, 12 421 Direct inlet injection, gas chromatography, 6 383, 415-416 Directional couplers, 17 446 Directional drilling techniques, in sulfur extraction, 23 572 Directive 89/107/EEC (EU), 12 36 Direct liquefaction, 6 827 Direct marketing, technical service personnel and, 24 343 Direct metal nitridation, 17 211-213 aerosol flow reactor, 17 211-212 Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC),... 

Tell all affected personnel what to do (e.g., training, drills) to avoid chemical reactivity hazards, recognize when an uncontrolled chemi-... 

III Preparedness Procedures All the activities taken to prepare the facility and personnel for an emergency, including training, drills and exercises, equipment acquisition, development of mutual aid agreements, community relations, annual reviews, and testing. 

No fire brigade member reported to tbe fire pump bouse when tbe fire alarm sounded. Interviews suggest personnel were confused about whose responsibility it was to go to the fire pump bouse. Tbis may be training or drill issue. (Emergency planning and response)... 

Develop drills and talk-throughs for emergency procedures. Set priorities for emergency actions and have the personnel memorize and drill the most important actions. (By November 2001)... 

Proceed to the area away from the building designated in the fire drill policy. Do not enter vehicles parked nearby. Take attendance. Make mental notes about any missing personnel or any questionable activity in or near the building. If you received the actual threat, record as much information as possible gender,... 

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