Lok Sabha Question No. 2857 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-20
Subject: Safety and Security of Petroleum Wells
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: P.R. SUNDARAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2857 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH  MARCH, 2017

## SAFETY AND SECURITY OF PETROLEUM WELLS

2857. SHRI P.R.SUNDARAM:

पैट्रो ल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

- a)  Whether the Government has provided adequate fire safety and security systems to combat any fire accidents and other dangers arising out in petroleum wells/pipeline and refineries in the country;
- b) If  so, the details thereof along with the steps taken by the Government to provide safety  and  security  and  comply  with  international  fire  safety  norms  in  various petroleum wells and refineries in the country;
- c) the  fund  allocated/spent  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year  for  the purpose, installation and company-wise;
- d) the details of safety audit of public/private sector installations conducted by the Oil Industry  Safety  Directorate  and  shortcomings  found  therein  along  with  the  steps taken  by  the  Government  to  remove  those  shortcomings,  company/installationswise; and
- e) the other steps taken/being taken by the companies for safety and security of their installations to prevent fire accidents/other dangers to various refineries/wells and pipelines etc., company/installation-wise?

## ANSWER

## पैट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज्य मंत्री ( स्विंत्र प्रभार ) (श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान)

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  PETROLEUM  AND  NATURAL  GAS  (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) & (b): Petroleum & Gas installations including petroleum wells/pipelines, refineries, marketing locations etc of Oil Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) are provided with fire safety  and  security  systems  as  per  safety  and  security  norms/standards  set  up  by regulatory organizations like Oil Industry Safety Directorate (OISD),Petroleum Explosives  and  Safety  Organisation  (PESO)  &  Directorate  General  of  Mines  Safety (DGMS). These standards are framed as per laid down procedure. Some of the steps taken by Oil Industry to provide safety and security is at Annexure-I.

(c) As per information received, the total funds spent during last three years and current year  for  providing  safety  and  security  of  their  oil  installations  by  Oil  PSUs  is  at Annexure-II.

(d)  &  (e)  Details  of  safety  audit  of  Oil  and  Gas  installations  conducted  by  OISD  is  at Annexure-III. . The shortcomings noticed during safety audits are communicated to the concerned  organizations  by  OISD  for  rectification  of  the  same.    Simultaneously,  the measures  for  improvement  of  safety  are  recommended  for  implementation  in  a  time bound manner. OISD monitors the implementation of these measures.

Oil  PSUs  provide  safety  and  security  systems  as  per  norms/standards  set  up  by regulatory organizations.

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2857 to be answered on 20.03.2017

## Steps taken by Oil PSUs for safety and security of Oil Wells, Pipelines and Refineries.

- (i) Installation  of  Safety  devices  on  vessel and piping to check any  abnormality like over pressurization, leakage etc.
- (ii) Installation of safety devices like sub Surface Safety Valves(SSSV) in oil and gas wells and Shut down valves (SDV) in process piping.
- (iii) Maintenance of primary and secondary well control on drilling rigs to avoid any influx of formation fluid to surface.
- (iv) Provisioning  of  automatic  water  deluge,  water  sprinkler,  flooding  system  etc. Availability of manual firefighting equipment like dry chemical powder system, foam firefighting system, portable fire extinguishers etc. to fight fire.
- (v) Health integrity monitoring of the pipeline through 'Pipeline Integrity Management System',
- (vi) Installation  of  system  'Supervisory  control  and  data  acquisition'  (SCADA)  for real time & effective monitoring of operating parameters such as pressure, flow etc., for pipeline operation.
- (vii) Installation  of  LPG  mounded  bullets  by  decommissioning  the  Horton  spheres storage.
- (viii) Connection of Safety valve discharge to flare
- (ix) Making provision of hydrocarbon detectors near LPG and Naphtha Pumps and double mechanical seals in LPG Pumps.
- (x) Making  provision  of    security  of  on-shore  installations/refineries    by  Oil  PSU security staff and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
- (xi) Ground/Aerial  patrolling  along  the  Right  of  Way  (RoW)  of  the  Hydrocarbon pipelines.
- (xii) Monitoring movement of line patrolman through GPS enabled devices
- (xiii) Monitoring of pipeline installations through CCTV surveillance etc.
- (xiv) Use of   Vessel  and  Air  Traffic  Management  System  (VATMS)  for  security  of offshore installations.

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Annexure-II

Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2857 to be answered on 20.03.2017

## Details of funds spent by Oil Companies during the last three year and current year on safety & security systems (Rs. In crores)

| Oil Company                                                              | 2013-14   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 | 2016-17   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Indian Oil Corporation Limited                                           | 335.52    |    342.18 |    566.16 | 332.63    |
| Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (includes pipeline & refineries)    | 67.22     |     59.96 |     69.89 | 128.58    |
| Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (includes pipeline & refineries) | 79.86     |     77.31 |     57.33 | 33.00     |
| Oil and Natural Gas Corporation                                          | 361.95    |    267.56 |    310.4  | -         |
| Gas Authority of India Limited                                           | 117.40    |    161.2  |    164.1  | 84.90     |
| Oil India Limited                                                        | ---       |      6.34 |      0.79 | 0.83      |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) & (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2857 to be answered on 20.03.2017

Details of the numbers of the Safety Audits of Public/Private Sector installations carried out by OISD during last 3 years and current year

|                                                     | Financial Year   | Financial Year   | Financial Year   | Financial Year            |
|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
| Installations                                       | 2013-14          | 2014-15          | 2015-16          | 2016-17 (upto Feb., 2017) |
| Refineries, Gas Processing Plants and LNG Terminals | 41               | 41               | 36               | 29                        |
| Marketing Installations                             | 100              | 89               | 98               | 107                       |
| Cross country Pipeline Installations (Kms)          | 4600             | 6600             | 7900             | 8385                      |
| Exploration & Production Installations              | 78               | 72               | 67               | 62                        |

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