Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/05/29/2019-11079/oil-and-gas-and-sulphur-operations-on-the-outer-continental-shelf-oil-and-gas-production-safety
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Federal Register :: Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf-Oil and Gas Production Safety Systems; Corrections
Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf-Oil and Gas Production Safety Systems; Corrections
A Rule by the Safety and Environmental Enforcement Bureau on 05/29/2019
Effective on May 29, 2019.
84 FR 24705
190E1700D2 ETISF0000.EAQ000 EEEE500000
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2019-11079 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2019-11079
On September 28, 2018, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) published a final rule that revised certain BSEE-administered regulations. This document corrects the final regulations.
Kelly Odom, Regulations and Standards Branch, 703-787-1775 or by email: regs@bsee.gov.
BSEE published the final rule: Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf—Oil and Gas Production Safety Systems (1014-AA37), on September 28, 2018 (83 FR 49216). This correction to that publication is necessary to modify the amendatory instructions in the regulatory text of the final rule related to the formatting of certain tables. The Office of the Federal Register has informed BSEE that it must remove the instruction to print certain tables in the final regulatory text as photographs in the Federal Register publication in order to facilitate the printing of the final regulatory text in the Code of Federal Regulations by the Government Publishing Office. Accordingly, BSEE publishes this correction so that the tables as printed in the Federal Register are formatted to be more readily susceptible to publication in the Code of Federal Regulations. This correction is clerical in nature only, and does not impact the substantive requirements of the final rule.
2. Revise § 250.842 to read as follows:
(a) Before you install or modify a production safety system, you must submit a production safety system application to the District Manager. The District Manager must approve your production safety system application before you commence production through or otherwise use the new or modified system. The application must include the design documentation prescribed as follows:Start Printed Page 24706
(1) Safety analysis flow diagram (API RP 14C, Annex B) and Safety Analysis Function Evaluation (SAFE) chart (API RP 14C, section 6.3.3) (incorporated by reference in § 250.198) Your safety analysis flow diagram must show the following: (i) Well shut-in tubing pressure; (ii) Pressure relieving device set points; (iii) Size, capacity, and design working pressures of separators, flare scrubbers, heat exchangers, treaters, storage tanks, compressors, and metering devices;
(v) Size, capacity, and design working pressures of hydrocarbon-handling vessels, and chemical injection systems handling a material having a flash point below 100 degrees Fahrenheit for a Class I flammable liquid as described in API RP 500 and API RP 505 (both incorporated by reference in § 250.198); and
(vi) Piping sizes and maximum allowable working pressures as determined in accordance with API RP 14E (incorporated by reference in § 250.198), including the locations of piping specification breaks.
(3) Area classification diagram; A plan for each platform deck and outlining all classified areas. You must classify areas according to API RP 500 or API RP 505 (both incorporated by reference in § 250.198). The plan must contain: (i) All major production equipment, wells, and other significant hydrocarbon and class 1 flammable sources, and a description of the type of decking, ceiling, walls (e.g., grating or solid), and firewalls; and (ii) The location of generators and any buildings (e.g., control rooms and motor control center (MCC) buildings) or major structures on the platform.
(5) The service fee listed in § 250.125; The fee you must pay will be determined by the number of components involved in the review and approval process.
(1) That all electrical systems were designed according to API RP 14F or API RP 14FZ, as applicable (incorporated by reference in § 250.198);
(3) That a hazards analysis was performed in accordance with § 250.1911 and API RP 14J (incorporated by reference in § 250.198), and that you have a hazards analysis program in place to assess potential hazards during the operation of the facility.
3. Amend § 250.851 by revising paragraph (a)(2) to read as follows:
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(2) Existing uncoded pressure and fired vessels: Must be justified and approval obtained from the District Manager for their continued use.
(i) With an operating pressure greater than 15 psig; and
(ii) That are not code stamped in accordance with the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
4. Amend § 250.873 by revising paragraph (b)(3) to read as follows:
(3) Pipeline risers via a gas-lift line contained within the pipeline riser Meet all of the requirements for the GLSDV described in §§ 250.835(a), (b), and (d) and 250.836 on the gas-lift supply pipeline upstream (in-board) of the GLSDV flowline upstream (in-board) of the FSV downstream (out board) of the GLSDV (i) Ensure that the gas-lift supply flowline from the gas-lift compressor to the GLSDV is pressure-rated for the MAOP of the pipeline riser.
Attach the GLSDV by flanged connection directly to the ANSI/API Spec. 6A component used to suspend and seal the gas-lift line contained within the production riser. To facilitate the repair or replacement of the GLSDV or production riser BSDV, you may install a manual isolation valve between the GLSDV and the ANSI/API Spec. 6A component used to suspend and seal the gas-lift line contained within the production riser, or outboard of the production riser BSDV and inboard of the ANSI/API Spec. 6A component used to suspend and seal the gas-lift line contained within the production riser (ii) Ensure that any surface equipment associated with the gas-lift system is rated for the MAOP of the pipeline riser. (iii) Ensure that the gas-lift compressor discharge pressure never exceeds the MAOP of the pipeline riser. (iv) Suspend and seal the gas-lift flowline contained within the production riser in a flanged ANSI/API Spec. 6A component such as an ANSI/API Spec. 6A tubing head and tubing hanger or a component designed, constructed, tested, and installed to the requirements of ANSI/API Spec. 6A. (v) Ensure that all potential leak paths upstream or near the production riser BSDV on the platform provide the same level of safety and environmental protection as the production riser BSDV. (vi) Ensure that this complete assembly is fire-rated for 30 minutes.
Assistant Secretary—Land and Minerals.
[FR Doc. 2019-11079 Filed 5-28-19; 8:45 am]