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Dy

na

m

ic

P

ositionin

g

O

p

erations

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

6

0

6

ma

i

ntenance

,

the

i

dent

i

f

i

cat

i

on

of

operat

i

ona

l

r

i

s

k

and

the

competence

of

personne

l. T

hese

D

ynam

i

c

Pos

i

t

i

on

i

ng

G

o

l

den

R

u

l

es

ref

l

ect

the

li

n

k

ages

between

these

three

k

ey e

l

ements

.

4.

2 Dy

na

m

ic

P

ositionin

g

co

d

e o

f p

ractice an

d ph

iloso

phy

overvie

w

4.

2

.1

A

si

mp

le

Dy

na

m

ic

P

ositionin

g

co

d

e o

f p

ractice; t

h

e

B

o

u

r

b

on

Dy

na

m

ic

P

ositionin

g

“G

ol

d

en

Ru

les

”

BO

U

RBON i

s

comm

i

tted

to

supp

l

y

i

ng

our

c

li

ents w

i

th modern

standard

i

zed

D

P

vesse

l

s

.

T

he

BO

U

RBON D

P

code

of

pract

i

ce

and

the

assoc

i

ated

D

ynam

i

c

Pos

i

t

i

on

i

ng

G

o

l

den

R

u

l

es

summar

i

ze

our

DP Procedures

and

DP Best Practices. These procedures

are

based

on

D

P

i

nc

i

dents

and

e

x

per

i

ences

i

n

our

O

rgan

i

zat

i

on

.

T

hey

are

not

i

ntended

to

address

or

ant

i

c

i

pate

every

s

i

tuat

i

on

but

are meant to re

i

nforce

those

cr

i

t

i

ca

l

areas

of

our

e

xi

st

i

ng

D

P management

systems

that

present

a

h

i

gh

r

i

s

k

of

ser

i

ous

D

P

stat

i

on

k

eep

i

ng

i

nc

i

dent

i

f

not

fo

ll

owed

. T

herefore

,

they must be

adhered

to at

a

ll

t

i

mes when

operat

i

ng

on

D

P

.

T

he

D

ynam

i

c

Pos

i

t

i

on

i

ng

G

o

l

den

R

u

l

es

are

app

li

cab

l

e

on

board

any

BO

U

RBON D

P

vesse

l

and

the

pr

i

nc

i

p

l

es

be

l

ow

cover

a

ll

types

of wor

k

our

vesse

l

s

are

lik

e

l

y

to

do on

D

P:

S

erv

i

ng

our

c

li

ents

and meet

i

ng

or

e

x

ceed

i

ng

the

i

r

e

x

pectat

i

ons

w

i

th

regards

to

D

P

operat

i

ons

w

ill

resu

l

t

i

n

more

opportun

i

t

i

es

. W

here

you

see

opportun

i

t

i

es

to

safe

l

y

and

econom

i

ca

ll

y

de

li

ver

better

offshore

serv

i

ces

on

D

P

than e

x

pected

,

p

l

ease: A

l

ways meet or

e

x

ceed

c

li

ent

D

P

re

q

u

i

rements

.

A

fundamenta

l

aspect

of

successfu

l D

P

operat

i

ons

i

s

the

k

ey

D

P

personne

l

:

each

DP

O

,

E

T/

E

TO

,

E

OW

,

(P

ro

j

ect

) Sup

erinten

d

ent

(SI)

br

i

ngs

i

nd

i

v

i

dua

l

s

kill

s

and

k

now

l

edge

to

the

j

ob

. N

obody

i

s

e

x

pected

to

k

now

how

to

do

everyth

i

ng:

A

l

ways

i

nvo

l

ve

the

r

i

ght

peop

l

e

i

n

dec

i

s

i

ons

that

affect

D

P

procedures

and

D

P

e

q

u

i

pment

.

R

u

l

es

and

regu

l

at

i

ons

are

estab

li

shed

to

reduce

r

i

s

k

s:

A

l

ways

comp

l

y

w

i

th

a

ll

app

li

cab

l

e

ru

l

es

and

regu

l

at

i

ons

for

vesse

l

s w

i

th

D

P

systems

.

A

ll

our

D

P

C

l

ass

2

and

3

vesse

l

s

have redundancy

i

n

des

i

gn

and

should

be

set

up

to

be

as

re

li

ab

l

e

as

pract

i

ca

l

when operat

i

ng

i

n

D

P

.

A

ll

our

D

P

C

l

ass

2

and

3

vesse

l

s

have

been

des

i

gned to

safe

l

y

perform

spec

i

f

i

c

tas

k

s

w

i

th

i

n

documented

li

m

i

ts:

vesse

l

s

w

i

th

th

i

s

I

M

O D

P

C

l

ass

should

be

operated w

i

th

i

n

post

W

orst

C

ase

F

a

il

ure

(W

C

F)

capab

ili

ty

w

i

th

i

n

the

set

des

i

gn

or

env

i

ronmenta

l li

m

i

ts

.

O

n most

D

P

1 C

l

ass

vesse

l

s

and

any

C

l

ass

2

or

3

D

P vesse

l

s

,

there

i

s

system

segregat

i

on/redundancy

to

protect

aga

i

nst

pos

i

t

i

on

l

oss

i

n

the

event

of

act

i

ve

component

fa

il

ure:

a

l

ways ma

i

nta

i

n

i

ntegr

i

ty

of

ded

i

cated

systems

.

T

he

same

seamansh

i

p

pr

i

nc

i

p

l

es

app

l

y when

operat

i

ng

the

vesse

l i

n

D

P

as when

dr

i

v

i

ng manua

ll

y:

the

same

safe wor

k

pract

i

ces

and

procedures

should

be

fo

ll

owed whether

i

n manua

l

or

i

n

D

P mode

.

O

ur

vesse

l

s

engaged

i

n

D

P

w

ill

necessar

il

y

be

operat

i

ng

i

n

c

l

ose

v

i

c

i

n

i

ty

to

offshore

p

l

atforms

or

(

sub

)

surface e

q

u

i

pment and

i

nfrastructure

,

and

should

a

l

ways

be

operated

i

n

a

safe and

contro

ll

ed

cond

i

t

i

on

.

T

here

should

be

a

procedure

for

every

tas

k

to

be

performed

i

n

D

P

that

i

nvo

l

ves

s

i

gn

i

f

i

cant

recogn

i

zed

r

i

s

k

:

a

l

ways

fo

ll

ow wr

i

tten procedures

on

h

i

gh

r

i

s

k D

P operat

i

ons

or

unusua

l

s

i

tuat

i

ons

i

n

D

P

.

C

i

rcumstances

that

cou

l

d

cause

abnorma

l

cond

i

t

i

ons must not

be

i

gnored

even

th

i

s

cou

l

d

l

ead

to

changes

i

n

D

P

status: a

l

ways

address

abnorma

l

cond

i

t

i

ons

and

report any

D

P

i

nc

i

dent

.

A

ll k

ey

D

P

personne

l

have

respons

i

b

ili

ty

,

author

i

ty

and

accountab

ili

ty

to

ensure

that

the

re

q

u

i

rements

of

the

D

ynam

i

c Pos

i

t

i

on

i

ng

G

o

l

den

R

u

l

es

are

constant

l

y

respected and

app

li

ed

.

Vers

i

on

SF (BOS-

P

RD-0

7

0

1

.000

6

-

ver

.

C

R).O

r

i

g

i

na

l D

ate:

3

1

/

1

2

/

20

1

5

.

Vers

i

on

D

ate:

N

/A

.

Va

li

d

vers

i

on

on

l

y

on

QM

S

s

i

te

.

U

ncontro

ll

ed

document

when

pr

i

nted

.

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of

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BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Approved

by:

BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Va

li

dated by:

BOS

Qua

li

ty

R

epresentat

i

ve

.

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