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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators SAFETY CASE GUIDELINES FOR OIL AND GAS FACILITIES IN NIGERIA Code: DPR GUIDE 0036 – 2020 Revision Date: 2nd October 2020
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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators
SAFETY CASE GUIDELINES FOR OIL AND GAS FACILITIES IN NIGERIA
Code: DPR GUIDE 0036 – 2020
Revision Date: 2nd October 2020
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and updated prior to issuance of approval to introduce hydrocarbon/approval for
commissioning of the facility. During the operations phase, the Safety Case must be
revalidated and submitted every five (5) years. Other conditions that may warrant the
revalidation of a Safety Case or, at the minimum, the submission of an addendum to the
Safety Case are discussed in section 6;
iv.
The Decommissioning Safety Case must be submitted by the Operator/Facility owner
before decommissioning activities commences.
5.3
Safety Case Review and Approval
After the submission of a Safety Case, the Department shall review its content to ascertain the
extent of compliance with the intent of a Safety Case in demonstrating that a facility is safe to
operate or continue to operate or decommission. The Safety Case is expected to evidentially and
properly demonstrate the following, that:
i.
the facility description, Safety Management System (SMS) and Formal Safety Assessment
(FSA) are appropriate and facility specific such that they effectively show consultation with
and participation of relevant employees, regulator and stakeholders as appropriate in its
development.
ii.
it reflects accurately the actual state of operational systems on the facility and that employees
understand the risks to which they are exposed, the measures for risk control and mitigation
and their role in it.
iii.
the equipment on the facility that relates to, or may affect safety, is fit for purpose during
normal operations and is fit for use in an emergency to the extent intended.
iv.
risk has been reduced to as low as reasonably practicable, through proper mitigation and
remedial measures, such that the performance standards required for the Safety Management
System as a whole and for each critical control (either SCEs) and for the systems in place to
ensure that the actual performance meets the defined standard.
v.
effective change management is integrated into the overall management system, to ensure
the Safety Case remains valid.
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