Activity of OISD

Major Activities Of OISD

Standardization:

Standardization is one of the most important activity of the Safety Directorate. Standardization is required to be done to keep abreast of the latest design and operating practices in the areas of safety and fire fighting in the hydrocarbon processing industry. The areas where standards / recommended practices / guidelines need to be developed are identified as proposed by the industry or OISD. Work on these topics commences after the same are approved by Steering Committee. The standardization work is then taken up by the Functional Committees nominated by the Steering Committee. As a continuous exercise, every year new areas of Standardization are identified.

As on date, Overall status of Standardization is as follows :

Total Standards/Recommended
Practices / Guidelines Identified	- 110
Printed & Distributed	- 102
Under various stages of Preparation	- 08

OISD standards printed are scheduled to be reviewed after 4 years of its publication to incorporate the latest technological changes and experience gained in their implementation. A list of Standards already printed & distributed is enclosed.

EXTERNAL SAFETY AUDITS :

External Safety Audits of plants and facilities is carried out periodically which includes critical examination of all the components of the safety systems viz. management policy, management attitude towards safety, safety training, review of plant layouts, operating / inspection / maintenance procedures, emergency plans, usage of personal protective equipment, in-house fire / accidents records, fire protection systems etc.,
These audits are carried out by audit teams consisting of technical experts from industry. These teams are constituted by OISD. The approved checklists are used as guidelines during these audits. On the last day of the audit, the audit teams appraise the local management about their observations and conclusions.

The ESA reports are sent to the Chief Executives of the concerned Oil Companies. OISD thereafter monitors the progress of implementation of the recommendations of the audit teams.

SAFETY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION / SAFETY AWARDS :

Oil Industry Safety Awards were instituted in with a view to promote safety performance in oil industry. Based on the nature of operations, the entire oil industry has been divided in seven groups, viz. Refineries, POL Marketing Organisations, LPG Marketing Organisations, Oil & Gas Production Assets, Cross Country Pipelines, Other Gas Processing Organisations and Lube Oil Blending Plants.

"Oil Industry Safety Directorate", evaluates the Safety performance of oil & gas industry members every year and the best performers are awarded trophies by the Hon'ble Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas.

The Safety performance is evaluated based on Hazard Potential, Penalty Points and Safety Management System.
Unit complexity, man hours worked, total product handled in the year through rail/road/pipeline mode as well as total capacity of the installation form the basis to evaluate Hazard Potential and Penalty Points are calculated based on Fatality, man hour loss, production / material loss in Major fire / accident.