Russian Petroleum Safety Regulations Irina Fodchenko vit. ass., NIFS Startseminar NIFS-sjøsikkerhetsprosjekt Lysebu, januar 2008

Introduction  Historical Development  Failures and Accidents  Focus on Safety

The Responsible Authorities  Health  Ministry of Public Health and Social Development  Federal Service of Labour and Employment  Federal Social Insurance Fund  Industrial Safety  Rostehnadzor  Ministry of Civil Defense, Emergencies and Natural Disasters

The Responsible Authorities  Environment  Ministry of Natural Resources  Ministry of Civil Defense, Emergencies and Natural Disasters  Ministry of Transport  Federal Agency of Maritime and River Transport  Rostehnadzor  Rosprirodnadzor

The Regulation  Health Regulations  Environment Protection Regulations  Safety Regulations

Health Regulations  Federal Laws:  “Labour Code of the Russian Federation” – December 30, 2001  “ On the Fundamentals of Labour Protection in the Russian Federation”- July 17, 1999   “ On Compulsory Social Insurance for Industrial Accidents and Professional Diseases”- July 24, 1998  Resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation  Resolutions of the Ministry of Labour of the Russian Federation

Environment Protection Regulations  Federal Laws:  “On Environmental Protection” - January 10, 2002  “Land Code of the Russian Federation”- October 25, 2001  “Code of Administrative Offences”- December 30, 2001  “On Sanitary Welfare of the Population”- March 30, 1999  “On Industrial and Consumer Waste” -June 24, 1998  “On Specially Protected Territories” -March 14, 1995  “Water Code of the Russian Federation” - November 16, 1995  “On Ecological Expert Review”- November 23, 1995  Resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation  Executive Orders

Safety Regulations  Federal Laws:  “Technical Regulations”- December 27, 2002  ”Licensing of Certain Activities”- August 8, 2001  “ On Industrial Safety of Dangerous Industrial Facilities”- July 21, 1997  “ On Fire Safety”- December 21, 1994  Resolutions of the Government  Resolutions of the State Mining and Industrial Supervision Agency  Executive Orders of the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision

Safety Regulations Background  Outdated regulations  No real change since the dissolution of the USSR  Well adapted to plan economy  Minor land based projects  Simple technology  In need of change

Federal Law “On Technical Regulations” The road ahead…  The technical committee # 23  New approach when it comes to considering regulation and standards  Established 2OO7  GAZPROM  The Interindustry Council on Standardization in Oil and Gas Complex

The Interindustry Council on Standardization in Oil and Gas Complex  A voluntary association of legal entities and persons based on common professional interests  Established to coordinate the activity of organizations and businesses involved in standardization in oil and gas industries  The Main Objectives :  Development of partnership between the state and privately owned businesses  Support the state and corporate sectors of the oil and gas industries in implementing the Federal Law “Technical Regulation”  Ensure the coordination of activities of organizations involved in the development of national standards, including: development of national standards, harmonized with international ones, aiming for future participation in the development of international and regional standards and their adoption as national ones; review of drafted national standards including the submission of comments on draft standards; ensure proactive participation of experts in technical committees of international and regional organizations on standardization

Cooperation between Norway and Russia in the Barents Sea

The BORIS Project  Bilateral Co-operation on Development of Russian Regulations Concerning Industrial Safety  Cooperation between GTN & NPD ( PSA)  1994 – 1997, ?  Results

Barents HSE Harmonization  secure a level of safety on both sides of the Norwegian- Russian border that are at least as stringent as those in the North Sea  integrate special considerations for operating in the more demanding conditions found in the High North  3 phases through 2010:  survey existing industry standards  determine most critical problems  propose specific recommendations for standards

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