LATEST OSD STANDARDS CD RELEASED - OCTOBER 2013 EDITION In Safety Council Meeting held on 4th Oct 2013, following standards were approved. New Standards 1) O1SD-GDN-232- Identification of hazards and control measures in E&P industry. ‘Scope :- This document lays down guidelines for identifying hazards and establishing control measures in E&P Industry throughout the life cycle i.e. Geosciences related field activities, drilling, production, well servicing, abandonment and related operations; both on land and offshore, in existing installations, with focus on qualitative risk assessment. This document should also be referred during design stage of new E&P installations, 2)01SD-GDN-233- Guidelines on inspection of on land non-piggable pipeline. ‘Scope :- This guideline shall be applicable in all hydrocarbon industry in upstream and downstream sector for all sizes (2” diameter and above) of underground and over ground non-piggable pipelines (excluding pipelines within Refineries, Petro-chemicals manufacturing, Gas processing plants, POL and LPG, LNG terminals) laid for transfer of Crude oil / Petroleum product/ Natural gas / Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and any other liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon from one point to another point including well flow lines and water injection lines and are non piggable. For piping, valves and fittings within the installation, OISD-Std-130 shall be followed. These guidelines shall be applicable to all existing and new pipelines with immediate effect. These guidelines are not applicable for piggable pipeline. For piggable pipeline provisions given in OISD-Std-141, OISD-Std-214 and OISD-Std-226 shall be followed, Revised Standards 1) OISD-STD-113 Classification of Area for electrical installations at Hydrocarbon processing and handling facilities. 2) O1SD-RP-149 Design aspects for safety in electrical systems. 3) O1SD-STD-183- Standard on Logging Operations. Amended Standard 1) O1SD-STD-214- Cross Country LPG Pipelines. 2) O1SD-STD-226- Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines and City Gas Distribution Networks. Above mentioned new, revised & amended standards are incorporated in latest released CD for OISD Standard Edition October 2013 which can be purchased at OISD Office.