Dates and Locations

Dates and locations for this course are shown below.

Course Overview

Designed For

Managers, engineers, contractors, operations supervision and regulatory compliance personnel who are responsible for implementing and managing SEMS and offshore safety management programs.

You Will Learn

To develop and organize a SEMS program that complies with the new regulation from BOEMRE.
Methods to modify and upgrade your existing API RP 75 Safety and Environmental Management Program (SEMP). Planning for each of the elements of SEMS including mechanical integrity, hazards analysis and operating procedures.
Preparation techniques for internal and external audits.
Preparation of bridging documents between operators/lessees and contractors.
To develop a catch-up program based on risk assessments.
Schedule and budget preparation for implementing a SEMS program.
SEMS program development that meets your facility’s needs.
SEMS program management techniques once developed.
Risk-based approaches to preparing strategies for meeting the rule’s tight deadlines.

About the Course

On November 15 ^th 2011 the Safety and Environmental Management System (SEMS) is effective. The rule requires companies operating on the Outer Continental Shelf of the United States to develop and implement a SEMS program for each of their facilities (drilling, production and certain pipelines). The SEMS rule is based on the API RP 75 Safety and Environmental Program (SEMP). However, it includes many additional requirements.

This course is divided into two days. On the first day you will learn about the requirements of SEMS, its relationship to existing SEMP programs, who is covered, and how the rule is likely to be enforced. The role of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSSE) is discussed.

You will learn about the twelve technical elements of a SEMS program, including hazards analysis, mechanical integrity, management of change and auditing. You will receive an annotated copy of the SEMS rule providing analysis of each of the technical elements.

On the second day you will learn how to design and implement a program that addresses each of the twelve technical elements. The discussion will include estimates as to how much time is needed to implement these elements, and what sort of costs may be incurred. Also, on the second day, a schedule for the implementation of a SEMS will be provided.

The course will use examples of actual incidents, ranging from Piper Alpha to Deepwater Horizon, to illustrate the value and application of the elements of SEMS.

For those companies that do not have a complete and effective SEMS program a risk-based strategy for developing such a program is described.

Course Content

This two-day course is structured as follows.

A brief overview of the background to the SEMS rule — how it came about what its goals are.
Fundamentals of Safety Management Systems, including the distinction between performance-based and prescriptive standards.
An overview of API RP 75 – SEMP.
The role of other API standards, particularly RP 14C, 14G and 14J.
The transition from SEMP to SEMS.
The role of contractors.
The technical elements of SEMS and how they can be implemented.
Development of a SEMS program:
Determine the objectives
Create the organization
Develop a plan
Implement the plan
Audit and improve

Economics of SEMS

Each student will receive a copy of the book Process Risk and Reliability Management and an electronic version of sections of the book Offshore Safety Management .

Course Structure

This course is organized into the following modules:

Module 1: Introduction and Objectives
Module 2: Background
Module 3: SEMP, SEMS, Element 1
Module 4: SEMS Elements 2-4
Module 5: SEMS Elements 5-6
Module 6: SEMS Elements 7-8
Module 7: SEMS Elements 9-10
Module 8: SEMS Elements 11-13
Module 9: SEMS II
Module 10: Operators/Contractors
Module 11: Implementing SEMS