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Application of ERRV’s in Egypt Mediterranean and red seas

Captain Eslam Zeid. Application of ERRV’s in Egypt Mediterranean and red seas. Background.

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Application of ERRV’s in Egypt Mediterranean and red seas

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  1. Captain\ Eslam Zeid Application of ERRV’s in Egypt Mediterranean and red seas

  2. Background • The offshore oil and gas industry contains many hazards due to the harsh working conditions, which made it necessary to develop specific safety standards for those working offshore, in order to act correctly in case of emergency.

  3. The Offshore Support Vessels (OSV's) plays a great role in responding to any offshore emergency either by helping in containing the emergency or evacuating the installation.

  4. ERRVA • The Emergency Response and Rescue Vessels Associations (ERRVA) was established to co-ordinate the common interests of the Owners and Operators in the future development of Emergency Response and Rescue Vessels (ERRV's), and to promote the safety and development of standby services.

  5. Oil & Gas in Egypt • The oil & gas industry started in Egypt in the late 19th century; oil was discovered in Egypt making it the first oil country in the Middle East and North Africa region. It was followed a few years later by Iran and much later by Iraq, then Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, and 60 years later by the UAE.

  6. Stand By Vessels or ERRV • The stand by vessel has two main tasks the first one is to stand by outside the 500 meter zone for any emergency that can happen to the installation and any assistance required for evacuating personnel or controlling the emergency and in this case the vessel shall be able to reach the installation within 30 minutes,

  7. the second task is to stand by inside the 500 meter zone which is called "Close Standby" in order to be ready in case of a Person Over Board occurs due to scaffolding over water work, also to conduct her part in an emergency drill done by the installation.

  8. The Emergency Response and Rescue Vessels or ERRV's are specially equipped vessels with specially trained crews to conduct emergency response and rescue missions, the ERRV's are classified by the ERRVA into 3 groups:-

  9. "Group A" ERRV is for installations manned by particularly large numbers over 300. • "Group B" ERRV is for installations manned by numbers of people between 20 and 300. • "Group C" ERRV is for installations manned by very small numbers of people (e.g. up to 20 persons).

  10. Most ERRV's fall within Group B, therefore Group B is considered to be the standard ERRV's and Groups A & C are exceptions.

  11. ERRV in Egypt • Most of the vessels which are assigned to stand by tasks do not meet the ERRVA requirements either by the equipment onboard, propulsion configuration nor the ability to accommodate large numbers of survivors,

  12. however there are a few vessels which meets these requirements as part of the charterer contract requirement but these vessels are conducting the safety stand by tasks along with the usual supplying, towing or anchor handling tasks and not dedicated to safety stand by task alone.

  13. Conclusion • The ERRV’s are dedicated for the emergency response operation as they are equipped with all the emergency controlling equipment and their crews are trained for these operations as we explained before.

  14. Assigning one or more ERRV to an oil field will highly improve the emergency response during any accident and will minimize the time of evacuation and maximize the safety of operation.

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