Helicopter guidelines for land seismic & helirig operations - OGP

Helicopter guidelines for land seismic & helirig operations
13 Third party considerations
13.1 Avoiding undue risk or nuisance to 3 rd parties
13.1.1 In planning and executing the operations, the Parties should do their utmost to avoid
risk or nuisance to 3 rd parties, which as a minimum should include:
1. Risk avoidance:
a. Avoid over flying built up or populated areas, in particular with external
loads.
b. Coordination with other local aviation activities, such as crop spraying.
c. Keeping 3 rd parties (in particular children) at a safe distance.
d. Where landings need to be made on grounds with public access (eg for
emergency purposes), ensure the area is made safe beforehand, or have extra
crew in the aircraft to be deployed quickly around the aircraft.
2. Nuisance avoidance:
a. Adequate distance between base camps and regularly used helipads (staging
areas) and population.
b. Avoid disturbing any farm live stock .
13.2 Requests for assistance
13.2.1 As a matter of policy, no assistance should be provided to 3 rd parties, other than in
case of life and limb threatening emergency situations.
13.2.2 The Parties should consider developing a protocol to be used in case emergency
assistance needs to be provided to 3 rd parties (SAR, Medevac). The preferred option is
for such emergency assistance to be coordinated through and to be requested by the
local authorities.
13.2.3 Airborne transport of patients should be subject to qualified medical advise.
13.3 Requests for fuel
13.3.1 Fuel from own stock should normally not be provided to 3 rd parties.
13.3.2 In case fuel from own stock needs to be provided to 3 rd parties for emergency reasons
only, such delivery should be subject to a hold harmless declaration to be signed by the
3 rd party.
13.4 Assistance in case of aviation emergency
13.4.1 Requests for SAR and similar assistance in case of an aviation emergency in the area,
if received from the local authorities or other aircraft operators, should be honored
forthwith, in line with aviation industry practice.
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