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Regulation 11(1)

SCHEDULE 6 PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN A SAFETY CASE FOR THE DISMANTLING OF A FIXED INSTALLATION

1.  The name and address of the operator of the installation.

2.  The dates on which dismantling is expected to commence and finish.

3.  A summary of how any safety representatives for that installation were consulted with regard to the revision of the safety case pursuant to regulation 23(2)(c)(i) of the Offshore Installations (Safety Representatives and Safety Committees) Regulations 1989.

4.  The maximum number of persons expected to be on the installation at any time during its dismantling.

5.  A description of how the duty holder will comply with regulation 4(1) of the PFEER Regulations with regard to the dismantling of the installation.

6.  A description of arrangements made for protecting persons on the installation from toxic gas at all times other than during any period while they may need to remain on the installation following an incident which is beyond immediate control.

7.  A description of how the proposed arrangements, methods and procedures for dismantling the installation and connected pipelines take adequate account of the design and method of construction of the installation and its plant.

Regulation 17

SCHEDULE 7 PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN A NOTIFICATION OF WELL OPERATIONS

1.  The name and address of the well operator.

2.  Where the well operation is to be carried out—

(a) from an installation, the name of the installation and the name and address of the duty holder for that installation; or

(b) by means of a vessel, the name of that vessel.

3.  Particulars of the fluids to be used to control the pressure of the well.

4.  Particulars of any plant, not described in the current safety case for the installation, which is to be used in connection with the well operation.

5.  Particulars of the type of well, its number, and slot number, and the name of any field development of which it may be part.

6.  A description of the well operation and a programme of works which includes—

(a) the date on which each well operation is expected to commence and finish; and

(b) the intended operational state of the well at the end of each well operation.

7.  A description of—

(a) any activities on or in connection with an installation or a vessel during the well operation described pursuant to paragraph 6 which may involve any hazards with the potential to cause a major accident; and

(b) such hazards.

8.  In the case of a well which is to be drilled—

(a) particulars, with suitable diagrams, of—

(i) the location of the top of the well;

(ii) the directional path of the well-bore;

(iii) its terminal depth and location; and

(iv) its position, and that of nearby wells, relative to each other;

(b) particulars of the geological strata and formations, and of fluids within them, through which it will pass, and of any hazards with the potential to cause a major accident which they may contain;

(c) the procedures for effectively monitoring the direction of the well-bore, and for minimising the likelihood and effects of intersecting nearby wells; and

(d) a description of the design of the well, including the limits on its safe operation and use.

9.  In the case of an existing well—

(a) a diagram of the well;

(b) a summary of earlier operations in relation to it;

(c) the purposes for which it has been used;

(d) its current operational state;

(e) its state of repair;

(f) the physical conditions within it; and

(g) its production capacity.

10.  Where a well operation is to be carried out by means of a non-production installation or a vessel—

(a) particulars of—

(i) the meteorological and oceanographic conditions to which that installation or, as the case may be, vessel may foreseeably be subjected;

(ii) the depth of water; and

(iii) the properties of the sea-bed and subsoil,

at the location at which the well operation will be carried out; and

(b) a description of how the well operator and—

(i) the owner of the installation; or

(ii) the operator and owner of the vessel,

involved in the well operation will co-ordinate their management systems so as to reduce the risks from a major accident to comply with the relevant statutory provisions.

Regulation 19(2)

SCHEDULE 8 MATTERS TO BE PROVIDED FOR IN A VERIFICATION SCHEME

1.  The principles to be applied by the duty holder for the installation in selecting persons—

(a) to perform functions under the scheme; and

(b) to keep the scheme under review.

2.  Arrangements for the communication of information necessary for the proper implementation, or revision, of the scheme to the persons referred to in paragraph 1.

3.  The nature and frequency of examination and testing.

4.  Arrangements for review and revision of the scheme.

5.  The arrangements for the making and preservation of records showing—

(a) the examination and testing carried out;

(b) the findings;

(c) remedial action recommended; and

(d) remedial action performed.

6.  Arrangements for communicating the matters specified in paragraph 5 to an appropriate level in the management system of the duty holder for the installation.