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Safety & Environmental Management
Program (SEMP)
Implementation
Survey Summary
for API RP75
Production
Years:
1994-1998
Background
The MMS announced in 1994 that API’s RP75
generally reflected its view of what a Safety and Environmental Management
Program (SEMP) should contain. The MMS collaborated with the API, IPAA,
and OOC for the next five years to survey if, and to what extent, OCS
operators had voluntarily implemented RP75. At the end of each
calendar year, identical surveys were sent to every OCS operator having
production during that year. Operators were asked to gauge on a
six-point scale (see
Table) the degree to
which they had implemented each element of RP75. The response from
operators is reported to a third party and kept confidential from both MMS
and other operators to encourage honest reporting. Aggregate
results from the five surveys conducted to date are captured on the attached
table.
Summary
The API Implementation Surveys show a clear
willingness by nearly all OCS operators to report on their SEMP. In
the current survey 87% of all OCS operators responded to the survey
(representing over 97% of all OCS oil and gas production). As
expected, each subsequent survey has shown growth in the level of overall
RP75 implementation. Each year the surveys have confirmed that the
larger (higher volume producers) operators are further along in RP75
implementation (based on the production-weighted responses). After
growing for several years, however, the gap in implementation between the
larger and smaller operators began to narrow in 1997. It should be
noted that though the pool of larger OCS operators remains fairly constant
from year to year, there is substantial turnover in the smaller operator
category.
Some specific observations drawn from the
attached RP75 Implementation Survey Summary and related experience are:
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Improvement was again seen in all
RP-75 elements representing an overall average score improvement of 7%
over 1997 figures based on production and 7% based on population.
This is the fourth straight year that improvement has been seen in
RP-75 implementation since the survey was first conducted in 1994,
indicating continuous improvement in the implementation of Safety and
Environmental Management Programs;
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Greatest improvements in
implementation status based on the total population of respondents
were seen in the following areas: |
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Hazards
Analysis (+11%) |
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Operating
Procedures (+11%) |
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Pre-startup
Review (+9%) |
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Management
of Change (+8%) |
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Greatest improvements in
implementation status based on production-weighted responses were seen
in the follow areas: |
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Operating
Procedures (+14%) |
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Pre-startup
Review (+11%) |
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Audit of
Safety and Environmental Management Program Elements (+10%) |
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Safe Work
Practices(+9%) |
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The area of Audit of Safety and
Environmental Management Program Elements (4.1) remains the lowest
level of implementation among the OCS population; however, this area
continues to show high levels of improvement each year. This
area is typically the last element of a management program to be
implemented;
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The areas of Operating Procedures and
Hazards Analysis (4.8) have the lowest level of implementation among
OCS operators weighted by production. |
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API RP75 Implementation Surveys |
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1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
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OCS Operators Participating |
80% |
95% |
96% |
93% |
86.8% |
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OCS Production Covered |
94% |
99.8% |
99.9% |
99.2% |
97.5% |
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Av. Population Score* - No Weighting |
3.2 |
3.6 |
3.9 |
4.3 |
4.6 |
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Av. Production Score* - Weighted |
3.7 |
4.3 |
4.7 |
4.9 |
5.2 |
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RP75 Section: Pop./Prod. Score* |
| 1
- General Mgmt. Program/Principles |
3.7/4.5 |
4.1/5.0 |
4.2/5.3 |
4.7/5.5 |
5.0/5.6 |
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- Safety/Environmental Information |
3.5/3.9 |
3.7/4.2 |
4.2/4.6 |
4.5/5.0 |
4.8/5.2 |
| 3
- Hazards Analysis |
2.7/3.1 |
3.2/3.9 |
3.6/4.3 |
3.9/4.4 |
4.3/4.8 |
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- Management of Change |
3.0/3.6 |
3.5/4.2 |
3.8/4.4 |
4.2/4.9 |
4.5/5.1 |
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- Operating Procedures |
2.7/3.3 |
3.3/3.8 |
3.5/4.0 |
3.9/4.2 |
4.3/4.8 |
| 6
- Safe Work Practices |
3.4/4.2 |
3.9/4.6 |
4.1/5.0 |
4.4/5.1 |
4.7/5.5 |
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Training |
3.4/3.9 |
3.8/4.4 |
3.9/4.7 |
4.3/5.1 |
4.6/5.4 |
| 8
- Quality Assurance / Integrity |
3.1/3.6 |
3.4/4.1 |
3.8/4.7 |
4.1/4.9 |
4.3/5.2 |
| 9
- Pre-startup Review |
2.8/3.2 |
3.4/4.0 |
3.7/4.5 |
4.1/4.7 |
4.5/5.2 |
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- Emergency Response/Control |
4.2/4.4 |
4.6/5.2 |
4.7/5.5 |
5.1/5.7 |
5.3/5.8 |
| 11
- Incident Investigation |
3.1/3.7 |
3.8/4.5 |
3.9/4.8 |
4.5/5.2 |
4.7/5.4 |
| 12
- SEMP Elements Audit |
2.7/3.4 |
3.1/4.2 |
3.4/4.5 |
3.8/4.5 |
4.1/5.0 |
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*Key
to Scoring:
1 - No action taken to date;
2 - Evaluating existing company practices against RP75
3 - Developing program to implement RP75 |
4 - Implementing RP75
5 - RP75 generally in place
6 - Reassessing RP75 implementation for continuous improvement |
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RP75 Element Implementation Status |
Implementation (1- 6) |
By Population |
By Production |
3.8 |
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3.9 |
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4.0 |
Audit of SEMP Elements |
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4.1 |
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4.2 |
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4.3 |
Quality Assurance & Mechanical Integrity |
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4.4 |
Hazards Analysis / Operating Procedures |
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4.5 |
Management of Change / Training / Pre-Startup Review |
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4.6 |
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4.7 |
Safe Work Practices / Incident Investigation |
Hazards Analysis |
4.8 |
Safety and Environmental Information |
Operating Procedures |
4.9 |
General Management Program Elements and Principles |
Audit of SEMP Elements |
5.0 |
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5.1 |
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Management of Change / Safety and Environmental Information |
5.2 |
Emergency Response and Control |
Pre-Startup Review / Quality Assurance & Mechanical Integrity |
5.3 |
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Training |
5.4 |
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Incident Investigation |
5.5 |
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Safe Work Practices |
5.6 |
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General Management Program Elements and Principles |
5.7 |
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Emergency Response and Control |
5.8 |
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5.9 |
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Note: Shading
indicates those sections with below average level of implementation for
that group. |
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