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Alarm Performance Standards
Standards and guidelines are developed to capture and reuse valuable experience and lessons learnt from poor alarm management, incidents and accidents.
Before selecting which standard and guideline to use for your production facility, it is important to understand the different options.
This 14-pages paper provides an introduction to alarm performance standards and discusses the most commonly used standards in the oil and gas industry on the Norwegian continental shelf:
- EEMUA 191
- ISA 18.2
- IEC62682
Some best practices and company requirements, as well as a typical hierarchy is also included. Reference to statutory and regulatory requirements is given, along with other relevant standards.