Critical Analysis of Health, Safety and Environment in Downstream Sector of Oil and Gas Production in the Netherlands

Running head: HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT
CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT IN HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIROMENT
CAUSED BY DOWNSTREAM SECTOR IN OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION IN THE
NETHERLAND
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Chapter 1- INTRODUCTION
1.1 Introduction
In petroleum and oil industry downstream sector is the refining and processing of crude
petroleum oil (Tordo et al. 2013). It is very important to secure a healthy environment for the
downstream oil industry in Netherland. In this chapter, the background of this study, aim and
objective of this research, research question, possible limitations of the study, rational of this
study will be discussed.
1.2 Background of the Study
Health and safety environment (HSE) is very much important in every industry as it is
directly associated with the safety of the worker. In oil and gas industry the HSE is very much
important as the workers are directly exposed to the various chemicals and various hazardous
sounds. So it is very much important to maintain the HSE in the workplace. The concept of
health safety in work place was first came at the time of industrial revolution as more number of
people started to work in a very poor condition and the conditions were very much dangerous for
the children too. In 1802, Sir Robert Peel first introduced the Factory act 1802. After that, in
order to provide safety, various acts had been introduced such as Occupational Safety and Health
Act 1970, Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (Holt and Allen 2015). It is very important to
maintain a proper HSE in the oil industry as it is a subject of various laws and regulations and
breaching of those laws will cause various bad consequences. In addition to this, it is also
associated with the wellbeing of the workers, customers and the visitors. A work place with
proper health and safety environment will lead to a good reputation of the company and
simultaneously enhance the employer’s job satisfaction.

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1.3 Research Aim
The research aim is to enhance the health and safety standard in the downstream industry
of oil and gas in the Netherlands and at the same time the protection of environment from this
industry is also important. So by this research we will try to improve the health and safety of the
worker and at the same time will try to protect the environment.
1.2 Research Objective
The primary objectives of this research are as follows.
1. To assess the effect on health of workers due to the activities in the downstream oil and gas
industry.
2. To examine the effect on safety of workers due to the activities in the downstream oil and gas
industry.
3. To rectify the effect on Environment due to the activities in the downstream oil and gas
industry.
1.3 Research Question
Our main research questions are as follows-
1) What is the effect on health of workers due to the activities in the downstream oil and gas
industry?
2) What is the effect on safety of workers due to the activities in the downstream oil and gas
industry?
3) How environment is affected by the activities in the downstream oil and gas industry?

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1.4 Rational
The health, safety and environment is very much important in case of any industry. In addition to
this maintain a proper environmental condition is very much important. In recent times it is seen
that oil pollution has become a serious issue in Netherlands. In a report of oil and gas industry in
UK it is seen that, the oil and gas industry is very much prone to accidents of the workers and the
numbers of mishaps cannot be neglected at all (Borwell, 2016). In order to quantify the condition
of Netherland, it is very important to conduct the research in oil and gas industry of Netherland.
1.7 Scope and Limitation
The main limitations of this study is time as the study will be conducted within 10 weeks.
In addition to this fund for this study is another barrier in the way of this study. In future, if the
study can be conducted with a long time period, the result of the study will be more reliable.
1.8 Project Outline
In this study, we are mainly proposing a research to find out the effect of oil and gas
industry on health and safety environment. We will complete our work by the end of 10
weeks.
Chapter Two
Literature Review
The downstream oil and gas industry are assumed as one of the most hazardous for the
workers in various countries in the world. So it is recommended that, in this industry, there
should be proper use of various safety equipment and measures in order to maintain a safe