API RP 14J:2001 pdf download.Recommended Practice for Design and Hazards Analysis for Offshore Production Facilities
1 General
1.1 PURPOSE
The purpose of this recommended practice is to assemble into one document useful procedures and guidelines for plan- ning, designing and arranging offshore production facilities, and performing a hazards analysis on open-type offshore pro- duction facilities. This will promote safe, pollution free and efficient production of oil and gas. This publication is only a guide and requires the application of sound engineering judg- ment. Furthermore, it is not intended to override or otherwise supersede any existing code or governmental rule or regula- tion, nor is it intended as a comprehensive document contain- ing all useful and appropriate information.
1.2 SCOPE
This document recommends minimum requirements and guidelines for the design and layout of production facilities on open-type offshore platforms, and it is intended to bring together in one place a brief description of basic hazards anal- ysis procedures for offshore production facilities. This recom- mended practice discusses several procedures that could be used to perform a hazards analysis, and it presents minimum requirements for process safety information and hazards anal- ysis that can be used for satisfying the requirements of API RP 75. The concepts contained herein recognize that special haz- ard considerations exist for offshore production facilities. As a minimum, these include: 1. Spatial limitations that may cause potential ignition sources being installed in or near production equipment. 2. Spatial limitations that may result in quarters being installed near production equipment, pipeline/flow line risers, fuel storage tanks, or other major fuel sources. 3. The inherent fire hazard presented by the release of flammable liquids or vapors, whether during normal oper- ations or as a result of any unusual or abnormal condition. 4. The severe marine environment, including corrosion, remoteness/isolation, and weather (i.e., wind, wave and current, ice).
Design safety is comprised of three approaches: Inherent design features, engineering controls, and administrative con- trols. Inherent design features include designing inherently safer facilities by reducing or eliminating hazardous materials or processes. The first step should be the elimination of potential hazards by improving the inherent safety of the design and then relying next on engineering controls and finally on administrative controls where inherent design is not technically or economically feasible. The main principles for safe facilities design and operation are: (1) Minimizing the likelihood of uncontrollable releases of hydrocarbons and other hazardous materials, (2) Minimiz- ing the chances of ignition, (3) Preventing fire escalation and equipment damage, (4) Providing for personnel protection and escape. Formal identification and assessment of hazards are necessary for proper application of these four principles. Proper application of these principles, along with sound engi- neering judgment and proper maintenance and operation of the entire production facility, should result in a safe facility. Figure 2 is a matrix which shows the applicability of these principles to various practices, systems and equipment.
API RP 14J:2001 pdf download
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