Survival in cold waters - learnings from participation in cold water exercises - a regulatory perspective related to the Norwegian offshore industry
Participation in exercises lead by the University of Stavanger, the SARex 1 in 2016 and SARex 2 in 2017, provided valuable lessons related to survival in a cold maritime environment. The scenario of the exercises was a mass evacuation from a stranded cruise ship in Arctic waters but provided experie...
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ftunivstavanger:oai:uis.brage.unit.no:11250/2689038 2023-06-11T04:09:51+02:00 Survival in cold waters - learnings from participation in cold water exercises - a regulatory perspective related to the Norwegian offshore industry Jensen, Jan Erik Solberg, Knut Espen Gudmestad, Ove Tobias 2019-12-05T13:07:58Z application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2689038 https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/700/1/012045 eng eng IOP Publishing Jensen, J.E., Solberg, K.E., Gudmestad, O.T. (2019) Survival in cold waters - learnings from participation in cold water exercises - a regulatory perspective related to the Norwegian offshore industry. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 700 (1). urn:issn:1757-8981 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2689038 https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/700/1/012045 cristin:1757141 Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no 14 700 IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 1 012045 offshore redning overlevelse SARex VDP::Teknologi: 500::Marin teknologi: 580::Offshoreteknologi: 581 Peer reviewed Journal article 2019 ftunivstavanger https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/700/1/012045 2023-05-29T16:02:48Z Participation in exercises lead by the University of Stavanger, the SARex 1 in 2016 and SARex 2 in 2017, provided valuable lessons related to survival in a cold maritime environment. The scenario of the exercises was a mass evacuation from a stranded cruise ship in Arctic waters but provided experiences relevant beyond the cruise industry. This article focuses on the relevance for the oil and gas industry in the Norwegian sector. SARex 1 and 2 were rescue exercises carried out north of Spitzbergen by industry, regulators and academia during the spring of 2016 and 2017. The Norwegian Coast Guard, the University of Stavanger and GMC, Stavanger, organized the exercises. The Petroleum Safety Authority found it important to participate in SARex 1 and 2, to better understand the factors enabling success in a cold climate survival situation. The survival tests in lifeboats and life rafts during SARex 1 and 2 showed the necessity of having trained and competent leadership on board. This issue has perhaps been neglected, compared to the development of equipment to ensure successful evacuation and avoid hypothermia. Some key factors for survival success were (1) Functioning of emergency equipment (2) Organising and teaching the function of various items of safety equipment (3) Operating evacuation means at sea, e.g. watch routines, operating hatches/venting routines and (4) Activities and maintaining mental awareness and motivation. The overall learning from SARex 1 and 2 is that survival is dependent on active participation from the survivors. There is a need for sufficient competence amongst personnel to micro-manage all the details required for survival. The mental factors following fatigue and seasickness, in addition to hypothermia, make leadership and competence in a cold maritime climate essential for survival. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Spitzbergen University of Stavanger: UiS Brage Arctic IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 700 012045 |
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Participation in exercises lead by the University of Stavanger, the SARex 1 in 2016 and SARex 2 in 2017, provided valuable lessons related to survival in a cold maritime environment. The scenario of the exercises was a mass evacuation from a stranded cruise ship in Arctic waters but provided experiences relevant beyond the cruise industry. This article focuses on the relevance for the oil and gas industry in the Norwegian sector. SARex 1 and 2 were rescue exercises carried out north of Spitzbergen by industry, regulators and academia during the spring of 2016 and 2017. The Norwegian Coast Guard, the University of Stavanger and GMC, Stavanger, organized the exercises. The Petroleum Safety Authority found it important to participate in SARex 1 and 2, to better understand the factors enabling success in a cold climate survival situation. The survival tests in lifeboats and life rafts during SARex 1 and 2 showed the necessity of having trained and competent leadership on board. This issue has perhaps been neglected, compared to the development of equipment to ensure successful evacuation and avoid hypothermia. Some key factors for survival success were (1) Functioning of emergency equipment (2) Organising and teaching the function of various items of safety equipment (3) Operating evacuation means at sea, e.g. watch routines, operating hatches/venting routines and (4) Activities and maintaining mental awareness and motivation. The overall learning from SARex 1 and 2 is that survival is dependent on active participation from the survivors. There is a need for sufficient competence amongst personnel to micro-manage all the details required for survival. The mental factors following fatigue and seasickness, in addition to hypothermia, make leadership and competence in a cold maritime climate essential for survival. publishedVersion |
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Survival in cold waters - learnings from participation in cold water exercises - a regulatory perspective related to the Norwegian offshore industry |
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Survival in cold waters - learnings from participation in cold water exercises - a regulatory perspective related to the Norwegian offshore industry |
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Survival in cold waters - learnings from participation in cold water exercises - a regulatory perspective related to the Norwegian offshore industry |
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Survival in cold waters - learnings from participation in cold water exercises - a regulatory perspective related to the Norwegian offshore industry |
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Survival in cold waters - learnings from participation in cold water exercises - a regulatory perspective related to the Norwegian offshore industry |
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survival in cold waters - learnings from participation in cold water exercises - a regulatory perspective related to the norwegian offshore industry |
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Jensen, J.E., Solberg, K.E., Gudmestad, O.T. (2019) Survival in cold waters - learnings from participation in cold water exercises - a regulatory perspective related to the Norwegian offshore industry. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 700 (1). urn:issn:1757-8981 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2689038 https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/700/1/012045 cristin:1757141 |
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