Oil Industry Safety Directorate

Exploration and Production Section

Regulatory activities 

The Petroleum & Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008 were notified by Govt. of India in June 2008 for regulation of safety in offshore exploration, exploitation, conservation & management of Petroleum and Natural Gas and matter connected there with.

OISD has been designated as competent authority to exercise powers and functions as stipulated in Petroleum & Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, in June 2008.

Guidance notes for P&NG Rules have been prepared and provided to companies.As competent authority, OISD carries out supervision of safety of offshore installations by means of consents, investigations, verifications and safety audits.

As competent authority, OISD carries out supervision of safety of offshore installations by means of consents, investigations, verifications and safety audits.

Consent for Decommissioning in Offshore

OISD has been designated as Approving Authority for Decommissioning activities in E&P Offshore. In a first of its kind, one consent for Tapti field (PMT JV) decommissioning has already been accorded to BGEPIL where 38 wells plug and abandon campaign has been successfully completed and structures decommissioning is scheduled to start shortly.

Another consent, for MA field decommissioning approval for MA field in KG deep water area of M/s RIL has been accorded.

OISD is also designated as the nodal agency for any disaster affecting the Private Sector Installations. OISD periodically conducts coordination meetings to review the status of Disaster Management plans and readiness by these companies.  

Various activities are carried out by E&P group viz. Safety Audits (ESA/SSA/PCSA), standard development and revision, Investigation of accident/incident and Knowledge dissemination in order to maintain high degree of safety in the Oil Industry.

External Safety Audit 

OISD undertakes External Safety Audit of E & P operations (Onshore/Offshore) of all upstream companies (PSU Companies and JV’s/Pvt. operators working under PSC) to assess the efficacy of the safety management system. Methodology comprises of review of documents and interaction with the concerned personnel besides physical tour of the installations (Production installation/ Drilling rig / Workover rig).

Environment Group activities. 

A. The various activities that are carried out by Environment Group are:

Environment audit

Supervision of Offshore operations related Marine Pollution

Development of Standards

Seminars & Training

Monitoring of Oil Spill Response Preparedness, Tier-I Facilities

Joint inspection of OSR Tier-I facilities with Indian Coast Guard

Co-ordination with other agencies like Indian Coast Guard , DGH, MoPSW, MoEF&CC, CPCB, BIS for issues related to industry

B. Joint inspection of OSR Tier-I facilities with Indian Coast Guard 

OISD along with Indian Coast Guard representative conducts joint inspection of OSR Tier-1 facilities to check their preparedness and efficacy w.r.t. performance and maintenance of equipment, training of people and drills etc.

The standards pertaining to only E&P section :

The other standards and guidelines used by E&P section:

Users are strongly advised to refer to ALL, repeat, ALL OISD Standards / Guidelines / Recommended practice before arriving at any conclusion.