National Programmes
NOPSA has in place a suite of key programmes which are run on a national basis, to focus industry attention in relation to key health and safety issues.
These programmes are be integrated into NOPSA's activities, and facilitate comparison with international occupational health and safety practice.
Facility Integrity
The NOPSA Facility Integrity National Programme focuses on prevention of loss of containment of process petroleum fluids that may arise from failure of offshore topside process equipment, piping, systems and topside structures of production and storage facilities.
The NOPSA Facility Integrity National Programme is an initiative aimed to reduce the number of uncontrolled hydrocarbon releases. As a joint initiative with APPEA and to ensure a consistent approach in reporting uncontrolled hydrocarbon releases, some operators of hydrocarbon producing facilities will be requested to report uncontrolled hydrocarbon releases in a standardised format using the Uncontrolled Hydrocarbon Release Report form. This will enable NOPSA to regularly assess and identify trends and to report back to the industry in a generic and manner.
Prompt sheets have been developed to be used for onshore interviews and offshore inspections by NOPSA OHS inspectors. The prompt sheet topics are:
- Facility Integrity management system - onshore
- Topsides maintenance system - onshore
- Topsides maintenance system - offshore
- Topsides process integrity
- Topsides pressure integrity
- Topsides corrosion and erosion
- Topsides structural integrity
- Small bore piping, tubing and flexible hoses
The findings from reported incidents have been summarised in a presentation.
The findings from planned inspections have been summarised in another presentation.
Lifting Operations
A report on lifting operations by the International Regulators Forum has identified some widespread problems which are the subject of a key programme conducted by NOPSA. A series of prompt sheets are being used by NOPSA during planned inspections, and are provided here for operators who wish to use them:

