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API RP 14J Document Information:
Title
Recommended Practice for Design and Hazards Analysis for Offshore Production Facilities
American Petroleum Institute
Publication Date:
May 1, 2001
Scope:
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 analysis procedures for offshore
production facilities. This recommended practice discusses several
procedures that could be used to perform a hazards analysis, and it
presents minimum requirements for process safety information and
hazards analysis that can be used for satisfying the requirements of
API RP 75.
The concepts contained herein recognize that special hazard
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 operations 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).
5. High-temperature and high-pressure fluids, hot surfaces, and
rotating equipment located in or near operating areas.
6. The handling of hydrocarbons over water.
7. Large inventories of hydrocarbons from wells/reservoirs and
pipelines connected to or crossing a producing platform.
8. Storage and handling of hazardous chemicals.
9. Potential H2S releases.
This recommended practice is directed to those permanent and temporary
installations associated with routine production operations. The
guidelines presented herein should provide an acceptable level of
safety when used in conjunction with referenced industry codes,
practices and standards.
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