12 HSE DESIGN CRITERIA
2.1 HSE DESIGN APPROACH
In the Process industry, a distinctive approach to hazards and failures that cause loss of life and property has been developed. This approach is commonly called “Loss Prevention” and it involves putting much greater emphasis on technological measures to control hazards and on trying to get things right first time.
The prime emphasis in loss prevention is on the Management system. The technological systems are particularly demanding in terms of formal management organization, competent persons, system and procedures, standards and code of practice.
A major hazards in NA/Q-PIII Platform are fire, explosion and toxic release.
Thus loss prevention is characterized by:
• a concern with hazards arising from technology;
• a concern with major hazards;
• a concern for integrity of containment.
Some features which are characteristic of loss prevention are:
• technique for hazardous area classification;
• definition of fire & gas detection philosophy and system;
• assessment of hazards and their evaluation against risk criteria;
• technique of reliability engineering;
• definition of fire protection, both active and passive, philosophy and system;
• planning for emergencies;
• incident investigation.
To ensure that all these objectives are met, a Risk Management System is implemented in the design of NA/Q-PIII Platform.
The Risk Management System comprises, but is not limited to, the definition of the HSE Philosophy to be applied in the project and the performance of hazard assessment activities and Risk Analysis.
2.2 ALARP CRITERIA
The principle objective of the project is to ensure an inherently safe design of the Platform facilities, where all risks have been reduced to a level which is ALARP with the following order of priorities:
• Safety and Health of persons;
• minimum harm to the environment and natural resources;
• Prevention of financial loss, particularly due to accidents and fire;
• continuity of Production.