WIRELINE Issue 35 Spring 2016

OFFSHORE INCIDENTS

Q&A

to be reported have been published by the EU Offshore Authorities Group. The ROGI form will be transformed into a simpler-to-use online tool later this year. When the online version is up and running it will replace the following three HSE forms: • OIR8 – Return of Death or Loss of a Person

Overall, non-producing offshore installations have until July 2016 to comply, while producing assets must comply by July 2018. However, Oil & Gas UK is encouraging companies to switch to using the ROGI form in its entirety as soon as possible, including submitting the hydrocarbon release data. This will improve the efficiency of reporting

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through a single form and help ensure consistency in approach across the UK Continental Shelf. Q: Are there any other significant reporting changes? A : Yes, under the Safety Case Regime 2015, operators and owners of UK registered companies will have to report, if requested by the OSDR, any major offshore accident in which it or its subsidiaries have been involved in outside the EU.

• OIR9b – Report of an Accident or Dangerous Occurrence Offshore • OIR12 – Hydrocarbon Release Report Supplementary Information The HSE form OIR13 for reporting the infringement of a safety zone and the Department of Energy & Climate Change’s Petroleum Operations Notice (PON) reporting requirements are unchanged and will remain in place. Q: When do companies have to switch to using the ROGI ? A : Legally, the European law sections of the ROGI form only need to be completed by offshore

Oil & Gas UK is encouraging companies to switch to using the ROGI (Report of an Oil and Gas Incident) form in its entirety as soon as possible…This will improve the efficiency of reporting through a single form and help ensure consistency

in approach across the UK Continental Shelf.

installation owners and operators on an installation-by- installation basis as their Safety Case transitions to the new regime under The Offshore Installation (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015. Compliance is tied to the date that the revised Safety Case for each installation is accepted. Therefore, a company with several installations may have a number of different compliance date obligations.

More information is available at www.hse.gov.uk/osdr/reporting/index.htm. Oil & Gas UK’s Supplementary Guidance on the Reporting of Hydrocarbon Releases can be found at www.oilandgasuk.co.uk/ product/hs095.

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