Cable, MC-HL

Cable, MC-HL

Definition(s)

Cable, MC-HL

Metal-clad cable for hazardous locations as defined in UL 2225. Source: API Recommended Practice 14FZ, Recommended Practice for Design, Installation, and Maintenance of Electrical Systems for Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Unclassified and Class I, Zone 0, Zone 1, and Zone 2 Locations, Second Edition, May 2013. Global Standards Source: API RP 14F, Design, Installation, and Maintenance of Electrical Systems for Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Unclassified and Class 1, Division 1 and Division 2 Locations, Fifth Edition, July 2008. Global Standards
Cable, MC

Cable, MC

Definition(s)

Cable, MC

Metal-clad cable as defined by NEC Article 330. Source: API Recommended Practice 14FZ, Recommended Practice for Design, Installation, and Maintenance of Electrical Systems for Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Unclassified and Class I, Zone 0, Zone 1, and Zone 2 Locations, Second Edition, May 2013. Global Standards Source: API RP 14F, Design, Installation, and Maintenance of Electrical Systems for Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Unclassified and Class 1, Division 1 and Division 2 Locations, Fifth Edition, July 2008. Global Standards
Cable, marine shipboard

Cable, marine shipboard

Definition(s)

Cable, marine shipboard

Impervious sheathed armored or non-armored cable constructed in accordance with UL 1309/CSA C22.2 No. 245, or IEEE-1580, except that an overall impervious sheath is required over the armored construction, and listed as "Shipboard Gable, Marine" by a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). Source: API Recommended Practice 14FZ, Recommended Practice for Design, Installation, and Maintenance of Electrical Systems for Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Unclassified and Class I, Zone 0, Zone 1, and Zone 2 Locations, Second Edition, May 2013. Global Standards Source: API RP 14F, Design, Installation, and Maintenance of Electrical Systems for Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Unclassified and Class 1, Division 1 and Division 2 Locations, Fifth Edition, July 2008. Global Standards
Cable, marine

Cable, marine

Definition(s)

Cable, marine

Same as cable, marine shipboard. Source: API Recommended Practice 14FZ, Recommended Practice for Design, Installation, and Maintenance of Electrical Systems for Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Unclassified and Class I, Zone 0, Zone 1, and Zone 2 Locations, Second Edition, May 2013. Global Standards Source: API RP 14F, Design, Installation, and Maintenance of Electrical Systems for Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Unclassified and Class 1, Division 1 and Division 2 Locations, Fifth Edition, July 2008. Global Standards
Defined Situation of Hazard and Accident

Defined Situation of Hazard and Accident

Definition(s)

Defined Situation of Hazard and Accident

Defined situation of hazard and accident means representative situations of hazard and accident used for dimensioning the emergency preparedness. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Cable, jacketed

Cable, jacketed

Definition(s)

Cable, jacketed

Cable with a nonmetallic protective covering. Source: API Recommended Practice 14FZ, Recommended Practice for Design, Installation, and Maintenance of Electrical Systems for Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Unclassified and Class I, Zone 0, Zone 1, and Zone 2 Locations, Second Edition, May 2013. Global Standards Source: API RP 14F, Design, Installation, and Maintenance of Electrical Systems for Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Unclassified and Class 1, Division 1 and Division 2 Locations, Fifth Edition, July 2008. Global Standards
Cable, ITC

Cable, ITC

Definition(s)

Cable, ITC

Type ITC instrumentation tray cable is a factory assembly of two or more 300V insulated copper conductors, Nos. 22 through 12 AWG, with or without grounding conductor(s), and enclosed in a nonmetallic sheath with or without an armor as defined by NEC Article 727. Source: API Recommended Practice 14FZ, Recommended Practice for Design, Installation, and Maintenance of Electrical Systems for Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Unclassified and Class I, Zone 0, Zone 1, and Zone 2 Locations, Second Edition, May 2013. Global Standards Source: API RP 14F, Design, Installation, and Maintenance of Electrical Systems for Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Unclassified and Class 1, Division 1 and Division 2 Locations, Fifth Edition, July 2008. Global Standards
Cable, Impervious Sheathed

Cable, Impervious Sheathed

Definition(s)

Cable, Impervious Sheathed

Cable constructed with an impervious metallic or nonmetallic overall covering that prevents the entrance of gases, moisture or vapors into the insulated conductor or cable. Source: API Recommended Practice 14FZ, Recommended Practice for Design, Installation, and Maintenance of Electrical Systems for Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Unclassified and Class I, Zone 0, Zone 1, and Zone 2 Locations, Second Edition, May 2013. Global Standards Source: API RP 14F, Design, Installation, and Maintenance of Electrical Systems for Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Unclassified and Class 1, Division 1 and Division 2 Locations, Fifth Edition, July 2008. Global Standards
Convener

Convener

Definition(s)

Convener

Here Convener means coordinator. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Controlled Well Flow

Controlled Well Flow

Definition(s)

Controlled Well Flow

Controlled well flow means formation testing, test production, clean-up and stimulation of the well. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Connected Installations

Connected Installations

Definition(s)

Connected Installations

Connected installations mean both bridge connected and pipeline connected. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Barriers During Production

Barriers During Production

Definition(s)

Barriers During Production

Example of barriers during production: primary well barrier elements are SCSSV, production packer & completion string. Secondary barrier elements include Christmas tree, tubing hanger, wellhead, casing and cement. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Barriers During Drilling

Barriers During Drilling

Definition(s)

Barriers During Drilling

Example of barriers during drilling: primary well barrier is drilling fluid column and secondary barrier elements are casing, casing cement, wellhead, BOP etc. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Balanced and Comprehensive Picture

Balanced and Comprehensive Picture

Definition(s)

Balanced and Comprehensive Picture

Balanced and comprehensive picture means all external and internal incidents that the facility is vulnerable to should be identified. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Background Load

Background Load

Definition(s)

Background Load

Background load means operational discharges from the facility. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Alternative Activation System

Alternative Activation System

Definition(s)

Alternative Activation System

An alternative activation system, as mentioned, means an emergency control system that is acoustically operated, remotely operated vehicle (ROV) operated or remote-controlled in some other way (Auto shear and dead man system on DP rigs). Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
All Concerned

All Concerned

Definition(s)

All Concerned

All concerned’ means persons working offshore as well as those with supervisory responsibilities onshore, and includes both operator and contractor employees. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Access

Access

Definition(s)

Access

The ability and means to communicate with or otherwise interact with a system, to use system resources to handle information, to gain knowledge of the information the system contains, or to control system components and functions. From: CNSSI 4009 Source: NICCS™ Portal Cybersecurity Lexicon, National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (https://niccs.us-cert.gov/glossary) as of 11 November 2015, Global Standards  

Access

Handling of materials and transport routes, access and evacuation routes: The terms transport, access and evacuation routes also include stairs, doors, hatches, etc. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance

Access

Ability and means to communicate with or otherwise interact with a system in order to use system resources.
  • NOTE: Access may involve physical access (authorization to be allowed physically in an area, possession of a physical key lock, PIN code, or access card or biometric attributes that allow access) or logical access (authorization to log in to a system and application, through a combination of logical and physical means).
Source: ANSI/ISA–99.00.01–2007, Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems, Part 1: Terminology, Concepts, and Models, 29 October 2007. National Standard

Checklist

Checklist

Definition(s)

Checklist

Process or system checklists can be used to evaluate equipment, materials or procedures during any of the significant phases of an installation’s life, i.e. design, construction, start-up, operation and shutdown. Checklists consist of key words or matters considered significant for the meaningful evaluation of procedures, equipment or materials used at the installation. Checklists should be subjected to regular auditing and updating and are generally limited to the experience of the checklist author. Source: Approved Code of Practice for Managing Hazards to Prevent Major Industrial Accidents, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Department of Labour, New Zealand, July 1994. Regulatory Guidance
Hazard analysis (HAZAN)

Hazard analysis (HAZAN)

Definition(s)

Hazard analysis (HAZAN)

Hazard Analysis (HAZAN) tries to quantify safety problems. Examples of hazard analysis include, fault tree, event tree, rapid ranking, risk estimation, and consequence models. Some sophisticated modelling techniques (e.g. dense gas dispersion) require expertise. Source: Approved Code of Practice for Managing Hazards to Prevent Major Industrial Accidents, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Department of Labour, New Zealand, July 1994. Regulatory Guidance
Brainstorming

Brainstorming

Definition(s)

Brainstorming

Brainstorming consists of a meeting of personnel to consider intensively all aspects of design and operation to determine how deviations from the intentions could occur which may give rise to hazards or operational problems. Source: Approved Code of Practice for Managing Hazards to Prevent Major Industrial Accidents, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Department of Labour, New Zealand, July 1994. Regulatory Guidance
Active Monitoring Systems

Active Monitoring Systems

Definition(s)

Active Monitoring Systems

Active monitoring systems: • Measure the achievement of objectives and specified standards; • Concentrate on high-risk activities by monitoring in more depth and more frequently. Source: Approved Code of Practice for Managing Hazards to Prevent Major Industrial Accidents, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Department of Labour, New Zealand, July 1994. Regulatory Guidance
Volunteer Diver

Volunteer Diver

Definition(s)

Volunteer Diver

A person present in a place of work who does not expect to receive any gain or reward for the diving activity taking place. Please note: The definition of “volunteers” does not include those who are receiving training or gaining work experience. Source: Guidelines for Occupational Diving 2004, Occupational Safety and Health Service, New Zealand, updated October 2010. Regulatory Guidance
Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA)

Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA)

Definition(s)

Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA)

Open circuit diving equipment that supplies the diver with the breathing gas from a cylinder carried by the diver. Source: Guidelines for Occupational Diving 2004, Occupational Safety and Health Service, New Zealand, updated October 2010. Regulatory Guidance
Surface Supplied Breathing Apparatus (SSBA)

Surface Supplied Breathing Apparatus (SSBA)

Definition(s)

Surface Supplied Breathing Apparatus (SSBA)

Diving equipment that supplies breathing gas at the required pressure for the depth, through a divers hose to a diver, from equipment at the surface. Source: Guidelines for Occupational Diving 2004, Occupational Safety and Health Service, New Zealand, updated October 2010. Regulatory Guidance
Recreational Diving

Recreational Diving

Definition(s)

Recreational Diving

Diving carried out by individuals or groups for their own pleasure and does not involve any commercial activity for gain or reward and an at work situation does not apply. Source: Guidelines for Occupational Diving 2004, Occupational Safety and Health Service, New Zealand, updated October 2010. Regulatory Guidance
Place Of Work

Place Of Work

Definition(s)

Place Of Work

Is a place where any person is to work (and includes volunteers). Source: Guidelines for Occupational Diving 2004, Occupational Safety and Health Service, New Zealand, updated October 2010. Regulatory Guidance  

Place Of Work

Place of work means a place (whether or not within or forming part of a building, structure, or vehicle) where any person is to work, is working, for the time being works, or customarily works, for gain or reward; and, in relation to an employee, includes a place, or part of a place, under the control of the employer (not being domestic accommodation provided for the employee),— (a) where the employee comes or may come to eat, rest, or get first-aid or pay; or (b) where the employee comes or may come as part of the employee’s duties to report in or out, get instructions, or deliver goods or vehicles; or (c) through which the employee may or must pass to reach a place of work. Source: Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Public Act 1992 No 96, New Zealand, as of 1 July 2011. Legislation
OSH Certificated Diver

OSH Certificated Diver

Definition(s)

OSH Certificated Diver

A diver who holds a Certificate of Competence issued by OSH in accordance with the HSE Regulations 1995 and these guidelines. Source: Guidelines for Occupational Diving 2004, Occupational Safety and Health Service, New Zealand, updated October 2010. Regulatory Guidance
Occupational Diving

Occupational Diving

Definition(s)

Occupational Diving

Diving performed in the course of employment for gain or reward (irrespective of whether or not diving is the principal function of employment or merely an adjunct to it). It has the same meaning in these guidelines as diving work. Source: Guidelines for Occupational Diving 2004, Occupational Safety and Health Service, New Zealand, updated October 2010. Regulatory Guidance
Naval Health Service

Naval Health Service

Definition(s)

Naval Health Service

An organisation which provides OSH with expert medical opinion on diving issues. Source: Guidelines for Occupational Diving 2004, Occupational Safety and Health Service, New Zealand, updated October 2010. Regulatory Guidance