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Project Number 220
Date of Summary March 31, 1995
Subject Study of Human Factors in Offshore Operations
Performing Activity EQE International, Inc.
Principal Investigator Mr. William W. Cohea
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Estimated Completion Complete
Description This is a Joint Industry Project (JIP). Human factors account for the majority of failures of offshore systems. The objective of this study is to define human factors that affect responses during normal and emergency operations on offshore platforms. The initial phase will focus on three selected topics: tasks and responses associated with managing a `kick` during drilling operations, crane operations, and service vessel activities. The interest is to develop a methodology which can be used to address both normal and emergency situations.
Progress Over 65 sources of literature pertaining to human factors were reviewed. A role evaluation tool was developed that uses a series of questions designed to compare job characteristics and requirements to human characteristics and requirements. A Human Error Assessment Tool (HEAT) was developed. The HEAT allows the user to identify critical errors and analyze those errors based on human factors principles. A corrective measure for the error can then be developed based on the identified human factors cause. This is a proprietary project, the reports may not be available for release, at this time.

Reports
AA (53 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . JIP on Human Factors in Offshore Operations: UK Literature Review, EQE International, Inc., Houston, Texas, January 20, 1995.
AB (123 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Report on the Application of a Human Error Assessment Tool to Offshore Crane Operation, EQE International, March 1997.
AC (118 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Report on the Joint Industry Project on Human Factors in Offshore Operations, Volume 1 and 2, Draft Project Report, EQE International, October 1997.
AD (297 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Report on the Joint Industry Project on Human Factors in Offshore Operations, Final Report, EQE International, December 1997.

 

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