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Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Petroleum Operations Framework Regulations — 106
Conditions for safe operation and survival 106 Based on the results of any analyses, tests, modelling or investigations undertaken under subsection 105 (2), the operator must ensure that (a) all physical and environmental conditions that could pose a hazard to the installation are documented and communicated to all affected personnel; (b) the environmental limits for the safe operation of the installation are defined, included in operating procedures and communicated to all affected personnel; and (c) measures to detect, avoid, prevent, manage and reduce the effects of the hazards posed by the physical and environmental conditions are developed and implemented in operations and incorporated into the design of the installation where required.
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Petroleum Operations Framework Regulations — 107
Risk assessment — fire, explosion and hazardous gas 107 (1) An operator must ensure that an assessment of fire and explosion risks and of risks associated with hazardous gas and its containment is conducted in respect of an installation and that the assessment identifies (a) the types of fires, explosions and hazardous gas releases that could occur, their potential sources and unmitigated consequences, the likelihood of their occurrence and, if applicable, their potential fire or blast loads; (b) measures to be incorporated into the design of the installation, if practicable, to eliminate the hazards identified under paragraph (a); and (c) if it is not practicable to eliminate those hazards through design measures, all necessary control measures to reduce the risks associated with the hazards to a level that is as low as reasonably practicable. Elements for consideration (2) For the purposes of paragraphs (1)(b) and (c), the assessment must take into account the following elements: (a) the general layout of the installation; (b) the production and process activities to be carried out, including well operations; (c) operating limits of the installation; (d) the types of fires, explosions and hazardous gas releases identified under paragraph (1)(a) and their duration; (e) the need for a means of detecting, from the potential sources identified under paragraph (1)(a), (i) hazardous gas releases, and (ii) outbreaks of fire; (f) the need for a means of isolating and safely storing hazardous substances, including fuel, explosives and chemicals; (g) the need for a safe means of escape, evacuation and rescue in the event of a fire, explosion or hazardous gas release; and (h) the need for a means to ensure levels of emergency shutdown of the installation, systems and equipment in the event of the detection of a hazardous gas release or an outbreak of fire.
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Petroleum Operations Framework Regulations — 108
Reliability and availability 108 (1) An operator must demonstrate, through a risk and reliability analysis conducted using internationally recognized techniques, the reliability and availability of any system in an installation whose failure could cause or contribute to a major accidental event or whose purpose is to prevent or mitigate the effects of a major accidental event. Redundancies and measures (2) The risk and reliability analysis must determine the redundancies and measures that are required to protect a system referred to in subsection (1) from failure, including any redundancies and measures required under this Part for that system. Results of analysis (3) The operator must ensure that the results of the risk and reliability analysis are reflected in the design of the installation, its systems and equipment and in any associated operating and maintenance manuals, including the operations manual referred to in section 157 .
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Petroleum Operations Framework Regulations — 109
Monitoring program for physical and environmental conditions 109 (1) An operator must develop a monitoring program that involves the collection of data on physical and environmental conditions in sufficient quantities and at sufficient frequencies, and the retention of that data for sufficient periods, to (a) support, during all works and activities, the identification of hazards and the assessment of the safety and environmental risks related to those hazards; and (b) allow for the timely implementation of control measures to address the identified risks and, if necessary, of the contingency plan referred to in section 11 . Equipment (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the operator must ensure that the installation is equipped to observe, measure and forecast physical and environmental conditions, to record data on those conditions and to obtain from external sources any additional data on those conditions. Program implementation and update (3) The operator must ensure that the monitoring program is implemented and periodically updated. Availability of data (4) The operator must ensure that the data referred to in subsection (1) that may have an impact on safety and the protection of the environment is documented and provided to all persons that request it.
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Petroleum Operations Framework Regulations — 110
Inspection, monitoring, testing and maintenance 110 An operator must, for the purpose of facilitating the inspection, monitoring, testing and maintenance of an installation, ensure that (a) relevant areas are clearly marked and identified; (b) there is safe access to those areas; (c) in the case of an installation that is not intended to be periodically drydocked, there are means for carrying out an on-location inspection of the hull and underwater components; (d) there is safe access to subsea equipment; and (e) the installation is otherwise designed and equipped to permit those activities to be carried out.
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Petroleum Operations Framework Regulations — 111
Materials for installations 111 (1) An operator must ensure that the materials used in an installation are (a) fit for the purposes for which they are to be used and suitable for the conditions to which they may be subjected, including any foreseeable emergency situation; (b) non-combustible, unless essential properties are available only in materials that are combustible or the use of combustible material will not increase the risk to safety; and (c) selected to ensure that, in the case of fire or explosion, their use will not increase the risk to safety in the area of the fire or explosion or in adjacent areas, including by exposing persons to toxic fumes or smoke. Definition of non-combustible (2) In this section, non-combustible means, in respect of material, material that does not burn or give off flammable gases or vapours in sufficient quantity for self-ignition when heated to 750°C.
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Petroleum Operations Framework Regulations — 113
Hazardous and non-hazardous areas 113 (1) An operator must ensure that the boundaries between all hazardous areas and non-hazardous areas on an installation are delineated. Classification of hazardous areas (2) The operator must ensure that, following the conduct of the risk assessment under subsection 107 (1), each hazardous area is classified according to an internationally recognized, comprehensive and documented classification system. Separation of areas (3) The operator must ensure that hazardous areas of different classifications are separated from one another and from non-hazardous areas. Direct access and openings (4) The operator must ensure, if practicable, that there is no direct access or other opening between hazardous areas and non-hazardous areas and between hazardous areas of different classifications or, if that is not practicable, that any direct access or opening between those areas is minimized and is designed to prevent uncontrolled air flow between them. Piping systems (5) The operator must ensure that piping systems are designed to ensure that there is no direct conduit between hazardous and non-hazardous areas and between hazardous areas of different classifications.
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Petroleum Operations Framework Regulations — 115
Ignition prevention 115 (1) In order to prevent the ignition of flammable, combustible or explosive substances on an installation, an operator must ensure that measures are implemented to prevent the uncontrolled release or accumulation of those substances, including by ensuring that materials and equipment are properly arranged. Design — systems and equipment (2) The operator must ensure that any system or equipment that is to be used in a hazardous area is designed to control ignition sources and to prevent fire and explosions in that area, taking into account the area’s classification under subsection 113 (2). Risk assessment (3) For the purposes of meeting the requirements under subsections (1) and (2), the operator must ensure that any control measures identified in the risk assessment conducted under subsection 107 (1) are implemented. Other requirements — equipment (4) The operator must ensure that any equipment located in a hazardous area is rated for use in that area and is installed, ventilated and maintained to ensure safe operation. Safe distance operation (5) The operator must ensure that any equipment that is operated in a non-hazardous area is operated at a safe distance from any flammable, combustible or explosive substances and is, unless it is rated for use in a hazardous area, equipped with an automatic and manual means of deactivation in the event of fire or hazardous gas detection. Equipment in event of emergency (6) The operator must ensure that any equipment that is located in a non-hazardous area and that is to remain in service in the event of an emergency associated with a gas release is rated for use in a hazardous area and is installed, ventilated and maintained to ensure safe operation. Cargo tank (7) The operator must ensure that (a) the gas mixture inside a cargo tank is maintained outside the explosive limits; and (b) the systems associated with the cargo tank are designed to (i) prevent fire, gas or explosion hazards during all operating modes through the use of sufficient control measures, including alarms, and through redundancies in those measures, and (ii) ensure that affected persons are made aware when the systems become impaired. Work permit (8) A work permit is required for all hot work carried out on an installation. Safe distances (9) The work permit for hot work must set out safe distances to be maintained between the hot work and any well or any flammable, combustible or explosive substance.
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Petroleum Operations Framework Regulations — 116
Means of escape, evacuation and rescue 116 An operator must ensure that an installation is equipped with a safe means of escape, evacuation and rescue, taking into account the results of the risk assessment conducted under subsection 107 (1) and comprehensive and documented safety studies.
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Petroleum Operations Framework Regulations — 117
Temporary safe refuge 117 (1) The operator must ensure that the installation is equipped with a temporary safe refuge that will, in the case of an emergency, including an accidental event, (a) provide sufficient space to accommodate all persons who may need to use the refuge until they have been evacuated, the accidental event has been brought under control or the emergency otherwise ends; (b) protect the persons referred to in paragraph (a) from fire, gas release and explosion hazards for as long as they are in the refuge; (c) provide the means for communication and command and, if applicable, for the monitoring and control of the accidental event for as long as persons are in the refuge; and (d) provide signage and lighting to enable safe evacuation from the refuge. Areas required to remain safe (2) The operator must ensure that the accommodations area, main control centre and any other area of an installation that is required to remain safe for persons to occupy during an emergency, including the temporary safe refuge, are (a) designed to prevent ingress of hazardous substances; and (b) designed and located to enable occupation for the time required to implement emergency and evacuation procedures. Periodic verification (3) The operator must verify on a periodic basis that the temporary safe refuge meets the requirements set out in subsections (1) and (2) and must record the findings resulting from the verification.
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Petroleum Operations Framework Regulations — 118
Exits, access and escape routes 118 (1) An operator must ensure that (a) in any area where persons are normally present on an installation, there are at least two exits, each connected to an escape route that provides safe, direct and unobstructed access to temporary safe refuges, muster areas, embarkation stations and evacuation points; and (b) there are means for persons to descend to the water. Exception (2) Despite paragraph (1)(a), if an area referred to in that paragraph has an area less than 20 m 2 or is a passage less than 5 m in length, the operator must ensure that there is at least one exit as described in that paragraph in that area. Distancing — exits (3) The operator must ensure that the exits referred to in paragraph (1)(a) are separated as far apart from each other as possible to increase the likelihood that at least one exit and its connected escape route will be passable during an accidental event. Location of escape routes (4) The operator must ensure that the installation has escape routes on two of its sides. Safe evacuation (5) The operator must ensure that all escape routes from an accommodations area or a temporary safe refuge to a muster area, embarkation station or evacuation point are clearly marked and illuminated and provided with fire protection to allow for the safe evacuation of persons in a time frame determined in the safety studies referred to in section 116 . Size of escape routes (6) The operator must ensure that each escape route is of sufficient size to enable the efficient movement of the maximum number of persons who may need to use it, as well as unrestricted manoeuvring of firefighting equipment and stretchers, taking into account the maximum number of persons who can be accommodated on the installation.
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Petroleum Operations Framework Regulations — 120
Installation designed for removal 120 (1) An operator must ensure that an installation is designed to facilitate its removal from the offshore area at the end of its design service life and to reduce any risks to safety, adverse effects on the marine environment and interference with navigation and other uses of the sea that may occur during and after its removal. Exception (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the Board has approved, in the development plan, the abandonment or an alternative use of the installation.
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Petroleum Operations Framework Regulations — 121
Transportation and positioning 121 (1) An operator must ensure that an installation, or any part of it, is transported and positioned (a) in a manner that does not compromise safety or the protection of the environment; (b) in a manner that minimizes interference with and hazards to other activities in proximity to that installation; (c) under the supervision of a competent third party; (d) in the case of a self-elevating mobile offshore platform, with the legs of the platform secured in accordance with the rules of the classification society that issued the certificate of class required under section 140 ; and (e) with the support of vessels that are classified in accordance with section 177 . Risk assessment (2) Before an installation, or any part of it, is transported and positioned, the operator must ensure that the following requirements are met: (a) a risk assessment must be conducted that takes into account (i) personnel requirements, (ii) the towing vessels that will be used, the towing plan, including towing arrangements, and the operating limits of the towing equipment’s components, (iii) the processes and control measures to be implemented to ensure safety and the protection of the environment, (iv) physical and environmental conditions and the ability to reliably forecast those conditions, and (v) any contingency measures to be taken in the event of adverse physical and environmental conditions or the occurrence of any other foreseeable adverse event during transportation and positioning; and (b) a transportation and positioning plan must be prepared that takes into account any requirements of the competent third party referred to in paragraph (1)(c) and, if the installation is a floating platform, the plan must be prepared in accordance with the rules of the classification society that issued the certificate of class required under section 140 .
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Petroleum Operations Framework Regulations — 122
Electrical system 122 (1) An operator must ensure that any electrical system on an installation is designed to avoid any abnormal conditions and faults that may endanger the installation or, if it is not possible to avoid them, to provide alerts of those conditions and faults and mitigate their effects. Safety and reliability (2) The operator must ensure that all electric motors, lighting fixtures, electrical wiring and other electrical equipment on an installation are safe and reliable under all foreseeable operating conditions. Device for monitoring insulation level to earth (3) If a primary or secondary distribution system for electrical power, heating or lighting with no connection to earth is used on an installation, the operator must ensure that the system is equipped with a device that continuously monitors the insulation level to earth and produces an audible or visual alarm to indicate abnormally low insulation values. Main electrical power supply (4) The operator must ensure that the main electrical power supply on, or to, an installation (a) ensures continuous availability of power generation and distribution; (b) includes at least two power plants or other power supply sources, not including emergency power plants; (c) is capable of supporting all normal operations without recourse to the emergency electrical power supply required under subsection 126 (1); and (d) is capable of supporting all operations, other than drilling and production, if one of the power plants is out of operation. Primary circuit shutdown (5) The operator must ensure that the primary circuits from a power plant serving an installation are capable of being shut down from at least two separate locations, one of which must be the site of the power plant.
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Petroleum Operations Framework Regulations — 123
Control system 123 (1) An operator must ensure that a control system is designed in accordance with the measures referred to in clauses 9 (2)(b)(v)(D) and 10 (2)(b)(v)(D) that are described in the operator’s safety plan and environmental protection plan, respectively. Requirements (2) The operator must ensure that the control system is designed to meet the following requirements, taking into account human factors: (a) controlled equipment must not be capable of being inadvertently activated; (b) controlled equipment must not create a safety or environmental hazard in the event of system failure or shutdown; (c) the system must have basic diagnostic capability; and (d) the system must be capable of being operated simultaneously from multiple control stations without compromising safety. Protection of hardware (3) The operator must ensure that control system hardware is protected from circumstances, including excessive vibration, high electromagnetic field levels, electrical power disturbances and extreme temperatures or humidity levels or other physical and environmental conditions, that could cause mechanical damage to or degradation of the hardware or that could otherwise adversely affect the performance of the system. Wireless remote control system (4) The operator must ensure that any wireless remote control system includes (a) a means for error checking to prevent the controlled equipment from responding to corrupt data; and (b) a means for identification coding to prevent a transmitter other than the designated transmitter from operating the equipment. Alternative means of control (5) The operator must ensure that all control system functions that are required to ensure safety and are dependent on wireless communication links have an alternative means of control that can be activated without delay and without modification to the control system. Inspection and testing (6) Equipment that is to be operated by a new, repaired or modified control system must not be put into operation until the operator ensures that the control system has been inspected and tested to confirm that it functions as intended. Documentation (7) The operator must ensure that documentation containing an up-to-date description of the design, installation, operation and maintenance of the control systems is readily accessible for consultation and examination.
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Petroleum Operations Framework Regulations — 124
Integrated software-dependent control system 124 (1) An operator must ensure that an integrated software-dependent control system whose failure or malfunction would cause a hazard to safety or the environment is maintained to ensure its reliability, availability and security. Control measures (2) The operator must ensure that control measures are implemented to protect the integrated software-dependent system from any threat, including unauthorized access.
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Petroleum Operations Framework Regulations — 125
Safety-critical software 125 (1) The operator must ensure that any software that is a safety-critical element is (a) secure, reliable and capable of being updated; (b) designed, commissioned and updated by competent persons; and (c) demonstrated to be fit for the purposes for which it is to be used through a testing and validation process that takes into account (i) all foreseeable operating conditions and emergency situations, and (ii) system complexity, dependencies and interactions between systems, software failure modes and the level of risk associated with system failure or malfunction. Modification to features (2) The operator must ensure that no modification to the features of the software is implemented unless (a) the modified software has undergone the testing and validation process referred to in paragraph (1)(c); and (b) the necessary internal approvals for the modification have been obtained, including the approval of the installation manager.