Lok Sabha Question No. 1321 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-19
Subject: Oil Industry Safety Directorate
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Bhola Singh, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Jayanta Kumar Roy, Sukanta Majumdar

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1321 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 th September, 2020

## Oil Industry Safety Directorate

## 1321.  SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

## पैोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंी

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

- (a) whether the Ministry has set up the Oil Industry Safety Directorate (OISD) which has  been  entrusted  with  the  responsibility  of  formulating  standards,  overseeing  its implementation through safety audits in petroleum industry to enhance safety levels and reduce risk inherent with this industry and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  OISD  also  carries  out  pre-commissioning  safety  audits  of  Greenfield
- projects across the Oil & Gas Industry, if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  OISD  carries  out  periodic  safety  audits  of  all  types  of  Oil  &  Gas
- installations to monitor their compliance with the OISD standards in the Country and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the details of Standards of Oil Industry developed by OISD during the last three years; and
- (e) the other major achievements of OISD during the last three years?

## ANSWER

## पैोलयमऔराकृ तकगैसमंी ( ीधमधान )

## MINISTER OF PETROELUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) OISD, a technical body under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has been established  in  January,  1986.   It  has  expertise  in  the  design  of  facilities,  operations, maintenance, fire and safety aspects etc. OISD, over the years has developed technical expertise in overseeing safety in entire Oil & Gas Sector including onland& offshore exploration.  OISD  conducts  safety  audits  of  oil  and  gas  installations  at  regular intervals  and  audit  reports  along  with  recommendations  are  sent  to  respective companies  for implementations. OISD  has  statutory powers  only for offshore operations  as  per  the  Petroleum  and  Natural  Gas  (Safety  in  Offshore  Operations) Rules, 2008.

(b) To ensure safe & productive capitalization, OISD carries out pre-commissioning safety audits across the Oil & Gas Industry. These audits are conducted on the request of  industry  for  green-field  developments.  Details  of  the  pre-commissioning  safety audits carried out by OISD in last three years is at Annexure-I.

(c)  OISD  carries  out  periodic  safety  audits  to  ensure  safety  measures  are  being followed by the industry as per the laid down standards and to identify areas of noncompliance and concern for taking corrective actions. These audits include External Safety Audits & Surprise Safety Audits at periodic intervals to cover all the existing installations. Details of the External safety audits done by OISD in last three years is at Annexure-II.

(d)  OISD  develops  Standards  for  the  Oil  &  Gas  Industry  through  a  participative process involving all the stakeholders by leveraging the experience of the committee members and also referring to international standards. These standards cover inbuilt design safety, asset integrity and best operating practices in the various facets of Oil & Gas  Industry.  OISD  standards  are  reviewed  periodically  to  ascertain  needs  of developing  new  standards,  updating/amending  existing  standards  to  incorporate  the latest technological developments as well as current experiences on the ground.

(e)  Some of the  other  major  achievements/significant activities  of  OISD  during  last three years are enhanced focus on compliance of long pending recommendations for oil  and  gas  installations,  timely  external  safety  audits,  knowledge  dissemination initiatives  -  Organizing  Technical  Seminar/  Conference/Workshops/Trainings  to spread  awareness  about  safety   and  acquisition  of  ISO  9001:2015  certification  for OISD.

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1321 to be answered on 19.09.2020

Details of the pre-commissioning safety audits carried out by OISD in last three years is as under:-

| Actions                                            | Unit   |   FY 17-18 |   FY 18-19 |   FY 19-20 |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------|------------|------------|------------|
| Refineries &Gas Processing plants                  | No.    |         18 |         17 |         35 |
| Mktg. Installations (Petroleum Oil Lubricant /LPG) | No.    |         18 |         28 |         30 |
| Cross Country Pipelines                            | KM     |       1077 |       1280 |       1027 |

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1321 to be answered on 19.09.2020

Details of the External safety audits done by OISD in last three years is as under:

| Actions                                                                                                   | Unit   | FY 17-18   | FY 18-19   | FY 19-20   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|------------|------------|------------|
| Core Audits                                                                                               |        |            |            |            |
| Refineries, Gas Processing Plant (GPP) &Center Tank Farms (CTFs) of Exploration & Production (E&P) sector | No.    | 17         | 17         | 16         |
| Marketing Installations (Petroleum Oil Lubricant /LPG)                                                    | No.    | 112        | 92         | 100        |
| E&P Onshore                                                                                               | No.    | 56         | 51         | 59         |
| E&P Offshore                                                                                              | No.    | 16         | 19         | 14         |
| Cross Country Pipeline                                                                                    | KM     | 7952       | 8140       | 9002       |