Health and Safety for Storage in the Evaluate stage
Table of Contents
Objective
The objective of this activity is to:
- Establish H&S procedures for site surveys, seismic surveys, and appraisal well drilling.
- For all site surveys & development activities, ensure H&S statutory responsibilities are carried out.
- Focus on Contractor safety and engagement, for assurance of a well trained and safety motivated workforce.
Major Deliverables
Major Deliverables of this activity are:
- Identify H&S related studies for the storage site that will be carried out during FEED, such as HAZID, HAZOP, HAZCON, Major Accident Hazards, Safety Integrity Level (SIL) and ALARP justifications for storage site.
- Health and safety strategy document that includes focus on Contractor safety and engagement, for assurance of a well trained and safety motivated workforce.
- Develop procedures, method statements, and risk assessments for site surveys, seismic surveys, and appraisal well drilling. For all site surveys & development activities, ensure H&S statutory responsibilities have been identified.
Tasks
- Identify scopes and objectives of H&S related studies for the storage site that will be carried out during FEED, such as:
- HAZID
- HAZOP
- HAZCON
- Major Accident Hazards
- Safety Integrity Level (SIL)
- ALARP justifications
- Participate in an initial cross-discipline workshop to review the HSE studies required in FEED for the storage site.
- Prepare a health and safety strategy document for the storage site that includes focus on Contractor safety and engagement, for assurance of a well trained and safety motivated workforce.
- Develop the health and safety requirements for site surveys, seismic surveys, and appraisal well drilling:
- Management systems
- Procedures
- Method statements
- Risk assessments
- Work scopes
- Prepare a document that identifies H&S statutory responsibilities, requirements and timescales that apply to all site surveys, seismic surveys, and appraisal well drilling activities.
Examples
- Consider key examples of practical health and safety regulations which may be found in Strategic Analysis of the Global Status of Carbon Capture and Storage
- CO2 sequestration – a safe transition technology
- A key institute knowledge product is the Energy Institute Technical guidance on hazard analysis for onshore carbon capture installations and onshore pipelines
- A review of existing best practice manuals for carbon dioxide storage and regulation
- US EPA website on geological CO2 sequestration
Key Personnel
- Project Manager
- Health and Safety Manager
- Project Engineers (‘Supervisors’) including offshore HSE experts if necessary
- Drilling Engineer
- Project Geophysicist & Geologist
- Other key engineers and sub-consultants
This content expresses the point of view of individuals in the CCS community and not necessarily the views of their organisation or the Global CCS Institute.
