Contractor Management

and Bridging
Arrangements

Sean Brett
Sr. Director, Offshore Division
What is a Bridging Document?

“Document that aligns and co-ordinates the

requirements and responses of various parties in
relation to a specific aspect of a project. NOTE
Commonly used to align and co-ordinate the
emergency response procedures for owner and
contractors.”

Source: API RP 2MOP, Marine Operations,

Upstream Segment, First Edition, July 2010

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The Importance of Bridging Arrangements

The joint management of site-specific hazards is

critical to the safety of an operation. A Bridging
Arrangement facilitates alignment and
communication between the lease operator and
contractor. The failure to adequately manage
operator – contractor interaction may have severe
consequences.

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API Bulletin 97
Well Construction Interface Guidelines

WCID – SEMS is a bridging document between the

lease operator’s safety and environmental
management system (SEMS) and the drilling
contractor’s safe work practices.

WCID – Well Plan is intended to facilitate

communication between the lease operator and the
drilling contractor regarding well construction work.

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API Bulletin 97
WCID - SEMS

The elements of a WCID-SEMS document in Section 4 of

API Bulletin 97 correspond with the elements of BSEE
regulation 33 CFR 250, Subpart S pertaining to Safety and
Environmental Management Systems (SEMS).

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API Bulletin 97
WCID – SEMS cont’d

WCID – SEMS elements are:

• Management Principles and Organizational Structures

• Safety and Environmental Information

• Hazards Analysis

• Management of Change (MOC)

• Operating Procedures

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API Bulletin 97
WCID – SEMS cont’d

• Safe Work Practices

• Training

• Assurance of Quality and Integrity of Critical Equipment

• Pre-startup Review

• Emergency Response

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API Bulletin 97
WCID – SEMS cont’d

• Investigation of Incidents

• Audit of the Safety and Environmental Program

• Records and Documentation

• Stop Work Authority (SWA)

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API Bulletin 97
WCID – Well Plan

The WCID – Well Plan document described in Section 5 of

API Bulletin 97 addresses technical well planning and
construction information to be exchanged between the
drilling contractor and an operator for the specific well or
project under consideration.

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API Bulletin 97
WCID – Well Plan cont’d

WCID – Well Plan elements are:

• Location and Operating Environment

• Geological and Geophysical

• Well Design

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API Bulletin 97
WCID – Well Plan cont’d

• Well Barriers

• Well Plan

• Well Activity Risk Management

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 IADC HSE Case Guidelines for MODUs
Issue 3.6

Bridging arrangements should address site-specific and project

specific requirements, such as:

• Potential environmental effects resulting from loss of

containment.

• Clients oil spill response planning and assessments of

effectiveness.

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IADC HSE Case Guidelines for MODUs
Cont’d

• Well intervention and response planning – capping stacks,

relief wells, etc.

• Allowable persons-on-board (POB)

• Combined Operations

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IADC HSE Case Guidelines for MODUs
Cont’d

A bridging document describing individual and collective

stakeholder responsibilities during the various operational
phases may ensure that there is an organizational
structure with the appropriate core business functions to
comply with HSE policies and management objectives,
including how individual and collective responsibilities
between all stakeholders are defined.

The IADC HSE Case Guidelines are available at:

http://www.iadc.org/iadc-hse-case-guidelines/

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IADC HSE Case Bridging Document Guidelines
In Development

The final draft of the IADC HSE Case Bridging Document

Guidelines is currently under review.

The Guidelines are intended to be added to the IADC

HSE Case Guidelines as an Appendix.

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IADC HSE Case Bridging Document Guidelines
In Development

The Guidelines are intended to facilitate alignment of the

drilling contractor’s HSE Case and the Operator’s
Operational Management System.

While API Bulletin 97 is a good resource for companies

working in the United States, the IADC HSE Case
Bridging Document Guidelines are intended to cover the
broader scope of topics included in a typical HSE Case
developed using the IADC HSE Case Guidelines.

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IADC HSE Case Bridging Document Guidelines

An HSE Case Bridging Document should:

• Align safety critical well construction components

and processes in the operator’s Operational
Management System (OMS) with the drilling
contractor’s HSE Case;

• Provide a mechanism to collaboratively identify

risks associated with the proposed scope of work;

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IADC HSE Case Bridging Document Guidelines
Cont’d

• Expedite agreement on roles / responsibilities and

communication protocols between operator and
drilling contractor to facilitate the safe execution of
proposed well work;

• Address areas of the safety management process

that may include management of change, well
control, lifting equipment, dropped objects, permit-
to-work, helicopter operations, and incident
database guidelines, etc.

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Questions?
International Regulatory
Activities
IMO
Review of the MODU Code, LSA Code and MSC.1/1206/Rev.1

Status: In progress
Target Completion: 2016-2017

• Added as a new unplanned output at MSC 93 (May

2014), with target completion in 2016;

• Proposed Amendments submitted to SSE 2 (March

2015);

• Correspondence group formed to prepare draft

amendments based on submitted proposals, to
report to SSE 3 (March 2016);
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IMO
Amendments to the Guidelines for Vessels with Dynamic
Positioning (DP) Systems (MSC/Circ.645)

Status: In progress
Target Completion: 2016

• Proposed amendments submitted to SSE 2 (March

2015);

• Correspondence group formed to prepare draft

amendments, to report to SSE 3 (March 2016);

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IMO
Amendments to the MODU Code for Alternatives to
Launching Requirements on MODUs

Status: Completed

• Amendments were adopted at MSC 94 (November

2014);

• Along with MSC.1/Circ.1486 Guidelines on

Alternative Methods for Lifeboat drills on MODUs.

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IMO
Amendments to the MODU Code for Atmosphere Testing
Instruments in Enclosed Spaces (SOLAS XI-1/7)

Status: Completed

• MSC 94 adopted amendments to the 1979, 1989, and

2009 MODU Codes for the carriage of atmosphere
testing instruments in enclosed spaces, consistent
with SOLAS regulation XI-1/7 “Atmosphere testing
instrument for enclosed spaces” coming into force 1
July 2016.

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IMO
Offshore Vessels

Status: In progress
Target Completion: 2016-2017

• Guidelines Addressing the Carriage of More than 12

Industrial Personnel on Board Vessels Engaged in
International Voyages

• Classification of Offshore Industry Vessels and a

Review of the Need for a Non-Mandatory Code for
Offshore Construction Support Vessels

• Guidelines for Offshore Service Craft Used in

Windfarm Service
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IMO
Offshore Vessels Cont’d

• SDC 2 (February 2015) considered correspondence

group report and formed drafting group to develop a
draft definition of “industrial personnel” for use in the
ongoing work on these agenda items;

• Correspondence group was formed to finalize

Guidelines for Offshore Service Craft (OSC) Used in
Windfarm Service to report to SDC 3 (January 2016).

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IMO
Measures for Lifting Appliances and Winches

Status: In progress
Target completion: 2015 (to be extended)

• MSC 95 (June 2015) will consider whether these

measures will be guidance or a mandatory
amendment to SOLAS;

• Based on the decision made at MSC 95, a

correspondence group may continue to develop the
measures, reporting to SSE 3 (March 2016)

• No consensus on scope and solution causing delay

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IMO
International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters

• Safety portion adopted by MSC 94 (November 2014)

• Pollution text to be Adopted at MEPC 68 (May 2015)

• Code expected to enter into force on 1 January 2017

• Crew training STCW requirements expected to enter

into force on 1 January 2018

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IMO
Revisions to the LHNS Code (IMO Res A.673)

Status: In progress
Target Completion: 2015 (to be extended)

• 2010 BLG15 initiated review of A.673

• Goals widen cargo authority (to all IBC Code Cargos),

more like IBC Code requirements, backhaul of spent
products, ease process of reflagging, reduce waivers,
increase quantity of product carried (from 800 m3)

• BLG is now PPR, PPR1 passed portions to other

subcommittees for review/input on stability and fire
fighting.
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IMO
Revisions to the LHNS Code (IMO Res A.673) Cont’d

• SSE2 just reviewed and returned firefighting portion

• May need to send draft portions to SDC for

construction items once PPR work is complete in
2016

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