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ARTICLE · 30 APRIL 2018

It's All About Planning For Unplanned Hydrocarbon Releases

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It has been well publicised that Chris Flint, Director of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Energy Division, has written to all North Sea offshore oil and gas production operators over his concerns about unplanned gas releases.

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Malcolm Mackay
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It has been well publicised that Chris Flint, Director of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Energy Division, has written to all North Sea offshore oil and gas production operators over his concerns about unplanned gas releases. The HSE has requested operators respond by 20 July 2018 with an outline of how they intend to improve and a plan to implement this.

The press release from the HSE issued yesterday (26 April) has highlighted the need for the offshore oil and gas industry to have the appropriate measures in place to deal with Hydrocarbon releases.

By their very nature, hydrocarbon releases can be extremely dangerous and the systems operators have in place need to be robust, not only to prevent releases in the first place, but to quickly detect and respond should one occur to mitigate risk.

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