COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1112/2014
of 13 October 2014
determining a common format for sharing of information on major hazard indicators by the operators and owners of offshore oil and gas installations and a common format for the publication of the information on major hazard indicators by the Member States
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on safety of offshore oil and gas operations and amending Directive 2004/35/EC (1), and in particular Articles 23(2) and 24(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Member States are required to ensure that operators and owners of offshore oil and gas installations provide the competent authority, as a minimum, with the data on major hazard indicators as specified in Annex IX to Directive 2013/30/EU. That information should enable Member States to provide advanced warning of the potential deterioration of safety and environmentally critical barriers, and should enable them to take preventive action, including in light of their obligations under Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and the Council (Marine Strategy Framework Directive) (2).
(2)
The information should also demonstrate the overall effectiveness of measures and controls implemented by individual operators and owners, and the industry as a whole, to prevent major accidents and to minimise risks for the environment. In addition, the information and data provided should ensure that the performance of individual operators and owners can be compared within the Member State and the performance of the industry as a whole can be compared between Member States.
(3)
The sharing of comparable data between Member States is rendered difficult and unreliable due to the lack of a common data reporting format across all Member States. A common format for the reporting of data by operators and owners to the Member State should provide transparency of the safety and environmental performance of operators and owners and should provide Union-wide comparable information on safety of offshore oil and gas operations and should facilitate dissemination of lessons learned from major accidents and near misses.
(4)
To facilitate public confidence in the authority and integrity of offshore oil and gas operations in the Union, Member States should periodically publish the information referred to in point 2 of Annex IX of Directive 2013/30/EU pursuant to Article 24 of Directive 2013/30/EU. A common format and details of information to be made publicly available by the Member States should enable easy cross-border comparison of data.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Advisory Committee on Safety of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Subject matter and scope
This Regulation specifies common formats in relation to:
(a)
reports from operators and owners of offshore oil and gas installations to competent authorities of Member States in accordance with Article 23 of Directive 2013/30/EU;
(b)
publication of information by Member States in accordance with Article 24 of Directive 2013/30/EU.
Article 2
Reporting reference and remittance dates
1. Operators and owners of offshore oil and gas installations shall submit the report referred to in Article 1(a) within 10 working days of the event.
2. The reporting period for information referred to in Article 1(b) shall be each year from 1 January until 31 December, starting as of the calendar year 2016. The common publication format shall be used to publish the information required in Article 24 of Directive 2013/30/EU on the website of the competent authority not later than 1 June of the year following the reporting period
3. The formats set out in Annexes I and II shall be used for the reports and publication referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 1 respectively.
Article 3
Details of information to be shared
Annex I sets out the details of information to be shared in accordance with point 2 of Annex IX of Directive 2013/30/EU.
Article 4
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
(2) Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action I the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive) (OJ L 164, 25.6.2008, p. 19).
ANNEX I
Common data reporting format for incidents and major accidents in the offshore oil and gas industry
(As required by Article 23 of Directive 2013/30/EU)
General remarks on the details of information to be shared
a.
The details of information to be shared are in relation to point 2 of Annex IX to Directive 2013/30/EU on the safety of offshore oil and gas operations and in particular to the risk of a major accident as defined within that Directive.
b.
Annex IX, point 2, to Directive 2013/30/EUcontains leading and lagging key performance indicators (KPI's) in order to provide a good picture about offshore oil and gas safety within a Member State and in the European Union, but some of the KPI's have a warning function like failures of safety and environmental critical elements (SECE) and fatalities.
c.
Pursuant to Article 3, paragraph 4, of the Council Directive 92/91/EEC (1), the employer shall, without delay, report to the competent authorities any serious and/or fatal occupational accidents and situations of serious danger. This data shall be used by the competent authority to report the information required under Annex IX, point 2, letters (g) and (h) of Directive 2013/30/EU.
Details of the location and of the person reporting the event
Operator/owner
Name/type of the installation:
Field name/code (if relevant):
Name of the reporting person:
Role of the reporting person
Contact details:
Telephone number:
E-mail address:
Event categorisation (2)
What type of event is being reported? (More than one option might be chosen)
A.
Unintended release of oil, gas or other hazardous substances, whether or not ignited:
1. Any unintentional release of ignited gas or oil on or from an offshore installation;
2. The unintentional release on or from an offshore installation of;
(a) not ignited natural gas or evaporated associated gas if mass released ≥ 1 kg
(b) not ignited liquid of petroleum hydrocarbon if mass released ≥ 60 kg;
3. The unintentional release or escape of any hazardous substance, for which the major accident risk has been assessed in the report on major hazards, on or from an offshore installation, including wells and returns of drilling additives.
B.
Loss of well control requiring actuation of well control equipment, or failure of a well barrier requiring its replacement or repair:
1. Any blowout, regardless of the duration
2. The coming into operation of a blowout prevention or diverter system to control flow of well-fluids;
3. The mechanical failure of any part of a well, whose purpose is to prevent or limit the effect of the unintentional release of fluids from a well or a reservoir being drawn on by a well, or whose failure would cause or contribute to such a release.
4. The taking of precautionary measures additional to any already contained in the original drilling programme where a planned minimum separation distance between adjacent wells was not maintained.
(2) According to Annex IX of Directive 2013/30/EU.
Failure of a safety and environmental critical element:
Any loss or non-availability of a SECE requiring immediate remedial action.
D.
Significant loss of structural integrity, or loss of protection against the effects of fire or explosion, or loss of station keeping in relation to a mobile installation:
Any detected condition that reduces the designed structural integrity of the installation, including stability, buoyancy and station keeping, to the extent that it requires immediate remedial action.
E.
Vessels on collision course and actual vessel collisions with an offshore installation:
Any collision, or potential collision, between a vessel and an offshore installation which has, or would have, enough energy to cause sufficient damage to the installation and/or vessel, to jeopardise the overall structural or process integrity.
F.
Helicopter accidents, on or near offshore installations:
Any collision, or potential collision, between a helicopter and an offshore installation.
G.
Any fatal accident to be reported under the requirements of Directive 92/91/EEC
H.
Any serious injuries to five or more persons in the same accident to be reported under the requirements of Directive 92/91/EEC
I.
Any evacuation of personnel:
Any unplanned emergency evacuation of part of or all personnel as a result of, or where there is a significant risk of a major accident
J.
A major environmental incident:
Any major environmental incident as defined in Article 2.1.d and Article 2.37 of Directive 2013/30/EU
Remarks:
If the incident falls into one of the abovementioned categories, the operator/owner shall proceed to the relevant section(s), hence a single incident could result in completing multiple sections. The operator/owner shall submit the filled in sections to the competent authority within 10 working days of the event, using the best information available at that time. If the event reported is a major accident, the Member State shall initiate a thorough investigation in accordance with Article 26 of Directive 2013/30/EU.
Fatalities and serious injuries are reported under the requirements of Directive 92/91/EEC.
Helicopter incidents are reported under CAA regulations. If a helicopter accident occurs in relation to Directive 2013/30/EU, section F shall be completed.
Taking into account Member States’ obligations to maintain or achieve Good Environmental Status under Directive 2008/56/EC (3), if an unintended release of oil, gas or other hazardous substance, or the failure of a safety and environmental critical element results in or is likely to result in degradation of the environment, such impacts should be reported to the competent authorities.
(3) Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive) (OJ L 164, 25.6.2008, p. 19).
FAILURE OF A SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CRITICAL ELEMENT
C.1. General information
(a) Name of the independent verifier (if applicable):
C.2. Description of circumstances, consequences of event and emergency response
C.2.1. Description of SECE and circumstances
Which Safety and Environmental Critical systems were reported by the independent verifier as lost or unavailable, requiring immediate remedial action, or have failed during an incident?
Origin: Report Independent verifier: details (report nr. / date / verifier / )
Failure during major accident: details (date / accident description / )
Safety and Environmental Critical elements concerned
SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY, OR LOSS OF PROTECTION AGAINST THE EFFECTS OF FIRE OR EXPLOSION, OR LOSS OF STATION KEEPING IN RELATION TO A MOBILE INSTALLATION
D.1. General information
(a) Name of vessel (if applicable)
D.2. Description of circumstances, consequences of event and emergency response
Indicate the system that failed and provide a description of the circumstances of the event / describe what has happened including weather conditions and sea state
D.3. Preliminary direct and underlying cause (within 10 working days of the event)
D.4. Initial lessons learned and preliminary recommendations to prevent recurrence of similar events (within 10 working days of the event)
The competent authority shall further complete this section.
VESSELS ON COLLISION COURSE AND ACTUAL VESSEL COLLISIONS WITH AN OFFSHORE INSTALLATION
E.1. General information
(a) Name/ Flag State of vessel (*):
(b) Type/tonnage of vessel (*):
(c) Contact via AIS?:
(*) If applicable
E.2. Description of circumstances, consequences of event and emergency response
Indicate the system that failed and provide a description of the circumstances of the event / describe what has happened (minimum distance between vessel and installation, course and speed of vessel, weather condition)
E.3. Preliminary direct and underlying causes (within 10 working days of the event)
E.4. Initial lessons learned and preliminary recommendations to prevent recurrence of similar events (within 10 working days of the event)
The competent authority shall further complete this section. Is this considered to be a major incident?
HELICOPTER ACCIDENTS, ON OR NEAR OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS
Helicopter incidents are reported under CAA regulations. If a helicopter accident occurs in relation to Directive 2013/30/EU, section F shall be completed.
F.1. General information
(a) Name of helicopter contractor:
(b) Helicopter type:
(c) Number of persons on board:
F.2. Description of circumstances, consequences of event and emergency response
Indicate the system that failed and provide a description of the circumstances of the event / describe what has happened (weather conditions)
F.3. Preliminary direct and underlying causes (within 10 working days of the event)
F.4. Initial lessons learned and preliminary recommendations to prevent recurrence of similar events (within 10 working days of the event)
The competent authority shall further complete this section. Is this considered to be a major incident?
yes
no
Give justification:
END OF THE REPORT
Sections G and H shall be reported under the requirements of Directive 92/91/EEC.
I.2. Description of circumstances, consequences of event and emergency response
Was the evacuation precautionary or emergency?
Precautionary Emergency Both
Number of persons evacuated:
Means of evacuation: (e.g. helicopter)
Indicate the system that failed and provide a description of the circumstances of the event / describe what has happened, unless already reported in a previous section of this report.
I.3. Preliminary direct and underlying causes (within 10 working days of the event)
I.4. Initial lessons learned and preliminary recommendations to prevent recurrence of similar events (within 10 working days of the event)
J.2. Description of circumstances, consequences of event and emergency response
Indicate the system that failed and provide a description of the circumstances of the event / describe what has happened. What are or are likely to be the significant adverse effects on the environment?
J.3. Preliminary direct and underlying causes (within 10 working days of the event)
J.4. Initial lessons learned and preliminary recommendations to prevent recurrence of similar events (within 10 working days of the event)
END OF THE REPORT
(1) Council Directive 92/91/EEC of 3 November 1992 concerning the minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers in the mineral-extracting industries through drilling (eleventh individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (OJ L 348, 28.11.1992, p. 9).
ANNEX II
Common Publication Format
(As required by article 24 of Directive 2013/30/EU)
Information on Member State and Reporting Authority
(a) Member State:
(b) Reporting period: (Calendar Year)
(c) Competent authority:
(d) Designated Reporting Authority:
(e) Contact details
Telephone number:
E-mail address:
SECTION 2
INSTALLATIONS
2.1. Fixed installations: Please provide detailed list of installations for offshore oil and gas operations in your country (on first of January of the reported year), including their type (i.e. fixed manned, fixed normally unmanned, floating production, fixed non-production), year of installation and location:
Table 2.1
Installations within jurisdiction on 1 January of the reporting period
(a) New fixed installations: Please report the new fixed installations, entered in operation during the reporting period:
Table 2.2.a.
New fixed installations entered in operation during the reporting period
Name or ID
Type of installation, i.e
Fixed manned installation (FMI);
(Fixed) normally unmanned (NUI);
Floating production install. (FPI)
Fixed non-production install. (FNP)
Year of installation
Type of fluid, i.e.
Oil; Gas; Condensate; Oil/Gas; Oil/Condensate
Number of beds
Coordinates
(longitude-latitude)
(b) Fixed Installations out of operation: Please report the installations that went out of offshore oil and gas operations during the reporting period:
Table 2.2.b.
Installations that were decommissioned during the reporting period
Name or ID
Type of installation, i.e
(Fixed attended;
Fixed normally unattended;
Floating production installation;
Fixed non-production installation.)
Year of installation
Coordinates
(longitude-latitude)
Temporary / Permanent
2.3. Mobile installations: Please report the mobile installations carrying out operations during the reporting period (MODUs and other non-production installations):
Table 2.3
Mobile Installations
Name or ID
Type of installation, i.e
Mobile offshore drilling;
Other mobile non-production
Year of
construction
Number of beds
Geographical area of operations (e.g. South North Sea, North Adriatic); and Duration
2.4. Information for data normalisation (1) purposes. Please provide the total number of actual offshore working hours and the total production in the reporting period:
(a) Total number of actual offshore working hours for all installations:
(b) Total production, in kTOE:
Oil Production (specify units):
Gas Production (specify units):
(1) For the purpose of this Implementing Regulation, normalisation means a transformation applied uniformly to each element in a set of data so that the set has some specific statistical property. For example, a number of reported events (i.e. loss of well control) might be normalised by dividing each one by the total number of wells in that Member State.