Book: Offshore Safety Management
Chapter 3 - SEMP

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Overview

In Chapter 1 it was noted that, following the Piper Alpha catastrophe of 1988, two approaches to the development of Safety Management Systems were followed. The first (shown in the top line of Figure 1.5) was the use of SEMP (and later SEMS) standards, mostly in the United States. The second approach, used initially in the United Kingdom was that of Safety Cases. This chapter discusses the first of these approaches: SEMP. Safety Cases are described in Chapter 6.

At the time of the Piper Alpha event the American offshore oil and gas industry, which is concentrated in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM), consisted of hundreds of small platforms, most of them in shallow water, and all having a generally similar design. Therefore the industry decided to develop a standard that could be applied to all of these smaller facilities, and that would not require each of them to develop their own, unique analysis and safety program, as distinct from the Safety Case approach). This decision led to the development of the American Petroleum Institute's (API) Recommended Practice 75 — Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities. This standard, referred to as RP 75 in the remainder of this book, calls on API member companies to develop and implement a Safety and Environmental Management Program, or SEMP. (In practice, the terms 'RP 75' and 'SEMP' tend to be used virtually interchangeably.)

Contents

Chapter 3 - SEMP
Introduction
API Standards
Center for Offshore Safety
Offshore Operators Committee
Fundamentals of Safety Management Systems
   Safe Limits
   Non-Prescriptive
   Performance-Based
   Holistic
   Involvement and Thoroughness
Recommended Practice 75
   Scope
   Management
Elements of SEMP
General
   Purpose and Objective
   Principles
   Setting Objectives and Goals
   Communication
   Appendix A - Contractor Selection Criteria
   Appendix B - Industry Codes, Practices, and Standards
      RP 14C
      RP 14G
      RP 14J
   Appendix C - References
   Appendix D - Definitions
   Appendix E - Performance Measures
SEMP and PSM