Innovative Risk Management on the Barzan Onshore Project

Abstract

The Barzan Gas Project is being developed by Barzan Gas Company Limited, a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil Barzan Limited, with RasGas Company Limited as the developer and operator. The project's objective is the economic development of a high quality, reliable and fully integrated sales gas facility that further monetizes Qatar's North Field resources to supply gas to the domestic market for power generation and water desalination. JGC was awarded the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract for the Barzan Onshore Project on January 1, 2011 for design, procurement, and construction of two of the largest natural gas processing trains in the world. The workforce on site has peaked with 29,500 workers from 45 countries representing 20+ languages. The project has displayed world-class Safety, Health, Environment and Security (SHE&S) performance due in part to its SHE&S Management System. For the EPC phase, the current Lost Time Incident Rate (LTIR) is 0.006 and Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 0.169 based on 195 million man-hours worked as of October 1, 2014. Only six (6) Lost Time Incidents (LTI) have occurred project to date. Between July 11, 2012 and March 25, 2014, the project attained 130 million man-hours without an LTI. The paper provides an overview of four (4) areas that have significantly contributed to the success of the project. The areas include emergency response and coordination; medical management; man-machine interface and heat stress management. Although the areas are standard in most projects of this scale, the organisation, effectiveness and level of implementation are very unique, with pioneering work being done in certain elements within these areas.