HSE DIRECTIVE 10 HELICOPTER OPERATIONS

HSE DIRECTIVE DI RECTIVE 10 HELICOPTER OPERATIONS

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GENERAL

Purpose • Thep Thepurposeofth urposeofthisdirective isdirectiveistoensur istoensurethatallof ethatalloffshorehelico fshorehelicopter pter trac takes place in a sae manner and in accordance with current laws and regulations Scope • Th Thedi edirecti rective veappli appliest esto: o: o all helicopter transport carried out or BP Norge (BPN) o helicopter operations on all BPN-operate BPN-operated d installations and contracted installations on the Norwegian Nor wegian continental continental shel Reerence • OLF066Gu OLF066Guidelinef idelineforightsto orightstoandfromp andfrompetroleuminstallations etroleuminstallations • OLF07 OLF074Guideline 4Guidelineforhe forhelidec lideckpersonnel kpersonnel The Norwegian Oil Industry Association’s guidelines • JARAR-OPS OPS1 1and and3 3 • 1.63.062Em .63.062EmergencyP ergencyPreparedness reparednessBridgingDo BridgingDocumentf cumentforhelicopte orhelicopter r transportation service • 1.63.063B .63.063BridgingDocu ridgingDocument– ment–AreaContin AreaContingencyinthe gencyintheSouthern Southern Field Alliance • Area Areapre prepare parednes dnessHa sHalten ltenNord Nordland land • 1.75.021P .75.021Proceduref rocedureforpersonne orpersonnellogistics–DaWinci llogistics–DaWinci • Theh Thehelicopterope elicopteroperator’ rator’srelev srelevantprocedu antproceduresfor resforBPNorge BPNorge’’s installations • HSE HSEDirec Directive tiveno. no.33 33–HS –HSEtr Etrainin aining g • BPG BPGDP3 DP3.7r .7requi equireme rements nts • BPN’ BPN’srequireme srequirementsinaddition ntsinadditiontoOLF’ toOLF’sHelidec sHelideckManualwith kManualwith appendices • Field-specifica Field-specificandinstallation-specific ndinstallation-specificinstructi instructions ons • OMS OMStran transportat sportation ion3.7 3.7 Defnitions and abbreviations • GDP GDPGlob GlobalD alDefine efinedP dPracti ractice ce • OLF OLFNorwe Norwegian gianOilI OilIndus ndustryA tryAssoci ssociation ation • Responsible helicopter coordinator is a position oshore that coordinates all helicopter operations on the individual installation. The responsible helicopter coordinator may be the radio operator (Valhall, contracted installations) or the administration coordinator • Medevac entails routine medical transport where the patient’s condition allow air transport by a normal schedule helicopter. • Medrescue entails important medical transport where the patient’scondition requires immediate air transport. • HFISHelicop HFISHelicopterFlightIn terFlightInformation formationService Service Structure BPN’s Helicopter operations directive consists o the ollowing: • BPN’ BPN’sadditional sadditionalrequirements requirementstotheHelid totheHelidec eckManual kManual • Helidec HelideckManual. kManual.TheN TheNor orwegian wegianOilIndustryA OilIndustryAssociation ssociation’’smanual • Appendix. Appendix.Field-andin Field-andinstallation-specicinstr stallation-specicinstructions uctions HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT HANDBOOK 2011

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2. RESPONSIBILITY Aviation Advisor, BP Norge • allhelicopter allhelicopteroperationsin operationsinBPNorge BPNorgearecarried arecarriedoutinaccord outinaccordancewith ancewith the current laws laws,, regulations, guidelines, procedures and HSE directives Oshore Installation Manager (OIM) • ensuri ensuringthat ngthatallhe allhelicopter licopteropera operations tionsoshore oshore are carried out saely and in accordance with current regulations and HSE directives • ensuringth ensuringthatemergency atemergencyplansareinp plansareinplacefor laceforhandlinghe handlinghelicopter licopter incidents taking place within 500 metres zone • approvin approvingallhelicopt gallhelicoptertraf ertrafctoand ctoandfromthehe fromthehelidec lideckinthee kintheevento ventof f an emergency Responsible helicopter coordinator oshore (Valhallradiooperator/UlaOAK) • plannin planningand gandcoordin coordinatingal atingallhelico lhelicoptert ptertransport ransporttoan toandfrom dfromthe theeld eld • ensuri ensuringthat ngthatallhe allhelicopter licoptertransp transporton ortonthe theledis lediscarried carriedouti outin n accordance with current procedures • ensuri ensuringthat ngthatthen thenecessaryhelic ecessaryhelicopter opteroperati operationeme onemergency rgencyrespon response se is in place • being beingpresen presentinth tintheradio eradioroomd roomduringa uringallhelico llhelicopterop pteroperation eration inorming standby vessels prior to any helicopter landing and take-o • info informing rminghelicopt helicopterpilo erpilotsof tsofanyc anycraneop raneoperation erationstakingp stakingplace lace • info informing rmingthepil thepilotint otinthee heevent ventofcold ofcoldari aring ng Helideck crew (HLO, heliguard) • complywith complywiththisdirectiv thisdirective,theHe e,theHelidec lideckManualand kManualandtheinstr theinstructionsof uctionsof the directive. BPN’SREQUIREMENTSINADDITIONTOOLF’SHELIDECKMANUAL (OLF 074) Passengers who are waiting to board the helicopter must remain in a sae area indoors until they get the signal to board. Waiting outside below the helideck is not permitted. On unmanned installations where it is not possible to wait indoors, the helideck crew will show the passengers where to wait. When the helicopter is on the helideck, all access to the helideck is prohibited except or helideck personnel and passengers to and rom the helicopter. I the seawater pump is out o operation on the Tambar, North Flank or South Flank platorms, production must be shut down beore the helicopter lands. The saety video must be screened beore the personnel leave the installations.

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EMERGENCY PREP PREPAREDNESS AREDNESS

Emergency preparedness measures The person responsible or helicopters oshore must: • ensurethat ensurethatnecessaryemergencyprep necessaryemergencypreparednessf arednessforhelicopter orhelicopter operations is availab available. le. • Inthee Intheeventof ventofreducedp reducedpreparedness( reparedness(capacity) capacity) • noti notifyth fytheof eoffsho fshorei reinstalla nstallation tionman manager ager,of ,offsho fshores resaf afetyof etyofcer cerand and senior saety saety delegate to ensure that steps are taken (e.g. stop the fight, reduce no. o passengers, reorganise activities, etc.) • Inthee Intheeventth venttheprimaryemergencyresp eprimaryemergencyresponseisnot onseisnotavailab available le • ensu ensuret rethat hatalter alternati native veprep preparedn aredness essisa isavail vailable ableino inorder rderto tomeet meetthe the emergency response requirement requirement at the estimated time o arrival, e.g. that the SAR helicopter is back and available with the necessary capacity. • Inthee Intheeventof ventofconditionsp conditionsprev reventingaccessto entingaccesstostandbyv standbyvesselorMOB esselorMOB boat • ensurethat ensurethatsuf sufcientS cientSARhelicop ARhelicopteractivityisav teractivityisavailabletomee ailabletomeetthe tthe minimum emergency response requirements Preparations or helicopter operations Preparations • Whena WhenaSA SARheli Rhelicopter copterconstit constitutesth utestheprim eprimaryemergenc aryemergencyrespo yresponse, nse, • the Ekoisk HFIS must notiy the SAR crew in advance in the event o fights outside o normal working hours (07:00-19:00 hrs ) so as to reduce the mobilisation time • Fo ForSkarv rSkarv,theS ,theSARhelicopte ARhelicopteronHeidr ronHeidrunmustbe unmustbenotified,cf notified,cf.the .the guidelines or area preparedness Halten, Nordland • Whena WhenaMOBb MOBboatcon oatconstitu stitutesth testheprimaryeme eprimaryemergency rgencyrespon response, se, • the responsible helicopter coordinator oshore must notiy the MOB crew and crane operator in advance o helicopter operations i the wind orce 1) exceeds 40 knots or the signicant wave wave height 2) exceeds exceeds 3 m so that they can conduct a risk assessment to determine whether the MOB boat can be used. Communication with the helicopter The responsible helicopter coordinator oshore coordinator oshore must inorm the helicopter pilot: • about aboutthew theweather eatheronth onthe eeld eldone one hour and 15 minutes beore estimated time o departure rom land • signica signicantc ntchanges hangesinw inweather eather • anydecisiontotemporarilyclosethehelideckduetoc anydecisiontotemporarilyclosethehelideckduetochangesin hangesin weather. 1) Wind orce in 10 m height at the installation. Ekofsk uses its own measurements or start-up st art-up o helicopters helic opters - see 1.63.063 Bridging  document - area emergency preparedness in the Southern Fields  Alliance  2) Signifcant wave height is the average value o the largest 1/3 o waves  during a 20 minute period measured between the top and bottom o  the wave. The maximum wav wave e height is approx. 1.7 times higher than the signifcant wav wave e height. HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT HANDBOOK 2011

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