Oil and Gas Site Safety Orientation
Orientation to upstream and midstream oil and gas sites for workers, new supervisors, contractors and visitors: the life cycle from exploration and drilling to production, processing, pipelines and reclamation and where hazards concentrate, the OSH Act, OSHA general industry standards and the general duty clause, the limits of process safety management, state oil and gas commissions, BLM, BSEE, PHMSA and API recommended practices, site access, orientation, journey management and working alone, hydrocarbons, flammable limits, vapor density and ignition sources including pyrophoric iron sulfide, four-gas monitors, bump testing and alarm set points, hydrogen sulfide, tank gauging vapors, sulfur dioxide, benzene and NORM, pressure hazards, stored energy, red zones and verifying zero energy, mechanical, dropped object, fall, power line, cold, wildfire and wildlife hazards, ground disturbance near buried lines and pipelines and 811, OSHA's multi-employer citation policy and contractor management, emergency response plans and H2S contingency planning, and a capstone pre-job review of a well pad and battery.
HSE-330 12 lessons · 5 h 21 min
Offered by HSM University · Safety Training
This is the American version of this course. See the Canadian version.
What you'll learn
- Describe the phases of the oil and gas life cycle, the difference between upstream and midstream sites, and the dominant hazards of each phase, using fatality data and the energy wheel to explain where serious harm occurs.
- Map the US rules for oil and gas sites, including the OSH Act, OSHA general industry and construction standards and the general duty clause, the scope of process safety management, state oil and gas commissions, BLM, BSEE, PHMSA and API recommended practices, and explain who holds which duty.
- Prepare to travel to and enter an oil and gas site safely, including training, PPE, fitness for duty, journey management, lease road driving, arrival and sign-in, site orientation content and controls for working alone.
- Explain the composition of well streams, flammable limits, flash points and vapor density, identify ignition sources and hazardous areas on a lease, and describe the kinds of hydrocarbon fire.
- Use, check and respond to four-gas monitors and other detectors, explaining sensor principles and limits, bump testing and calibration, alarm set points, sampling before entry and fixed detection.
- Describe hydrogen sulfide hazards and the essential H2S rules, and recognize the hazards of tank vapors, sulfur dioxide, benzene, NORM and other toxic exposures, with their controls.
- Explain why compressed gas stores far more energy than liquid, identify how pressure releases injure people, and apply ratings, overpressure protection, red zones, line-of-fire thinking and verification of zero energy.
- Identify and control mechanical, dropped object, fall, overhead power line, noise, temperature, weather, wildfire and wildlife hazards on oil and gas leases.
- Plan ground disturbance near buried lines on leases and pipeline rights-of-way, using locates, operator records and private locates, hand or hydrovac exposure, owner requirements and the correct response to a line strike.
- Explain how OSHA's multi-employer citation policy assigns responsibility on multi-employer sites, and apply contractor management, bridging documents, short-service employee programs, coordination tools and injury statistics.
- Describe the contents of an oil and gas emergency response plan, the incident command system, public safety planning for sour operations, protective actions, medical response at remote sites and each worker's duties when the alarm sounds.
- Conduct a pre-job hazard review of a well pad and battery, rank findings by risk, prepare a site-specific orientation and check emergency arrangements for a job.
Course content
12 lessons · 5 h 21 min total · final exam
- 1 The oil and gas life cycle and its hazards 27 min · quiz
- 2 Law, regulators and industry standards 26 min · quiz
- 3 Site access, orientation and journey management 28 min · quiz
- 4 Hydrocarbons and flammable atmospheres 27 min · quiz
- 5 Gas detection and monitoring 26 min · quiz
- 6 Hydrogen sulfide and other toxic exposures 27 min · quiz
- 7 Pressure hazards and stored energy 26 min · quiz
- 8 Mechanical, falling and environmental hazards on sites 28 min · quiz
- 9 Ground disturbance, pipelines and buried hazards 26 min · quiz
- 10 Contractors, controlling employers and multi-employer sites 26 min · quiz
- 11 Emergency response plans 27 min · quiz
- 12 Capstone: an orientation and hazard review for a well pad and battery 27 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Orientation to upstream and midstream oil and gas sites for workers, new supervisors, contractors and visitors: the life cycle from exploration and drilling to production, processing, pipelines and reclamation and where hazards concentrate, the OSH Act, OSHA general industry standards and the general duty clause, the limits of process safety management, state oil and gas commissions, BLM, BSEE, PHMSA and API recommended practices, site access, orientation, journey management and working alone, hydrocarbons, flammable limits, vapor density and ignition sources including pyrophoric iron sulfide, four-gas monitors, bump testing and alarm set points, hydrogen sulfide, tank gauging vapors, sulfur dioxide, benzene and NORM, pressure hazards, stored energy, red zones and verifying zero energy, mechanical, dropped object, fall, power line, cold, wildfire and wildlife hazards, ground disturbance near buried lines and pipelines and 811, OSHA's multi-employer citation policy and contractor management, emergency response plans and H2S contingency planning, and a capstone pre-job review of a well pad and battery.