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The petroleum and petrochemical industry along with many
safety organizations have addressed specific hazards in oil and gas well
drilling, and servicing operations by developing a number of publications,
recommended practices and guidelines that specifically address safe work practices. For
information specific to industry standards for above ground storage tanks, see OSHA's
Storage Tanks Safety and Health Topics Page.
API.
API develops standards that identify and support proven,
sound engineering and operating practices, and safe, interchangeable equipment
and materials, for use in the petroleum industry. API is an accredited
Standards Developing Organization that meets the due process requirements of
the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
Note: These are NOT OSHA regulations. However, they do
provide guidance from their originating organizations related to worker
protection.
- Bulletins
- E1, Generic Hazardous Chemical
Category List and Inventory for the Oil and Gas Exploration and Production
Industry (Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-know Act).
- Specifications
- 9A, Wire Rope. Covers wire rope of various
grades and construction; also, torpedo lines, well-measuring wire, and
galvanized wire guy strand. Mooring wire rope is also included.
- Recommended Practices
- 4G, Maintenance and Use of Drilling and Well
Servicing Structures. Recommendations are supplemental to the manufacturer's
instructions and should give satisfactory performance when used within the
stipulated load capacities for the drilling or well-servicing structure.
- 8B, Inspection, Maintenance, Repair, and
Remanufacture of Hoisting Equipment. Provides owners and users of equipment
listed in RP 8B guidelines for inspection, maintenance, repair, and
remanufacture procedures that may be utilized to maintain serviceability of
the covered equipment.
- 9B, Application, Care, and Use of Wire Rope
for Oil Field Service. Covers size and construction, field care and use,
field problems and their causes, recommended design features of wire rope,
and evaluation of rotary drilling lines.
- 11ER, Guarding of Pumping Units. (ANSI/API
RP 11ER-1992) (includes Supplement 1, July 1, 1991). Provides a reference
guide for the design, manufacture, and installation of guards for oil well
pumping units.
- 11G, Installation and Lubrication of Pumping Units. Covers installation
of beam-type pumping units and lubrication of pumping-unit reducers.
- 49, Recommended Practice for Drilling and Well
Service Operations Involving Hydrogen Sulfide. Applies to oil and gas well drilling and servicing
operations involving hydrogen sulfide including well
drilling, completion, servicing, workover, downhole maintenance, and plug
and abandonment procedures conducted with hydrogen sulfide present in the
fluids being handled.
- 53, Blowout Prevention Equipment Systems for
Drilling Operations. Provides information that can serve as a guide
for installation and testing of blowout prevention equipment systems on land
and marine drilling rigs (barge, platform, bottom-supported, and floating).
- 54, Occupational Safety for Oil and Gas Well
Drilling and Servicing Operations. Procedures for
promotion and maintenance of safe working conditions for employees engaged
in rotary drilling operations and well servicing operations, including
special services.
- 67, Oilfield Explosives Safety. Provides guidance
on explosives transportation, on-site explosives loading and unloading operations,
electrical wireline operations, tubing conveyed operations, self-contained
activating tools, setting tools, sidewall sample taker tools, select fire
perforating guns, and bullet perforating guns.
- 68, Well Servicing and Workover Operations
Involving Hydrogen Sulfide. Addresses personnel
training, personnel protective equipment, contingency planning and emergency
procedures.
- 500, Classification of Locations for Electrical
Installations at Petroleum Facilities Classified as Class I, Division 1 and
Division 2. This recommended practice provides guidelines for
determining the degree and extent of Class I, Division 1 and Class I,
Division 2 locations at petroleum facilities, for the selection and
installation of electrical equipment. Basic definitions provided in the
National Electric Code have been followed in developing this document which
applies to the classification of locations for both temporarily and
permanently installed electrical equipment. RP 500 is intended to be applied
where there may be a risk of ignition due to the presence of flammable gas
or vapor, mixed with air under normal atmospheric conditions.
Association of Energy Service Companies (AESC). A trade association that represents the interests of members of the energy
service segment of the oil and gas industry. It offers publications regarding
recommended industry practices and training materials.
Note: These are NOT OSHA regulations. However, they do
provide guidance from their originating organizations related to worker
protection.
- SA 402, Rig Safety Inspection Forms. Provides a complete checklist for
rig inspections to ensure that safe operating procedures are being observed.
- SA 400, Recommended Safe Procedures & Guidelines For Oil & Gas Well
Servicing. Developed by contractors, producers and manufacturers as an
aid to preventing accidents and addresses standard well servicing operations
from rigging up through rigging down.
- SA 406, DOT Drug Testing Compliance Guide. Step-by-step guide to
establishing and administering a drug testing program for commercial vehicle
drivers as required by Department of Transportation Regulations.
- EC 600, Hazardous Communication Compliance Guide.
Guide for complying with the community’s right-to-know law.
- Guidelines on the Stability of Well Servicing Derricks. There has been considerable progress within the industry to design
procedures to assure the integrity of the stability system without the
necessity of conducting individual pull tests on each of the anchors.
International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC). A trade association that represents the interests of members of the drilling
segment of the oil and gas industry. It offers publications regarding
recommended industry practices and training materials.
Note: These are NOT OSHA regulations. However, they do
provide guidance from their originating organizations related to worker
protection.
- Drilling Manual
- Drilling Technology for the Man on the Rig
- Drilling Technology Series
- Accident Prevention Reference Guide
- Guía de Referencia Para Prevención de Accidentes
- Weekly Safety Meeting Report
- 52 Safety Topics
- Five Minute Rig Safety Meeting Topics
- Guide to Safe Stairways, Walkways, and Railings
- How to Keep Drugs Off Your Rig
- H2S Safety Handbook
- Planning for Drilling in H2S Zones
- Rotary Rig Safety Inspections Checklist
- Rules-of-Thumb for the Man on the Rig
- Safety Regulations for the Oil and Gas Industry
- The Rotary Rig and Its Components Poster
- Home Study Courses: Rotary Drilling Series
- Rig Pass: Accrediting the Basics
- Guide to Blowout Prevention
- Introduction to Well Control
- Well Control for the Man on the Rig
- The Pit Watcher
- H2S Safety in Drilling and Production
- Makin' Hole: How Oilwells are Drilled
- Roughneck Training
- Tripping Practices
- Safe Rigging Practices
- Basic Rigging Concepts
- Drums, Blocks, Sheaves, and Wire Rope Terminations
- Rigging Gear and Inspection Criteria
- Safe Rigging Practices and Procedures
- Putting Slings to Work
- WellCAP Accreditation Program
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