Offshore topics

These topic pages show how HSE's Energy Division (ED) tackles the wide spectrum of health and safety activity required by the offshore oil and gas industry.

  • Accommodation[40] - the standards required for accommodation on offshore installations
  • Ageing[41] - addresses ageing and life extension issues relevant to offshore installations
  • Corrosion and materials[42] - material selection and design, corrosion engineering, risk based inspection and NDT
  • Diving[43] - protecting the safety of divers in the offshore oil and gas industry
  • Electrical and control systems[44] - preventing electric shock and maintaining safe systems and controls
  • Evacuation, escape and rescue (EER)[45] - securing an effective emergency response to emergencies affecting persons on an offshore installation or engaged in activities in connection with it
  • Fire and explosion[46] - addresses fire and explosion issues on offshore installations, including prevention, control and mitigation
  • Human factors[47] - covers human factors, organisational issues and management. HSE have a list of key topics that impact on managing human performance in the offshore oil and gas industry. 
  • International liaison[48] - how HSE works with a number of international bodies and experts to exchange information, support and advice
  • Marine and aviation[49] - includes design of helidecks, marine aspects of evacuation, escape and rescue (EER), performance standards of survival craft, marine and aviation communications, aviation operations and collision risk management
  • Maritime integrity[50] - hazards include loss of stability, arising from collision or uncontrolled flooding; and loss of position, arising from failure in the mooring or dynamic positioning (DP) system
  • Mechanical engineering[51] - includes lifting operations, pressure systems integrity, machinery and rotating equipment
  • Occupational health [52]- protecting the physical and mental health of workers and ensuring their welfare in the workplace
  • Pipelines[53] - pipelines covered by the Pipeline Safety Regulations 1996, particularly those known as major accident hazard pipelines
  • Process integrity[54] - a wide range of process topics, including hazard identification, safe operating limits, information, instructions and training
  • Research[55] - sets out our research strategy and current priorities
  • Safety cases[56] - how dutyholders can comply with the Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005 (SCR05)
  • Safety management systems[57] - applying human and organisational techniques to assess effectiveness and determine areas for improvement
  • Structural integrity[58] - designing and maintaining offshore installations to withstand waves, impact and earthquake
  • Verification[59] - written schemes for ensuring that safety-critical elements and specified plant are suitable, and will remain in good repair and condition
  • Wells[60] - how dutyholders can ensure the safe design and construction of oil and gas wells and the safe performance of drilling and well servicing operations
  • Working time[61] - applying the Working Times Regulations offshore, including the organisation of working time, and examining fatigue and shift patterns

Link URLs in this page

  1. Offshore oil and gashttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/index.htm
  2. How we workhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/how.htm
  3. Offshore health and safety lawhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/law.htm
  4. Workforce involvementhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/workinvolvement.htm
  5. Unconventional oil and gas exploration (shale gas)https://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/unconventional-gas.htm
  6. Overview - Offshore topicshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/topics.htm
  7. Accommodationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/accommodation.htm
  8. Ageinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/ageing/index.htm
  9. Corrosion and materialshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/corrosion-and-materials.htm
  10. Offshore divinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/diving.htm
  11. Electrical and control systemshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/controlsystems.htm
  12. Evacuation, escape and rescue (EER)https://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/eer.htm
  13. Fire, explosion and risk assessmenthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/assessment.htm
  14. Human factorshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/humanfactors.htm
  15. International liaisonhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/liaison.htm
  16. Marine and aviationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/marineaviation.htm
  17. Maritime integrityhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/maritimeintegrity.htm
  18. Mechanical engineeringhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/mechengineering.htm
  19. Occupational healthhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/occupationalhealth.htm
  20. Offshore pipelineshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/pipelines.htm
  21. Process integrityhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/processintegrity.htm
  22. Researchhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/offshoreresearch.htm
  23. Safety caseshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/safetycases.htm
  24. Safety management systemshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/managementsystems.htm
  25. Structural integrityhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/structuralintegrity.htm
  26. Verificationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/verification.htm
  27. Wellshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/wells.htm
  28. Working timehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/workingtime.htm
  29. Overview - Resourceshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/resources.htm
  30. Overview - Publicationshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/publications.htm
  31. Operations noticeshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/notices/index.htm
  32. Safety alerts and noticeshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/notices/index.htm#safety-alerts
  33. Offshore information sheetshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/infosheets/index.htm
  34. Research reportshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/researchreports.htm
  35. Statisticshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/statistics/index.htm
  36. Offshore charging informationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/charging.htm
  37. Key programme final reportshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/programmereports.htm
  38. Offshore Directivehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/directive.htm
  39. Subscribehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/ebulletin/index.htm
  40. Accommodationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/accommodation.htm
  41. Ageinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/ageing/index.htm
  42. Corrosion and materialshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/corrosion-and-materials.htm
  43. Divinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/diving.htm
  44. Electrical and control systemshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/controlsystems.htm
  45. Evacuation, escape and rescue (EER)https://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/eer.htm
  46. Fire and explosionhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/assessment.htm
  47. Human factorshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/humanfactors.htm
  48. International liaisonhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/liaison.htm
  49. Marine and aviationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/marineaviation.htm
  50. Maritime integrityhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/maritimeintegrity.htm
  51. Mechanical engineeringhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/mechengineering.htm
  52. Occupational health https://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/occupationalhealth.htm
  53. Pipelineshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/pipelines.htm
  54. Process integrityhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/processintegrity.htm
  55. Researchhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/offshoreresearch.htm
  56. Safety caseshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/safetycases.htm
  57. Safety management systemshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/managementsystems.htm
  58. Structural integrityhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/structuralintegrity.htm
  59. Verificationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/verification.htm
  60. Wellshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/wells.htm
  61. Working timehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/workingtime.htm
  62. Offshore publicationshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/publications.htm
  63. Research reportshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/researchreports.htm
  64. Offshore statisticshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/statistics/index.htm
  65. Diving micrositehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/diving/index.htm
  66. Pipelines micrositehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pipelines/index.htm
  67. Electricity micrositehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/electricity/index.htm
  68. Carbon capture and storage micrositehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/carboncapture/index.htm
  69. Regulating major hazards micrositehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/regulating-major-hazards/index.htm
  70. Safety bulletinhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/safetybulletins/index.htm
  71. HSE Publicationshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/index.htm
  72. Science and researchhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/research/index.htm
  73. Charging activitieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/charging/index.htm
  74. Health and safety statisticsfile:///J%7C/website/livelive/statistics/index.htm
  75. International Regulators Forumhttp://www.irfoffshoresafety.com/
  76. Institution of Occupational Safety and Healthhttp://www.iosh.co.uk/
Updated 2021-02-17