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Health, Safety and Environment Study in Cudi-1 Exploration Well
Bahadır Ekizer 1 , Ş. Doğa Atay 1 , Naci Köse 1 , Erkan Buzpınar 1 , Yusuf Şenel 2 , Fatih Aydın 3 ,
Eren Eroğlu 3
1 Turkish Petroleum Corporation, HSE Department, Ankara
2 Turkish Petroleum Corporation, HSE Department, Batman
3 Turkish Petroleum Corporation, HSE Department, Adıyaman
To date, Turkey Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) which is the leader in the integration of Turkey
oil fields and all petroleum industry; has adopted , concept of Occupational Health, Safety and
Environmental Protection determining to the concepts of configuring and operating principles in
all work areas in these matters and is continuing its activities in accordance with legal regulations
in all petroleum areas. TPAO, which carries out the national and international hydrocarbon
exploration and production activities, creates partnerships with foreign oil companies onshore as
well as offshore. In these projects in parallel with technical operations, TPAO plans and executes
the aspects of health, safety and environmental awareness. Cudi-1 exploratory well operations,
which is one of these activities; in the Southeastern Anatolia IX. Oil Field, with the registration
number of AR/TPO-CET-NTP/2763, was carried out under the partnership of TPAO, Chevron and
NVT Perenco, in which TPC was the operator. The operations in the Cudi-1 wells, which is 25 km
north-east of Silopi, Sirnak, were completed between May 2009-May 2010. In Cudi-1 exploration
well studies, The Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) Department of TPC, collaborated with
other relevant technical departments from the beginning of the Project both planning stage
and during drilling operation. In line with TPC HSE Department procedures, the preparation and
implementation of well-specific emergency plans, waste management plans, the organization of
meetings auditing activities and maintenance of clerical (paper) work of HSE, HSE Observation
Card Application, Staff ID Card Application, daily HSE reports have been conducted. The barrel
type incinerator has been used on a regular basis as a waste disposal system For the first time
in land wells; the professional services of “Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) Detection and Protection
System (Cascade) Service” and “24-hour Emergency Medical Response Service”, which includes
an assigned doctor, a medical technician and an ambulance service, were provided by local firms.
In this paper, Cudi-1 well experiences which is the best practises of HSE Standards in very highrisky
area is aimed to sharing
Keywords: Ocupational Safety, Health Environmental Protection
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