Notices served

Notice 309307546 served against ExxonMobil Chemical Limited on 25/09/2018
Notice Type	Improvement Notice
Description	Failed to demonstrate to the competent authority that you have taken all measures necessary to prevent major accidents and to limit their consequences for human health and the environment in that following identification of three sections of corroded small bore pipework on the Ethylene import line near control valve BR-002 you have failed to ascertain the remaining well thickness at corroded areas and use that information to verify that the risks associated with a leak of ethylene occurring are reduced to as low as is reasonably practicable. Failed to take all measures necessary to prevent major accidents and to limit their consequences for human health and the environment in that you do not have an effective integrity management system that is proportionate to the hazards and ensures that you manage and control the risks associated with ageing equipment installed in the establishment and it's corrosion.Prevention should be considered in a hierarchy based on the principles of reducing risk to a level as low as is reasonably practicable (ALARP). There were instances at your site including pipework in COMAH duty with extensive external corrosion scale, where it would have been reasonably practicable to determine the actual damage present and degradation rates and mechanisms of the equipment rather than relying on problematic analyses to determine fitness for service.
Compliance Date	23/10/2018	Revised Compliance Date
Result	Complied with
Breaches involved in this Notice

Location of Offence
Address	Fife Ethylene Plant Braefoot B Po Box 14 Braefoot Bay BURNTISLAND Fife KY3 0XR Scotland	Region	Scotland
		Local Authority	Fife UA
		Industry	Total service industries
		Main Activity	46719 - WSL FUELS/RELATED PRODUCTS NEC
		Type of Location	Fixed
HSE Details
HSE Group	CEMHDU1H	HSE Directorate	Chemical Explo & Microbio Hazards Division
HSE Area		HSE Division	Scotland