Courses

The greatest hazard at an oil and gas facility is often inside the pipes: flammable, sometimes toxic hydrocarbons, in large quantities and under pressure. This awareness course shows what can go wrong when there is a loss of containment (jet fires, pool fires, vapour cloud explosions and H2S releases) and where leaks occur on a facility. It presents the IOGP's 10 Process Safety Fundamentals one by one and their link with the Life-Saving Rules, and, during a night shift on a fictitious FPSO, trains the decisions that make the difference: recognising weak signals, opening containment only with verified isolation, reporting near misses and Tier 1 and Tier 2 events, and using the authority to stop work. Aligned with IOGP Reports 638, 544 and 456. It complements course SST-115 without repeating it. The course is delivered in Portuguese.

What you will learn

• Recognise the hazards specific to hydrocarbons under pressure at oil and gas facilities.
• Distinguish jet fires, pool fires and vapour cloud explosions, and identify the points where losses of containment occur.
• Relate each of the IOGP's 10 Process Safety Fundamentals to real workplace situations.
• Decide when to stop, report and escalate in the face of weak signals during an operating shift.

Modules

1. Hydrocarbons under pressure: what can go wrong32 min
2. The 10 Process Safety Fundamentals30 min
3. Weak signals and stopping work in the field28 min

Who it is for

Operators, technicians and contractors at oil and gas facilities