by westoncompliance | Sep 18, 2025 | Health and Safety Executive, OMAR, Onshore, UK
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) website for the offshore oil and gas industry has been refreshed.The improvements will help all those working in the industry comply with health and safety law as they:bring the guidance up to dateremove obsolete or duplicated...
by westoncompliance | Sep 11, 2025 | Health and Safety Executive, Life saving appliances, Lifeboats, Occupational Health, OMAR, OPRED, UK
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published an update to offshore information sheet 12/2008, regarding big people in lifeboats and lifesaving appliances.The average weight and size of people working in the UK offshore industry has continued to increase since...
by westoncompliance | Jul 17, 2025 | Major accident, OMAR, OPRED, Safety, UK
The Offshore Major Accident Regulator (OMAR) strategy outlines a unified, risk-based framework for regulating offshore major accident hazards following the UK’s departure from the EU.It establishes joint governance by HSE’s Energy Division and OPRED, backed by annual...
by westoncompliance | Sep 11, 2024 | Offshore Installation, OMAR, Safety, UK
Since the UK left the EU, the Offshore Major Accident Regulator (OMAR) is now the UK’s Offshore Competent Authority (previously known as the Offshore Safety Directive Regulator (OSDR)). How the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) regulates the offshore industry...
by westoncompliance | Mar 19, 2024 | Inspection, OMAR, OPRED, Safety, UK
The Offshore Major Accident Regulator (OMAR) and the Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED) have published an inspection guide to provide information and guidance to all OMAR Inspectors within the Energy Division (ED) Offshore. This...
by westoncompliance | Sep 22, 2023 | Accident, Decommissioning, Health, Occupational Health, Offshore Installation, OMAR, OPRED, Radiation, UK
The Offshore Major Accident Regulator (OMAR) and The Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED) have published this guidance document which outlines an approach to inspection of dutyholder’s arrangements for managing health risks offshore...
by westoncompliance | Aug 24, 2023 | Health & Safety Executive, OMAR, UK, Wells
The Offshore Major Accident Regulator (OMAR) provide a framework diagram which describes the process by which OMAR will inspect well notifications. This framework has been updated. Read more… Source: HSE.
by westoncompliance | Mar 24, 2023 | Health & Safety Executive, Health and Safety, Offshore Installation, OMAR, Operations, OPRED, Wells
The Offshore Major Accident Regulatory (OMAR), the Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment & Decommissioning (OPRED) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published revision 0.05 of the CAP Industry User Guidance. Read more… Source: OMAR, OPRED...
by westoncompliance | Feb 16, 2023 | Installation, Offshore Installation, OMAR, Safety, Safety case, UK
The Offshore Major Accident Regulator (OMAR) has published an updated version of the document ‘Resolving differences of professional judgement and finely balanced decisions framework diagram’. The document can be found on the OMAR webpage ‘Safety...
by westoncompliance | Jan 25, 2023 | Accident, Environment, Health & Safety Executive, Health and Safety, OMAR, Permits and Licences, Radiation, Radioactive Substances, UK
The Offshore Major Accident Regulator (OMAR) has issued a revised version of Operations Notice 4. The previous version of the ON was published in August 2017. The regulatory framework governing radioactive substances in the UK has been updated: – The Radioactive...
by westoncompliance | Jan 25, 2023 | Accident, BEIS, Health & Safety Executive, Health and Safety, Oil Pollution, OMAR, OPRED, Pollution, Reporting, UK
The Offshore Major Accident Regulator (OMAR) has issued an up-to-date version of Operations Notice 30 now that the UK has left the EU. Furthermore, references to OSDR and DECC have been updated to OMAR and BEIS OPRED respectively. The previous version of the ON was...
by westoncompliance | Jan 24, 2023 | Accident, Consents, Health & Safety Executive, Health and Safety, OMAR, Radiation, Radioactive Substances, UK
The Offshore Major Accident Regulator (OMAR) has issued an up-to-date version of Operations Notice 34 which includes reference to the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017. The previous version, published in August 2017, referred to the 1999 version of the regulations....
by westoncompliance | Jan 5, 2023 | Health & Safety Executive, Health and Safety, Inspection, Offshore Installation, OMAR, OPRED, UK, Wells
The Offshore Well Control Inspection Guide has been updated. The following additions have been made: – Inspection guide for High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) (Appendices 2 & 3) – Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) (Appendices 4 & 5) well...
by westoncompliance | Dec 6, 2022 | Accident, Consultation, Health & Safety Executive, Health and Safety, Inspection, Offshore Installation, Oil Pollution, OMAR, OSDR, Pollution, Regulatory Process, Reporting, Safety, UK
In March 2021 the Offshore Safety Directive Regulator (OSDR), now known as the Offshore Major Accident Regulator (OMAR), sought views from industry and other stakeholders on how it has performed over the past five years in delivering its Government commitments as the...
by westoncompliance | Nov 28, 2022 | BEIS, Decommissioning, Environment, Health, Health & Safety Executive, Health and Safety, Occupational Health, OMAR, OPRED, UK
The MoU between the Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently been updated. The MoU has been tested for clarity with stakeholders and replaces the previous version dated June 2020....
by westoncompliance | Nov 22, 2022 | Accident, Health & Safety Executive, Health and Safety, Navigation, Offshore Installation, OMAR, Safety, Safety Zone, Subsea, UK
The Offshore Major Accident Regulator (OMAR) has published a new version of ON 54 Establishment of safety zones for sub-sea installations which was last updated in February 2007. The main changes are: – Contact details have all been changed to email addresses...
by westoncompliance | Nov 22, 2022 | Accident, Health & Safety Executive, Health and Safety, Navigation, Offshore Installation, OMAR, UK
The Offshore Major Accident Regulator (OMAR) has published a new version of the ON 42 Offshore Development Areas (ODAs) which was last updated in January 2002. The main changes are: – Contact details have all been changed to email addresses (previously postal...
by westoncompliance | Oct 5, 2022 | BEIS, Environment, Health & Safety Executive, Health and Safety, OMAR, Safety, UK
Appendix C has recently been revised by the Offshore Major Accident Regulator (OMAR). This guidance provides an understanding of the requirements regarding licence applications and appointment of operators. Appendix C has been updated to provide further clarification...
by westoncompliance | Sep 28, 2022 | Health & Safety Executive, Offshore Installation, OMAR, Safety, Safety case, UK
The Offshore Major Accidents Regulator (OMAR) has published revision 2 of Operations Notice 84. This Operations Notice identifies the two regimes that are now in place for offshore oil and gas operations in UK waters. It highlights the differences between terminology...
by westoncompliance | Aug 18, 2022 | BEIS, Health and Safety, Offshore Installation, OMAR, OPRED, Transport, UK
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published an updated version of Operations Notice 6 which was last reviewed in August 2020. It has been revised to take account of legislative changes and contact address details.OMAR, BEIS, OPRED and HSE.Read more…Source:...
