Establishment of an integrated HSE Management System for an O&G EPCI Project

Oil & Gas industry is a sector that has always been subject to a particular dynamism because of the huge variety of political, economic, financial and technological factors it depends on. In addition, recent accidental events and an increasing attention towards environmental issues have put Oil & Gas industry under the spotlights, de facto imposing a safety high standard that does not allow further failures. ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 have set out requirements for establishing an environmental and an occupational health and safety management system, which provides an organisational framework through which control HSE aspects by adopting a mechanism of continual improvement and a decision-making process based on the PDCA model. They represent the best tool aligned with the HSE management principles established by IOGP, becoming the organisational instrument necessary to be performant and competitive in this sector. The purpose of this work is to show how the integrated ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 management system has been established for a Rosetti Marino’s EPCI project for an Oil & Gas company operating in the Persian Gulf. It will be firstly shown the founding principles of the ISO and OHSAS management systems and then how they are realized and applied to a real case. This process had lead to the definition of the elements of the Project HSE Management System, which represent the bases for its future implementation and the framework within the project activities will be managed. The result is a picture of the mechanism, factors and the tools that have led to the constitution of a unique management scheme, customized and designed fot effectively addressing OH&S and environmental risks associated to the project activities.