The attached BSEE document provides guidance for determining pollution inspection frequencies for unmanned facilities. Thoughts:
- Reasonable risk-based approach
- A minimum of bi-weekly visual and physical inspections for low risk platforms producing dry gas
- Any platform with significant oil production and storage, and no real time monitoring system, will have to be visually inspected at least every 3 days (daily if other risk factors apply) and boarded weekly
- Any platform that had spillage totaling > 1 bbl in the past 2 years will have to be visually inspected every other day and boarded weekly.
- Provides for the application of technology (cameras, drones, innovative monitoring systems) to reduce inspection frequencies.
Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE) 