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Petroleum and Gas (Safety) Regulation 2018
sec.32Identification of ignition source risks and controls
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sec.32 Identification of ignition source risks and controls
The safety management system for the drilling operating plant must— identify and assess the risks from sources, or potential sources, of ignition at the plant; and electrical equipment and wiring static electricity or lightning frictional sources or hot surfaces state controls to manage the risks; and include a program to test the emergency shutdown system mentioned in section 25 at regular intervals.
- (a) identify and assess the risks from sources, or potential sources, of ignition at the plant; and Examples of sources, or potential sources, of ignition— • electrical equipment and wiring • static electricity or lightning • frictional sources or hot surfaces
- • electrical equipment and wiring
- • static electricity or lightning
- • frictional sources or hot surfaces
- (b) state controls to manage the risks; and
- (c) include a program to test the emergency shutdown system mentioned in section 25 at regular intervals.
- • electrical equipment and wiring
- • static electricity or lightning
- • frictional sources or hot surfaces