Onstream Safety Performance in a Glimpse

Abstract

The Unconventional Resources (UR) Gas Operations has recently been developed to deliver the first unconventional production to its customers, to produce, process and pipeline gas to satisfy energy demand and support the potential future development, and reduce the liquid burning at power generation facilities. This organization handles unique, scattered and unmanned facilitates, where each facility operates differently based on the geographical nature of the field. For start-up, best practices were leveraged from for Unconventional Gas companies around the world. This includes reviewing and incorporating latest technologies to meet the business challenges of unconventional gas at the lowest cost, and most importantly, safest operations. As a new operating organization, UR Gas Operations had to define their major processes for achieving the objective of delivering customer expectations safely. These processes include the implementation of a Safety Management System (SMS) to enable control and management over plant safety, maintenance and reliability. With the help of advanced digitalization, SMS processes are being automated to maximize their effectiveness and efficiency. SMS acts as one platform that integrate the safety processes of different facilities under one umbrella. Furthermore, SMS is a critical pillar of Operational Excellence, it involves a set of defined processes that are measured through KPIs to comply with the company's safe operations which was named "SMS Online" Developing SMS Online have a positive impact on two key stakeholders in UR; Gas Operations Engineers, and Gas Operations Management. The SMS Online is a visualization platform for the safety performance KPIs across the UR Gas Operation organization. Hence SMS enforces accountability for proper KPI tracking and reporting, with compliance to safety processes. In addition, SMS Online creates an environment that supports engineers with their daily safety revisions, tracking, guidance, etc. This portal has increased the accessibility to safety processes across the organization by having a friendly user interface that navigates through SMS elements and processes. The system also provides an automated tracking system for assigning and managing action items assigned against individuals that alert actionees for closing an item prior to the deadline through an alerts and notification system. In a majority of the industrial facilities around the world, there is a big gap between building a new facility and being fully developed Business Operating Company. A comprehensive vision and a check list of essential Information Technology and Operational Technology systems was put in place to support business readiness for safe and efficient plant start up. SMS Online was a key component of this strategy, which was developed in-house by the UR IT as the first automated safety management system in the UR.