Offshore Installation Manager

Interview Individual personnel at the following levels from at least two shifts on each platform were interviewed offshore installations manager, operations supervisor, shift supervisor, control room technician, area technician. 

The incident owner usually reports to the facility manager (who may be referred to as the plant manager or as the offshore installation manager depending on the location of the event and the industry that is affected). He or she will ensure that the site is safe before the investigation team enters the property or facility. 

OIM (offshore installation manager, i.e. rig manager) decides whether to push the button on 5.9 or 6.1 m. Push the button immediately afterthe first heave exceeding 6 m. 

Given that there was considerable time between when the bracing collapsed and the rig finally sank, it is clear that many lives could have been saved had there been a clearer command organization. One consequence of the disaster was the development of a clear command structure (Offshore Installation Manager, OIM) in the North Sea so that there was a clear source of authority for ordering abandonment in crises. 

The number of agencies, and the complexity of their relationships, makes their coordination challenging. (The situation onshore for refineries and chemical plants is much simpler.) For example, when a floating drilling rig is moving to its location, it is a marine vessel under the control of a captain who has to comply with the U.S. Coast Guard standards. However, once the rig is on station it is under the control of an Offshore Installation Manager (OIM) and under the jurisdiction of BSEE. 

Yet the Claymore platform continued to feed hydrocarbons even though the offshore installation manager (OIM) on that platform knew that Piper Alpha was suffering a catastrophic fire. Two people could have stopped the flow at once, the OIM himself and the operator reporting to him. Yet neither took action the OIM waited for orders from Aberdeen (an order that could not come because radio communication was via the destroyed Piper Alpha)-, the operator chose not to override his boss s orders. 

If an emergency is declared, the Emergency Response Team (ERT) will take control of operations. There must be one person, the Incident Commander, who is in charge of the team— usually the Offshore Installation Manager (OIM). He or she has total control over all operations and activities on the facility. The ERT will consist of selected employees who are specially trained to respond to fires, explosions, helicopter crashes, and other potential disasters. 

The Offshore Installation Manager (OIM) plays an important role of any offshore installation. In this setting the OIM is only categorized as B during normal operations main responsibility of planning, coordinate, advise and control the performance of tasks related to operational barrier elements that may directly result into an escalation towards one or several hazards. In an emergency and preparedness situation the role of the OIM... 

R (restricted) Concurrent operations are allowed with additional controls in place, and with written permission from the OIM (Offshore Installation Manager). 

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