Module 1 – Risk Assessment and its processes
Key words associated with Risk Assessment Processes
a. An accident - Is an unplanned event that results in loss
b. A hazard - Is something that has the potential to cause harm
c. A risk - Is the likelihood and the severity of a negative occurrence for example injury, ill-health, damage and loss resulting from a hazard. It is also a situation of exposure to danger or a probability of something bad happening.
Module 2 – Incident Command System (ICS)
ICS is a standardized approach to the command, control and and coordination of emergency response to providing a common hierarchy within which oil spill emergency responses can be effectively carried out.
Module 3 – Conduct and monitor assets integrity management programme for oil and gas operations in Nigeria
The ASM Department is charged with the responsibility for surveillance and to ensure compliance with all existing environmental legislation and the detection of oil spills in the petroleum sector (NOSDRA Establishment Act 2006 Section 6 (10) (a)). In achieving the above responsibility, there is need for a Pipeline Integrity Assurance Program under a full fledge Assets Integrity Management (AIM).
Module 4 – Asset Integrity Management: Standard operating procedure of hydrocarbon pipeline maintenance
This procedure is a guideline on the proper way to safely perform asset integrity management. The operators will the SOP as a guide to help them perform the integrity of the asset, and this will be in compliance with government regulations and standard.
Module 5 – Hazard Identification (HAZID)
Oil spills are one form of disaster that is not a natural disaster, but one that people have caused. An oil spill can harm birds, mammals, marine life and the environment in several ways via direct physical contact, toxic contamination, destruction of food sources, habitats, and reproductive problems.
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i. The Agency is to review the above document with a view to ensuring environmental compliance and with best practice. A review guide/checklist for the document should be developed and used by officers.
ii. Resulting recommendations from the review process will be sent to the facility owners for necessary actions.
iii. NOSDRA will develop and come up with a National Assets Data Register.
iv. The Agency will request for invitation by the facility owners/operators to observe their Asset Integrity Programme activities whenever they are to be carried out (Tests, Pigging, injection of corrosion inhibitors, etc).
v. ASM Department will draw out an AIMP inspection schedule for the facilities.
vi. The Department will also develop Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for AIMP, the inspection and other relevant activities within the Program.
vii. Officers will be trained on corrosion management, NDT Test/Survey, ASTM Standards, and other relevant asset integrity program areas.
