Agreements for E&P Offshore Operation Safety

Italy has an indicator of injuries for millions of tep produced lowest than other Countries (0.26 in 2014). Nevertheless the Directorate general for safety - National mining office for hydrocarbons and georesources (DGS-UNMIG) wants to improve the already good safety measures of offshore oil&gas operations in application of D.Lgs 18th august, 2015 n.145 (transportation of Directive 2013/30/UE) and with respect to the D.Lgs 26th june, 2012 n.83. With this prospective DGS-UNMIG started agreements with University, Research Institutions and Authorities obtaining a scientific support (CNR, RSE, INGV, OGS, AMRA, CRIET Navy, Harbor Body and Universities). The interest is on five pillars: “control”, “competence”, “efficiency”, “research & innovation” and “dialog” (Fig. 1). The following tasks have been set up for guarantee-oriented actions:  identification of an measurable index for the evaluation of variation of the offshore installations safety level from the current status and criticalities;  application of a naval-air-satellite integrated system for the daily monitoring of Adriatic Sea, in coordination with MATTM;  check of Adriatic sealines conditions for oil & gas transportation;  check of steel structures conditions of offshore facilities;  offshore operations monitoring: drilling and recording systems for drilling parameters;  evaluation of seismic hazard of existing platforms;  development of feasibility studies for seismic and ground deformation monitoring;  check of the current emissions of installations and their forecast to 2020;  analysis of the environmental effects of the NaTech operations and incident;  collection of information about the activities of Italian institutions for increasing levels of offshore safety and related databases;  geology and stratigraphy analysis of marine areas open to hydrocarbons exploration and production activities;  energetic optimization of the offshore installation even by means of renewable energy sources;  risks evaluation for production and drilling plants for Major hazard Report and relevant mitigation actions;  study of operating procedures for control and evaluation of report on major hazard;  mapping of international legislation on the continental shelf, on the use of mineral resources and cross-border relations;  analysis of Best Practices for economic, financial and legal solutions at critical accidents in offshore installations, including across borders.  study on instruments adopted for the social corporate responsibility of companies;  legal and economic analysis of the possible conversion of offshore production platforms in other energy uses (renewable energy and storages for loading and reloading of LNG).  mapping of natural hydrocarbon emission  communication  hydrocarbon transport  international legislative framework on energy  best practices for financial and economic solution in the hydrocarbon sector