Lok Sabha Question No. 2391 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-01
Subject: Safety and Security of Refineries/ Wells
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: PR. SENTHILNATHAN, BHEEMRAO BASWANTHRAO PATIL, A.T. (NANA) PATIL, R. VANAROJA

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2391 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 st  August, 2016

## SAFETY AND SECURITY OF REFINERIES/WELLS

2391.   SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN:

SHRI BHEEMRAO B. PATIL:

SHRI A.T. NANA PATIL:

SHRIMATI VANAROJA R.:

पैट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक 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  the  said installations  including  the  fund  allocated/spent  during  the  last  three  years  and  the current  year,  installation  and  company-wise  including  Gas  Authority  India  Limited (GAIL);
- (c)  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
- (d)  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) 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.

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.

## Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2391 to be answered on 01.08.2016

## 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.

## Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  to  (d)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question No.2391 to be answered on 01.08.2016

## Details of funds spent 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 | 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          |    114.51 |    157.27 |    159.78 | 33.63     |

## Annexure-III

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2391 to be answered on 01.08.2016

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

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

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