OG90
Course Contents
Module 1: Production Safety and Operational Excellence Foundations
Key Topics
- Oil and gas production systems and operating interfaces
- Major accident hazards (MAHs) and production loss scenarios
- Personal safety, process safety and operational risk distinction
- Operational excellence framework for oil and gas production facilities
- Safety leadership, accountability and workforce engagement
- Operating discipline, procedural compliance and stop-work authority
- Learning from major industrial incidents and recurring weak signals
Module 2: Hazard Identification, Risk and Barrier Management
Key Topics
- Hazard identification across wells, processing facilities and utilities
- Task risk assessment, Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and hierarchy of controls
- HAZOP, What-If and Bow-tie analysis applications for production safety
- Safety-Critical Elements (SCEs) and performance standards verification
- Barrier health monitoring and degraded barrier risk control
- Safe Operating Limits (SOLs), alarm rationalisation and operating envelopes
- Human factors, error traps and situational awareness in field operations
Module 3: Safe Production Operations and Control of Work
Key Topics
- Safe start-up, shutdown, trip recovery and plant stabilisation
- Permit-to-work (PTW) systems and simultaneous operations (SIMOPS) control
- Energy isolation, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) and zero-energy state verification
- Breaking containment protocols and hydrocarbon release prevention
- Structured shift handover, logbook quality and operational communication
- Management of Change (MOC) and Pre-Start-Up Safety Reviews (PSSR)
- Managing abnormal operations, process trips and production upsets
Module 4: Asset Integrity, Reliability and Emergency Readiness
Key Topics
- Mechanical integrity management of pressure vessels, piping and valves
- Corrosion, erosion, vibration and material degradation mechanisms
- Risk-based inspection (RBI), testing and preventive maintenance priorities
- Alarm, trip, relief valve and emergency shutdown (ESD) system health
- Leak detection, gas monitoring and loss of primary containment (LOPC) prevention
- Fire, explosion, toxic gas (H2S) release and environmental spill preparedness
- Emergency response structures, scenario drills and incident command roles
Module 5: Performance Excellence and Continuous Improvement
Key Topics
- Production reliability, asset availability and system constraint management
- Key performance indicator (KPI) selection for safety and operations
- Leading and lagging process safety indicators (e.g. API RP 754)
- Root cause analysis (RCA) and structured incident investigation methods
- Field verification routines, safety audits and management reviews
- Problem-solving techniques and continuous operational improvement
- Practical Workshop: developing a facility-specific operational excellence action plan