Section 77(2) in The Petroleum And Natural Gas (Safety In Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008
(2)The licensee, the lessee, or as the case may be, the operator shall ensure that the following main safety functions with regard to permanently manned facilities are maintained in the event of an accident situation, namely:-(a)preventing escalation of accident situations in such a manner that personnel outside the immediate vicinity of the scene of accident, are not injured;(b)maintaining the main load carrying capacity in load bearing structures until the facility has been evacuated;(c)protecting rooms of significance to combating accidental events, in such a manner that they are operative until the facility has been evacuated;(d)protecting the facility's safe areas in such a manner that they remain intact until the facility has been evacuated; and(e)maintaining at least one evacuation route from every area where personnel stay until evacuation to the facility's safe areas and rescue of personnel has been completed.
