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In order to maintain a state of readiness, all D&WO rigs (Saudi Aramco and Contractor) must conduct emergency drills on a regular defined basis. These drills provide training and familiarization to all personnel on location.
1. How to record and activate the drilling alert message:
A. Dial 862-4181, enter PIN 4181 # to update message B. Press 2 (two) to record first message:
C. Press 1 to play message D. Press 2 to record message E. Press 3 to exit
F. Activate the Drilling Alert System, dial 862-4112, and enter PIN 4154 Emergency Numbers
Security: 110
Ambulance: 110 and 997 Fire: 110 or 998
Outside Aramco:
Central Area (03) 872-0110 Southern Area (03) 572-0110 Northern Area (03) 673-0110 Central Region (01) 285-0110 Western Region (02) 427-0110 Rumors Control (03) 872-4488 (03) 872-4499
South Ghawar (03) 576-2900 Udhaliyah (03) 577-8212 Ras Tanura (03) 673-3333
Riyadh (01) 285-3113
(01) 285-3333
Jeddah (02) 427-3113
(02) 427-3333
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2. Offshore
A. All Personnel on location must participate in drills.
B. Drills shall, as far as practicable, be conducted as if there were an actual emergency.
C. Abandon Ship Drill
Each Abandon Ship drill shall include:
1) Summoning of crew to muster stations with the alarm followed by drill announcement on the public address or other communication system and ensuring that they are made aware of the order to abandon ship.
2) Reporting to stations and preparing for the duties described in the station bill.
3) Checking that crew are suitably dressed.
4) Checking that lifejackets are correctly donned.
5) Lowering of at least one lifeboat after any necessary preparation for launching.
6) Different lifeboats shall, as far as practicable, be lowered in compliance with this requirement at successive drills.
7) Each lifeboat shall be launched and maneuvered in the water at least once every three months during an abandon ship drill.
8) Lowering into the water, rather than launching of a lifeboat arranged for free-fall launching, is acceptable where free-fall launching is impracticable provided the lifeboat is free-fall launched and maneuvered in the water at least once every six months. However, in cases where it is
impracticable, the OIM may extend this period to 12 months provided that arrangements are made for simulated launching which shall take place at intervals of not more than six months.
9) Starting and operating the lifeboat engine;
10) Operation of davits used for launching life rafts;
11) A mock search and rescue of passengers trapped in their staterooms;
12) Each offshore rig shall conduct an abandon ship drill within 24 hours of a crew change, and at least once per month. The SA Liaisonman or OIM will decide if more frequent abandon ship drills are required to ensure adequate response.
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13) Abandon ship Drills must include everyone aboard the rig, with the possible exception of only those crew members absolutely essential to maintain a safe watch over the ongoing operation.
14) Abandon ship drills may be combined with fire and/or H2S drills.
15) The maximum acceptable response time for abandon ship drills must take into account the possibility that evacuation may have to proceed in a hazardous H2S environment. Therefore, everyone aboard the rig must be able to muster to their boat stations and enter their boats with enough time left to lower the boats and sail to a safe upwind area before their SCBA’s run out of air.
With a standard 30-minute SCBA, everyone must be aboard their assigned boat within 12 minutes of the alarm first sounding (this is not an instruction to board-the-boat).
16) Fully occupied lifeboats shall not be lowered into the water as part of the abandon ship drill. As of 1st July 2006 SOLAS Chapter III Regulation 19 no longer requires that lifeboat be launched with any crew aboard during abandon ship drill. Alternate methods of manning the lifeboats, once in the water, should be developed for drill purposes.
17) Abandon Ship drill procedure must include the following:
a. Develop use procedures that allow launching unmanned Lifeboat.
b. Command center manned by senior rig management.
b. Immediate and repeated PA announcement “This is a Drill - This is a Drill”.
c. Two trained and competent lifeboat men assigned to each lifeboat.
d. Headcount procedure for verification/reporting (to the command center), that all persons are accounted for.
e. Search and rescue procedure to locate all missing persons. Search and rescue procedures must include a detailed predetermined search pattern, search pattern diagrams must be posted in the control room, at each muster station, and at the rescue/search team station.
f. Maximum acceptable response time for all persons to report to their boat stations.
g. Verification that everyone aboard the rig is capable of entering the lifeboat and securely fastened his seat belt while wearing both a PFD and SCBA.
h. Instruction in the use of radio life-saving appliances.
18) Each abandon ship Drill shall be documented on the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) Report, the SA Morning Report, and the approved Drill Report format.
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19) Documentation shall include the response time for all aboard to muster to their assigned boat stations, areas for improvement and responsibility for implementation of improvements.
Frequency: Abandon Ship Drills shall be conducted once every week.
D. Rescue Boat Drill
Rescue boats (other than lifeboats which are also rescue boats), should be launched each month with their assigned crew aboard and maneuvered in the water. In all cases this requirement shall be complied with at least once every three months.
Frequency: Rescue Boat Drill shall be conducted once every month.
E. Fire Drill
Fire drills should be planned in such a way that due consideration is given to regular practice in the various emergencies that may occur depending on the type of vessel and the cargo.
Each fire drill shall include:
1) Reporting to stations and preparing for the duties described in the station bill. Drill report should include pump pressure procedure where known.
2) Starting of a fire pump, using at least the two required jets of water to show that the system is in proper working order.
3) Inspection of fireman's outfit and other personal rescue equipment.
4) Inspection of relevant communication equipment.
5) Checking the operation of watertight doors, fire doors, fire dampers and main inlets and outlets of ventilation systems in the drill area, where available.
6) Checking the necessary arrangements for subsequent abandoning of the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU).
7) The SA Liaisonman shall observe and time crew response during fire drills and verify that the Fire Attack Plan and Fire Attack Teams are adequate to address the fire risk.
8) Each rig shall conduct a fire drill at least once per month. The SA Liaisonman will decide if more frequent fire drills are required to ensure adequate response.
9) Fire drill locations shall be varied to provide practice in all Fire Attack Plans.
10) Each fire drill shall be documented on the IADC Report, the SA Morning Report and the approved Drill Report format. Documentation shall include the location and type of drill and the response time to assemble and begin to fight the fire.
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Frequency: Fire Drill shall be conducted once every 4 weeks.
F. Man Down (Injury) Drills
1) Each rig shall develop a Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) Plan that complies and coordinates with SA G.I. 1321.015 (Request for Air Medical Evacuation). Even if air Medevac’s is unlikely G.I.
1321.015 contains other critically important procedures to ensure a rapid and effective response to a medical emergency.
2) Each rig shall have the telephone number of the following posted in the rig clinic, the rig office, and the radio room (if applicable, e.g. offshore rigs):
a. Nearest medical facility.
b. Contractor medical provider facility.
c. Nearest SA medical clinic.
d. SA Aviation (Offshore).
3) Each rig shall develop Man Down (Injury) Drill procedures to address and treat an immobilizing injury occurring anywhere on the rig location.
4) As a minimum, Man-Down (Injury) Drill procedure shall address the following:
a. Prompt notification of the Medic.
b. First aid at the injury site.
c. Placing and securing the injured person in a basket stretcher.
d. Transferring the injured person to the rig clinic.
5) Each rig shall conduct a Man-Down (Injury) Drill in conjunction with the weekly H2S Rescue Drill.
The SA Liaisonman will decide if more frequent Man Down (Injury) drills are required to ensure adequate response.
6) The SA Liaisonman shall observe and time crew response during Man Down (Injury) Drills and verify that the procedures are adequate to provide prompt and effective treatment.
7) Each Man Down (Injury) Drill shall be documented on the IADC Report, the SA Morning Report and the approved Drill Report format. Documentation shall include the location and type of drill and the response time to bring the injured person to the clinic.
8) The Rig Medic shall be responsible for the training of a Stretcher Team, as a minimum the Stretcher Team shall be competent in:
a. Immobilizing a casualty.
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b. Using the correct techniques when maneuvering a casualty in to a stretcher.
c. Identifying the appropriate type of stretcher to use.
d. Basic First Aid.
e. CPR.
Frequency: Man-Down (Injury) Drills shall be conducted once every 8 weeks.
G. Vertical Rescue Drill
1) Each rig shall conduct a Vertical Rescue Drill for example getting an immobilized injured man safely down from the monkey board, once per year. Note: A suitably weighted dummy must be used to simulate the injured person.
2) Each rig shall develop Vertical Rescue Drill procedures to address and treat an immobilizing injury occurring for each reasonable scenario anywhere at height at the rig location.
3) As a minimum, Vertical Rescue Drill procedure shall address the following:
a. Prompt notification of the Medic.
b. First aid at the injury site if possible.
c. Placing and securing the injured person in a basket stretcher (appropriate rescue equipment).
d. Transferring the injured person from height to the rig clinic (during all drills, a suitably weighted dummy must be used).
4) Each rig shall conduct a Vertical Rescue Drill at least once per year. The SA Liaisonman will decide if more frequent Vertical Rescue Drills are required to ensure adequate response.
5) The SA Liaisonman shall observe and time crew response during Vertical Rescue Drills and verify that the procedures are adequate to provide prompt and effective treatment.
6) Each vertical rescue drill shall be documented on the IADC Report, the SA Morning Report and the approved Drill report format. Documentation shall include the location and type of drill and the response time to bring the injured person to the clinic.
Frequency: Vertical Rescue Drill shall be conducted once every year.
H. Man-Overboard Drills
1) Each offshore rig shall develop Man-Overboard rescue procedures and train a sufficient number of crewmen to effect a safe and prompt rescue.
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2) Each offshore rig shall conduct a man-overboard drill at least once per quarter. The SA Liaisonman or OIM will decide if more frequent man overboard drills are required to ensure adequate response.
3) A suitably weighted dummy shall be used to simulate a man overboard.
4) Man overboard drills shall involve either (or both) the standby boat, when on location, or the rig’s own rescue boat, depending upon equipment available on that specific rig.
5) If no standby boat is readily available, the rig must launch a rescue boat to retrieve the dummy.
6) Each man-overboard drill shall be documented on the IADC Report, the SA Morning Report and the approved Drill report format. Documentation shall include the response time to rescue the man overboard.
Frequency: Man-Overboard Drills shall be conducted once every 12 weeks.
I. Confined Space Rescue Drill
1) Each offshore rig shall develop confined space rescue procedures and train a sufficient number of crewmen to effect a safe and prompt rescue.
2) Each rig shall conduct a confined space drill at least once every 3 months. The SA Liaisonman will decide if more frequent confined space rescue drills are required to ensure adequate response 3) A suitably weighted dummy shall be used to simulate a casualty in a confined space.
4) A confined space rescue drill shall utilize all rescue equipment as defined in the Saudi Aramco Rig (SAR) Safe Work Authorization Procedure (SWAP) or contractor Permit to Work (PTW), Confined Space Entry (Refer to HSERM / A / A-21 / CS).
5) For the purpose of drills, all the safety requirements shall be followed.
6) Drill shall be planned so as to familiarize the rescue teams with all reasonable confined spaces rescue scenarios on the rig.
Frequency: Confined Space Drill shall be conducted once every 12 weeks.
J. Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) Release Emergency Drills
1) All personnel must be able to don breathing apparatus and breathe bottled air within 45 seconds.
2) All personnel must be able to recognize the H2S alarm and know to proceed to the safe briefing area (SBA).
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3) Each rig operating in a known or suspected H2S area shall conduct an H2S drill at least once per week. The SA Liaisonman will decide if more frequent H2S drills are required to ensure adequate response.
4) The H2S drill shall be announced by the standard siren and strobe light alarm. There must be no prior warning of the drill.
Note: The rig PA system shall immediately and repeatedly announce: