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Emergency Pipeline Response

Training

John C Wilson

Pipeline Technology Conference 2007

Pipeline Technology Conference 2007

Pipeline Technology Conference 2007

Pipeline Technology Conference 2007

Pipeline Technology Conference 2007

Pipeline Technology Conference 2007

• 2nd January 1990 - Exxon Pipeline Spill

• 3rd March 1991 - Lakehead Pipeline Spill

• 7th April 1992 - Semonole Gas Pipeline Explosion

• 28th March 1993 - Colonial Pipeline Spill

• 17th January 1994 - Northridge CA Earthquake Pipeline Spill

• 23rd March 1994 - Texas Eastern Gas Pipeline Explosion

• 30th July 2004 - Ghislenghien, Belgium Pipeline Explosion

• 17th Feb 2007 - Northwest Harris County (Cy-Fair) Pipeline Explosion.

Incident History

Incident History

Incident History

30th July 2004 - Ghislenghien, Belgium:

• Gas leak reported 08.30

• Explosion at 09:00

• 23 dead, 120+ injured (many critically)

Incident History

Why?

22000km Major Accident Hazard Pipelines (MAHP)

• 20000km Gas above 7 bar pressure

• 1000km Ethylene

• 1000km Spiked Crude Oil, LNG and other hydrocarbons.

Training

‘All relevant staff from every shift, in all the relevant organisations, should

receive full training in their expected response in the event of an emergency,

this training should be kept up to date as appropriate, with suitable refresher

training’

COMAH Guidance L111- Regulation 11 (paragraph 227)

HSG 191 – Training and testing (Paragraph 176)

‘A training programme for emergency responders to enable them to; a) perform

their function and b) co-operate with of-site emergency services.’

Seveso Directive 96/82/EC (Annex IV – specified under Article 11)

Training

Seveso Directive 96/82/ECC

Aim

This directive is aimed at the prevention of major accidents which involve

dangerous substances and the limitation of their consequences for man and the

environment, with a view to ensuring high levels of protection throughout the

community in a consistent and effective manner.

Seveso Directive 96/82/EC – Article 1

Seveso Directive 96/82/ECC

General Obligations / Duty

COMAH Guidance L111- Regulation 4

‘Every operator shall take all measures necessary to prevent major accidents

and limit their consequences to persons and the environment’

Seveso II Directive 96/82/EC – Article 5

‘Member states shall ensure that the operator is obliged to take all measures

necessary to prevent major accidents and to limit their consequences for man and

the environment’

Training

Over

1,620,000km

(1,005,000 miles)

Training

000’s km

History:

• February 2004 - First meeting with UKOPA Team

• March / April - Course research and design

• May - Course format agreed by UKOPA Team

• June – First ‘pilot course’

Pipeline Emergency Response Officer

Design:

• Requirements

• Who, What, Why, Where & When

• Research.

Pipeline Emergency Response Officer

Supportive Material / Regulations:

HSE - A guide to the Pipelines Safety Regulations 1996 (L82 )

HMSO Dealing with Disaster - 3rd addition 1999

HSE - COMAH Guidance L111 - 1999

HSE - Emergency Planning for Major Accidents (HSG 191) 1999

HSE - Further Guidance on Emergency Plans for Major Accident HazardPipeline

UKOPA - Competency Framework Document (Version 2.3 – August 2002.

Pipeline Emergency Response Officer

.

Accredited

• United Kingdom On Shore Pipeline Association (UKOPA)

• Joint Oil Industrial Fire Forum (JOIFF)

Role & Responsibility

.

• Attend

• Assess

• Advise

• Assist

• Accountable.

PERO Training

Priorities

.

• People

• Environment

• Property

• Mitigate (Consequences)

• Normality.

PERO Training

Benefits

.

• Refresher

• Exercise

• Confidence

• Sharing & Learning

• Networking.

PERO Training

Opportunity

.

• Fire Brigade

• Police

• Ambulance

• Health & Safety Excecitive

• Environmental Agency.

Partnership

‘Good communications are at the heart of an effective response’

Dealing with disaster Revised Third Edition 2003 (Cabinet Office) – Section 3.60

• Telephone

• Radio

• Fax Machines

• Computer

• Written.

.

Communications

Pipeline Technology Conference 2007

Questions