Definition(s)
MMS incidents of non-compliance (INCs) rate
- Number of production incidents: Annual calendar-year number of MMS production INCs issued to an operator. The production INC’s are associated with non-rig production activities including those from full site inspections, sample site inspections, spot site inspections as well as construction, decommissioning and production-related MMS office issued INCs.
- Number of production inspections: Annual calendar-year number of components inspected by MMS for an operator. This includes the number of components inspected by MMS during full site inspections, sample site inspections and spot site inspections.
- Number of drilling, workover, completion and well plugging and abandonment incidents: Annual calendar-year number of MMS drilling, workover, completion and well plugging and abandonment INCs issued to an operator.
- Number of rig inspections: Annual calendar year number of MMS rig inspections of rigs performed on drilling, workover, completion, and well plugging and abandonment activities at an operator’s OCS locations.
Source: API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards