Prevention of Fire and Explosion on Offshore Installations – ISO 13702
ISO 13702 specifies objectives and functional requirements for the control and mitigation of fires and explosions on offshore installations used for the development of hydrocarbon resources in the oil and gas industry.
To ensure safety and environmental protection in hydrocarbon resource extraction, a structured approach is required for identifying and managing health, safety, and environmental hazards. This applies to all phases – from planning and construction to start-up, operation, inspection, maintenance, and finally decommissioning of a facility.
Performance-Oriented Measures
ISO 13702 is designed to support the development of new installations throughout their entire lifecycle. The functional requirements are performance-oriented measures, making them applicable to different types of offshore hydrocarbon installations worldwide.
The purpose of the standard is to achieve:
- Safety of personnel
- Protection of the environment
- Protection of assets
- Limitation of economic losses and damage resulting from fires and explosions.
The standard applies to fixed offshore structures and floating systems for production, storage, and offloading. Mobile offshore units and subsea installations are excluded, although many of the principles in this standard can still be used as guidance.
Related Standards
Understanding of the hazards can be achieved through ISO 17776, which provides guidelines for hazard identification and assessment for offshore installations. This standard is consistent with the content of ISO 15544, which specifies requirements and guidelines for emergency response.
Changes from the Previous Edition
ISO 13702:2024 replaces the previous 2015 edition. The key changes include:
- Visualized the risk treatment process in a flow diagram
- Improved description of the explosion blast description
- Improved guidance with respect to risk mitigation
- Introduction of ESD hierarchy and guidance related to principles to protect pressurised equipment against fire
- Improved guidance on ignition source control
- Included guidance for control of spills related to floating LNG
- Expanded guidance related to gas detection
- Included guidance related to ignition source control for firewater pump drivers and external power supplies
- Addressing personnel safety related to CO₂ or other asphyxiating gases in
- Introduced guidance related to passive fire-retarding surface for helidecks
- Introduced guidance related to tests
- Introduced the terms A-class and H-class for fire barriers
The full name of the standard is NS-EN ISO 13702:2024 Oil and gas industries - Control and mitigation of fires and explosions on offshore production installations - Requirements and guidelines.