Chapter III
PETROLEUM SAFETY PROTECTION
Article 13.- Organizations and individuals conducting petroleum activities in Vietnam shall be obliged to ensure safety for petroleum activities as well as petroleum projects, means and equipment according to the provisions of this Decree, and to observe the Regulation on the safety management in petroleum activities as well as relevant law provisions of Vietnam in order to protect safely human lives and health, properties and the environment.
Article 14.- Organizations and individuals conducting petroleum activities in Vietnam shall have the responsibility to:
1. Establish and maintain the safety management system, ensure effective control of risks throughout the operation process from designing, construction, test running, operation, exploitation to dismantlement of projects;
2. Establish and maintain the emergency aid and rescue system and apply necessary aid and rescue measures when fires, explosions, accidents or incidents occur;
3. Work out emergency aid and rescue plans compatible with the national emergency aid and rescue system, organize regular training and periodical exercises according to the plans;
4. Implement all environmental protection plans and take measures to prevent pollution and overcome consequences caused by environmental pollution incidents.
Article 15.-
1. Laborers expected to work at petroleum projects, with petroleum means and/or equipment must be provided with training in safety knowledge and skills according to regulations so that they can meet the requirements of the assigned jobs; be equipped with adequate labor safety equipment.
2. During the working process, laborers must strictly observe the regulations on fire prevention and fighting and labor environment protection; the protection of human health and lives and safety for petroleum projects, means and equipment.
3. People on working or sight-seeing visits at petroleum agencies or enterprises must strictly observe the internal rules and regulations on reception, working and sight-seeing according to the requirements and guidance of the petroleum agencies and enterprises, in order to protect security and safety for petroleum activities as well as petroleum projects, means and equipment.
Article 16.-
1. At the petroleum offices, enterprises, projects, means and equipment, there must be appropriate forces to safely protect them, prevent and fight fires and explosions, and prevent and intercept incidents.
2. Security and safety forces must satisfy all conditions on professional qualities and qualifications and be equipped with necessary means in order to fulfill the tasks of protecting petroleum security and safety within their respective responsibilities.
Article 17.-
1. For petroleum projects on the mainland, the safety corridors must be established and there must be forms of making public the regulations on the protection of the safety corridors so that everyone can know and comply with.
2. In the safety corridor, it is strictly forbidden to build projects, to plant perennial trees, burn fires, use heat- or fire-emitting devices and carry out other activities that may cause harm to petroleum projects.
3. Where it is necessary to use a safety corridor for security, defense or other special purposes, the permission of a competent State bodies must be obtained and measures to ensure safety for petroleum projects must be taken.
4. The safety corridors around petroleum projects on the mainland shall be prescribed by competent State bodies at the proposal of Vietnam Oil and Gas Corporation.
Article 18.-
1. Organizations and individuals that have no responsibility are strictly forbidden to encroach upon, or carry out activities in any form in, the safety zone of offshore petroleum projects, except for special cases permitted by the Prime Minister.
2. The width of the safety zone of an offshore petroleum project is 500 m outwards calculated from the outermost edge of the project or from the anchoring position for floating means.
3. Within two nautical miles calculated from the outermost edge of an offshore petroleum project, means, boats and ships that have no responsibility must not be anchored.
4. The co-ordinates of the safety zones surrounding offshore petroleum activities or projects shall be announced by the Vietnamese maritime security authority at the proposal of Vietnam Oil and Gas Corporation.
Tìm kiếm
Nghị định 03/2002/NĐ-CP (Bản Word)