Salunda will provide its Crew Hawk Red Zone monitoring service to bp for use across the company’s North Sea hubs.
It follows successful field trials of the system on bp’s Clair Ridge platform west of Shetland, implemented to ensure safer Red Zone management for various hazardous operations.
This is the first time the technology has been used for well interventions, Salunda added.
Crew Hawk wirelessly monitors hazardous working environments in real time, tracking individuals and equipment to provide feedback said to support safe operations and reduced risk.
Following delivery of the equipment to Clair Ridge, it was tested for location accuracy, operating modes and reliability to confirm the crew’s individual alarms were activated as programmed.
Crew Hawk, which complies with the certification requirements (MET, IECEx and ATEX), allows the user to set up perimeters in the working environment around areas presenting the greatest risk to personnel.
When an individual enters an exclusion area (Red Zone), the system triggers an alarm, sending notifications both to the individual’s personal locator and the area authority, so both can take corrective action.
According to Salunda, Crew Hawk can provide an additional layer of awareness and alerts to operational plans while working with rig control solutions.
Performance dashboards provide an overview of operational and safety statistics, with a playback feature enabling a more in-depth investigation of zone violations or incidents in a work area.
Heat maps of the location of individuals can also be used to support operating procedures, placement of personnel and area layouts.
Earlier this year, Salunda announced it won a multi-year contract to install its Crew Hawk Red Zone monitoring service on a jackup rig in the Middle East.
