Red Alert Program In Drilling Rigs:

Red Alert Program In Drilling Rigs:

A Strong Decision To Show Leadership And To Involve Work Force

Towards Zero Serious Or Fatal Incidents

PETROBRAS

J. M. Cabral, F. M. Pinheiro and W. F. Marozzi, PETROBRAS;

L.C. Marchi - STRATAGEO SOLUÇÕES TECNOLÓGICAS.

Accessing the problem:

- Increasing number of floating drilling rigs in Brazil;

- Attract, Hire and Train skilled workers to operate a fast growing

rig fleet;

- Lack of qualified personnel and training facilities;

- Unskilled “rookies” were hired to fulfill the demand for jobs;

- Increasing number of serious accidents from 2006;

- In 2008 the number of serious accidents exceeded the

Lost Time Injury (LTI) for 1 million man worked hours.

Solution found by Petrobras and Contractors’ leadership:

Actions:

- Create a strong movement to engage the workforce towards

accident prevention;

-

"RED ALERT”

Program - stop all rigs to get workers involved;

- 24 hours to think about safety, risk perception, management of

Workshops and meetings were held with each rig crew to:

- Explain the reasons to stop;

- Around 43 drilling rigs working for Petrobras - deep water;

- 7,500 people were involved;

- Cost of US$ 7 million;

Leadership and workforce on board:

Workshops and hazard hunting.

Hazard Hunt results:

- 18,032 identified hazards in 34 drilling rigs;

- 530 hazards per rig (average);

- Most hazards were found on main deck, storage and cargo

handling areas, 2,896 hazards - 16% of the total hazards found.

1,537 hazards related to “Inadequate housekeeping”, representing

9% of the total hazards found.

58 73 80 97 102 107 115 138 161 212

MUD PUMP ROOM SACK ROOM HELIDECK MOON POOL PAINT SHOP DRILL FLOOR WINCH ANCHOR WELDER SHOP RISER DECK MAIN DECK

Harzadous places identified on the drilling rig with 1,358 hazards

reported. 8% of the total harzards found. 212 hazards on the

main deck - 16% of the hazards found in this rig and 14% of the

total hazards reported for all rigs.

45 50 51 53 54 70 73 73 81 84

Contact with hazardous materials Equipment: others Risk of pinch point Inadequate ladder maintenance Tools: Poorly maintained Risk of falling (people and objects) Inadequate maintenance Inadequate maintenance Poorly maintained equipment Risk of slipping or stumbling

Number of incidents in 2008 and 2009 in deep water drilling rigs.

JAN FEV MAR ABR MAI JUN JUL AGO SET OUT NOV DEZ

Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate Accumulated from January to

December 2009 was 1.27.

17 Million Man-hours of Risk Exposition.

1.29 0.00 2.35 1.47 3.07 1.44 0.70 1.39 0.00 1.99 2.01 0.00

1.27 1.95 2.35 2 1.7 2.12 2.07 2.22 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Severity Rate In 2008 topped 1,318 (three fatalities) - the highest

numbers since 2002. In 2009 the severity rate dropped to 134.

174 705 198 567 95 1318 134 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

CONCLUSIONS:

- Lost time incidents dropped from 35 in 2008 to 22 in 2009 (a

37% drop);

- 1, 27 - Lost Time Incident Frequency Rate in 2009;

0 0,5 1 1,5 2 2,5 3 () OGP 1,09 1,16 1,09 0,97 0,99 0,66 0,55 PETROBRAS 1,77 1,23 1,04 0,97 0,77 0,76 0,59 0,48 PETROBRAS - E&P 1,28 1,2 1,05 0,89 0,66 0,7 0,72 0,56 PETROBRAS - L.A. 1,50 1,05 0,89 0,81 0,73 0,68 0,59 0,50 0,50 0,50 0,49 0,46 0,45 PETROBRAS - US-SS 2,35 1,95 2 1,7 2,12 2,07 2,2 1,27 EUA - M ar (IADC) 2,52 2,57 2,11 1,44 1,54 1,41 0,73 1,02 Europa - M ar (IADC) 2,47 2,24 1,87 2,25 1,98 2,06 1,34 1,48 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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