What is ISO 10418 about?
ISO 10418 is an international standard that covers process safety systems for offshore production installations in petroleum and natural gas industries that enables the development of process safety systems and ensures the operational safety of offshore production installations.
ISO 10418 provides objectives, functional requirements and guidelines for techniques for the analysis and design of surface process safety systems for offshore installations used for the recovery of hydrocarbon resources.
ISO 10418 provides recommendations and requirements on support systems which complement the process safety systems in reducing risk.
ISO 10418 specifies methods by which the asset is protected against loss of containment of hydrocarbon or other hazardous materials.
Note 1: ISO 10418 is applicable to -
- Fixed offshore structures
- Floating offshore production installations for the petroleum and natural gas industries
Note 2: ISO 10418 does not apply to -
- Mobile offshore units and subsea installations
Who is ISO 10418 for?
ISO 10418 on process safety systems for offshore production installations is applicable to:
- Offshore construction and installation companies
- Offshore oil and gas companies
- Offshore environment regulators
- Safety assurance services for offshore production
- Disaster management services
Why should you use ISO 10418?
Process safety systems are provided to prevent, detect, control or mitigate undesirable events in process equipment. Development of effective management system is a must in offshore recovery of hydrocarbons as they’re prone to accidents and environmental damage on a mass scale.
ISO 10418 provides you three options for identifying appropriate process safety systems. First is adopting the prescriptive approach specified in API RP 14C, second is to use structured review techniques to find hazards and evaluate risk and finally, third is to use the combination of both that enables hazard management and risk-reduction in offshore production installations.
ISO 10418 provides you guidance on protection devices, safety analysis of concepts and process safety system design which enables you to set up robust system design that can minimizes risks, prevent accidents, improve operating efficiency and compliance with respective regulatory rules.
The guidance in ISO 10418 enables you to set up process safety system in offshore production facilities which assures safe operating environment and management capable of combating accidental hazards.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS EN ISO 10418:2019 supersedes BS EN ISO 10418:2003, which is now withdrawn.
Changes in BS EN ISO 10418:2019 include -
- Safety analysis tables (SATs) and safety analysis checklists (SACs), which previously were reproduced from API RP 14C, have been deleted and replaced by references to the analysis methods included in API RP 14C
- Simplification of annexes to avoid duplication of API RP 14C content
