OPAL (SP2000)

Road Safety Standard

 Objectives
Provide an update on the new Road Safety Standard:
 Background, current status
 Standard composition
 Summary of changes
 Implementation strategy and way forward

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 Background and current status
 Current OPAL Road Safety Standard does not cater for all Upstream and Downstream
operators posing challenges for contractors to implement all the requirements while
operating at different Blocks.
 Major challenges identified were:
 Driver Training
 Vehicle specifications and Roadworthiness Assurance Standards (RAS)
 In-Vehicle Monitoring System (IVMS)
 Consequence Management
 As a result of these misalignments, contractors are confused and exposed to
unnecessary burden (both financial and operational) that ultimately leads to
unsatisfactory compliance level .
 Typical examples were:
 Defensive driving permits; drivers have to go for 2 or 3 trainings and contractors pay for it.
 Vehicles being inspected several times during the year and carrying 2 or 3 RAS inspections
stickers.

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 Background and current status
HE Undersecretary of MOG
mandated OPAL to align road safety
standard for the whole industry.

Pre-
Pre-
1 SP
2000

5 employment
employment
criteria
criteria
Consequence
Consequence
management
management ALARP

Focus Defensive
Defensive 2
driving training
driving training Risk
Areas program and
program and based
permit
permit

IVMS
IVMS strategy
strategy
Vehicle
Vehicle
4 specifications
specifications
and
and RAS
RAS
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 New Standard

Vehicles
Driver
Age
Experience
2 Specs

Competence
1 45 3
pages sections

Management Systems
IVMS
Journey Management

3 Commuting
Consequence Management

Sections are supported by Annexes

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Annex

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 Summary of changes
 ALARP principle and risk based approach has been applied to all proposed changes in
specifications, taking in to consideration practicality of implementation.

 PDO draft of SP2000 V4 was taken as a benchmarking document and as such was
challenged. It was agreed to align and change initial requirements from SP2000 V4
(i.e. drivers age and experience for certain type of vehicles, introduction of limitations
for certain type of vehicles in terms of age and KM driven, etc.).

 On the other side PDO did not compromise on elements that were of paramount
importance for us, such as a mandatory requirement for Speed Limiters.

 We have also listened to others Operators and taken on board their best practices and
experiences.

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 Cost implications
Expected cost implications mostly relate to the new requirements for vehicles as
listed below:

50 OMR per truck

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Implementation strategy and way forward

Implementation
timeline to be
confirmed
31st Oct 17
Implementation within 6 months from the roll-out date:

Roll out

OPAL Engagement with MOG

and CEOs
1st April 17
29th March 17
Back-up Slides

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 Standard Example
Example of the aligned Standard on Commuting:
 Each Operator/Company shall define their own commuting policy to ensure
compliance to this Standard.
 The Operator/Company shall actively discourage the use of PRIVATE VEHICLE in the
interior.
 Operator/Company are not permitted to pay directly to their employees for travel
arrangements, except the payments regulated by Sultanate Of Oman.
 Operator/Company must arrange commuting by flight or heavy bus that is compliant
to this Standard for distance beyond 200 km one way.
 Where commuting by flight or heavy bus is not practical due to financial/logistic
reasons, Operator shall define use of an OPAL compliant light vehicle/buses for more
than 200 km one way, provided all necessary authorisations are obtained from the
authorized person as defined in the commuting policy.
 OPAL compliant light vehicles/buses can be used for commuting distances less than
200 km one way.
 Operator/Company can arrange their own bus or contract with any transport
company that is fully compliant with the requirements given in this Standard.

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Summary of changes

Acceptable solutions changed to Speed Limiter Device and

IVMS, managed under a robust IVMS/ DMS Management
system, are mandatory controls to manage speed limits.

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Summary of changes

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Summary of changes

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 Summary of changes
Consequence Management

Proposed (pending Legal review)

Current

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