Lok Sabha Question No. 278 (STARRED), answered on 2016-12-05
Subject: Security and Surveillance of Refineries
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: PR. SENTHILNATHAN, P.R. SUNDARAM

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 278 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05 th  DECEMBER, 2016

## SECURITY AND SURVEILLANCE OF REFINERIES

*278: SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN:

SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM:

पैट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a)  whether adequate electronic security, fire safety and surveillance systems is in place  to  combat  any  possible  fire  accidents  and  other  dangers  in  petroleum wells/pipeline  and  refineries  of  various  Oil  Marketing  Companies  (OMCs)  and upstream companies including ONGC and GAIL and if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- (b) whether steps have been taken to comply with international fire safety norms in the said installations and if so, the details thereof along with the fund allocated/spent during the last three years and the current year, company-wise;
- (c) the outcome of safety audit of public/private sector installations conducted by the Oil  Industry  Safety  Directorate  and  financial  penalty  imposed  on  companies  found guilty of violating norms, during the above period, company-wise; and
- (d) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government/OMCs for safety and security of the installations, various refineries/wells and pipelines etc.?

## ANSWER

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

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

- (a) to (d) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.278  BY  SHRI  PR.  SENTHIL  NATHAN  AND  SHRI  P.R. SUNDARAM TO BE ANSWERED ON 05 th  December, 2016 REGARDING SECURITY AND SURVEILLANCE OF REFINERIES

(a) to (d): 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 organisations 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. 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.

Safety audit of Oil and Gas installations are conducted by OISD. 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.  Further,  OISD  has  been  designated  as 'competent  authority'  to  enforce  Petroleum  &  Natural  Gas  (Safety  in  offshore operations)  Rules,  2008,  for  Exploration  &  Production  (E  &  P)  activities  in  Indian Offshore.  Rule  173  of  the  said  Rules  provides  powers  to  impose  penalty  only  for contravention  of  the  above  mentioned  Rules  in  accordance  with  the  relevant provisions of the Oilfield (Regulation and Development) Act, 1948.

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## Annexure-I

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 278 to be answered on 05.12.2016

## 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 (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 278 to be answered on 05.12.2016

Details of funds spent during the last three year and current year (upto July,2016) on safety & security systems, as reported (Rs. In crores)

| Oil Company                             |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 | 2016-17   |
|-----------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Indian Oil Corporation Limited          |    335.52 |    342.18 |    566.16 | 110.14    |
| Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited    |     59.67 |     51.58 |     55.44 | 8.56      |
| Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited |     56.1  |     44.43 |     12.18 | -         |
| Oil and Natural Gas Corporation         |    361.95 |    267.56 |    310.4  | -         |
| *Gas Authority of India Limited         |    117.4  |    161.2  |    164.1  | 84.90     |

* Updated till October, 2016.