OCS Group – Hazardous Area & High Voltage Commissioning, Inspection & Training Services

Published 08 Nov 2017

by Chris Dodds T&D - estimated reading time 5 minutes

Headquartered in the USA, OCS Group is one of the largest independent inspection company’s, developing many proprietary services and products over the last 20 years for all their clients within the oil, gas, energy and hazardous area industries.

OCS Group works in collaboration with the regulators, government agencies and leading industry bodies for electrical safety in the work place to provide the best training available in the USA in respect to hazardous areas and high voltage power systems.

It is acknowledged that OCS Group is the industries leading expert in electrical safety and this has resulted in a growing relationship and ongoing collaboration with UL to provide the best of industry related competency based training. In addition, OCS is the leading training provider to drilling contractors and operators working in hazardous area and on high voltage systems in their region.

With offices in the USA, Singapore, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, UAE and India, OCS Group provides a wide range of services to international oil and gas industries and other industrial engineering and energy markets.

OCS GROUP – Life Cycle of Services

OCS Group delivers these services with an unwavering commitment to the highest safety and quality standards, evidenced by IS0 9001:2015 certification.

Project Management & Commissioning

OCS has global experience of over 150 successful hazardous area and high voltage project management, engineering, testing and acceptance projects delivered on time and budget.

All projects are managed through proprietary software developed in house specifically for land assets, jack-ups, platforms, FPSO’s, drill ships and refineries.

Inspections, Audits & Compliance

OCS Group over 20 years has built strong relationships with operators and contractors providing solutions for all types of hazardous area and high voltage inspections, audits and compliance surveys.

• Rig Inspections
• Hazardous Area
• DROPS
• NDT
• MCT
• Valuation
• Rope Access
• Competency Audits

Preservation & Reactivation

OCS Group provides VCI materials, experienced and qualified personnel for application and preservation management for large and small projects. For 20 years OCS Group has been providing rig and asset re-activation services, continuously proving the process by ensuring your asset is ready to operate.

Software Solutions

• Hazard Trac: Hazardous Area Strategy and Management Software
• Drops Trac: Managing Drops on an asset, regional or global scale.
• Project Trac: Managing complex asset builds ensuring project delivery
• Inspection Trac: Tracking routine inspections and corrective action closeouts
• MCT Trac: Managing and Maintaining the required MCT register

Training & Competency

• CompEx Scheme: 01-04
• CompEx Mechanical
• Marine High Voltage (STCW-USCG)
• Hazardous Areas HAET – IADC
• Electrical for Industrial Applications
• Electrical for Renewable Applications
• Customized Training Programs
• Online Training

High Voltage

Houston based OCS Group has been awarded the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Marine High Voltage Safety accreditation as a Marine High Voltage Training Provider.

Hazardous Area Electrical (Ex) Management

OCS Group is a leading hazardous area (Ex) equipment Inspection Company, evidenced by their loyal clientele comprised of renowned, international drilling companies.

OCS Group follows IEC and NEC standards, employing CompEx certified inspectors to work on every Ex hazardous area inspection. Additionally, the technical training of staff ensures the professionalism of the entire inspection crew and operations personnel have the specialised knowledge and skills necessary to comprehensively complete the job with utmost client satisfaction.

The hazardous area management plan includes creating a register of every item within the Ex location. The equipment is inventoried, logged, inspected, tagged and verified for compliance. The end result is a detailed report outlining the remedial tasks required to make the hazardous area zone safe.

The Hazardous Area Electrical Register (HAER) Inspection consists of several Phases to choose from. Client Preparation required is an up to date area drawings and to provide all hazardous area equipment certification and maintenance system records for review.

• Phase One is a detailed inspection of all Ex equipment located in the identified ‘Hazardous Area Locations’ (or Zones)
• Phase Two is a separate scope of work of remedial task management to correct the deficient items identified in Phase One
• Phase Three is optional and can consist of a specific scope of work such as an Emergency Shutdown Devices (ESD), or a competency assessment of the assets’ workforce in a live simulation of an electrical Safe Work Practices
  (SWP) audit

OCS Group – Solutions For Success

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Further Reading

• OCS Group Company Profile Size: 434.42 KB
• OCS Group – Hazardous Areas Life Cycle Size: 2.49 MB