Evacuation and rescue in the Barents Sea, Critical issues for safe petroleum activity

• Main Author: Jacobsen, Sigurd Robert
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Stavanger, Norway 2012
• Subjects: emergency preparedness; beredskap; evacuation; evakuering; rescue; redning; Barents Sea; Barentshavet; risk analysis; risikoanalyse; emergency preparedness analysis; beredskapsanalyse; rsik management; risikostyring; lifeboat; livbåt; emergency response vessel; beredskapsfartøy; medevac; bow tie; barrier; VDP::Social science: 200; Bjørnøya; Barentshav*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/183008

Master's thesis in Risk and Safety management 3.1 A briefing on the objective of the work All year petroleum activity is not possible in the Barents Sea with regard to emergency preparedness unless sufficient attention is given to critical factors influencing evacuation and rescue. The objective of this thesis is to examine conditions relevant to evacuation and rescue of personnel from facilities operating in the Barents Sea. We are concerned with the boundary between situations that we can manage within emergency preparedness, procedures, technology and the situations where we may not be able to expect success. Certain situations may not be covered by emergency preparedness procedures due to conscious decisions that are made in the process of risk and emergency preparedness analysis, the selection of acceptance criteria and situations of hazard and accident. Limiting factors can be identified within the areas of human, technology, operational or organisational perspectives. Experts are normally aware of the limitations that are “designed into the system”. Limitations should be dealt with openly and honestly within a risk management regime. 3.2 Information about the limitations of the report The report considers the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea north of the Norwegian mainland, south of Bjørnøya and extending eastwards towards the Norwegian/Russian border that came into effect in 2011. This corresponds roughly to the area that is open for exploration and exploitation of petroleum resources in the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea. 3.3 A briefing of the methods that are used Emergency preparedness for the petroleum activity in the Barents Sea is examined based on: • Risk management theory: Risk Analysis, ALARP, Emergency Preparedness Analysis and Defined Situations of Hazard and Accident (DSHA). • Examination of literature pertaining to emergency preparedness and survival in cold climates and remote areas. • Performing analysis of barriers using event trees, bow ties and networks to identify critical ...