Conferences
The International Regulators' Forum periodically hosts an Offshore Safety Conference.
Regulatory officials from all nations with ongoing or proposed offshore oil and gas activity are invited to attend with the intention of sharing experiences and comparing differences in regulatory approach and safety performance.
Agenda
Speaker Bio
Videos
Session 1: Keynote speaker – Sidney Dekker
Session 2.1: Social license to operate and to regulate
Session 3: Executive accountability and oversight
Session 5: IRF Panel Session (UK, USA, AUS, Canada, Norway & Netherlands)
Session 7.1: Engaging with the workforce
Session 7.2: Managing ongoing liabilities including finance assurance
Session 8.1: New technology to reduce risk
Session 8.2: Capping stack
Session 9.1: Investigation quality/sharing and application of learnings
Session 9.2: Best practise safety management for offshore renewables
Session 10.1: Digitisation and cybersecurity
Session 10.2: Decommissioning
Session 11: Global Industry Panel
Agenda
Speaker Bio
Presentations
IRF Sessions
PS1A - IRF Study on Safety Culture Indicators - Claudine Bradley - NEB
PS1A - Safe Choice overview - Culture and Conversations - Stephen Edwards - ExxonMobil
PS1A - Safety Culture - TOTALs Journey - Steve Rose - Total
PS1B - Big Data and Knowledge - Are we doing enough to prevent MAE - Mario Alonso - BH
PS1B - Knowledge sharing and Big Data - Colin Stuart - Queensland Government
PS1B - Knowledge sharing and Big Data - Derrick OKeeffe - NOPSEMA
PS3 - Maintaining Safe Operations - Results of a MultiNational audit - Walker HSE and Melleby PSA
PS4 - Improving on Safe Operational Transaction in Late Field Life - John Telform - EnQuest
PS4 - Improving on Safe Operational Transaction in Late Field Life - Marcelo Macedo - ANP
PS4 - Improving on Safe Operational Transaction in Late Field Life - Stale Tungesvik - Equinor
PS5 - Cyber threats and the petroleum industry - Ueland - PSA
PS5 - Digitalization in Oil and Gas - Qvam - Sintef DNV-GL
PS6 - Cyber Security Risk - John Pirie - HSE
PS7 - Risk Identification and Mitigation for New Technology - Doug Morris - BSEE
PS7 - Risk Identification and Mitigation for New Technology - Gregg Walz - Anadarko
PS7 - Risk Identificiation and Mitigationfor New Technology - Graeme Waters - NOPTA
PS8 - BOP - Industry X.0 - Zev Arnold - accenture
PS8 - BOP Reliability - an operators journey - Trent Fleece - BP
People Sessions
PS1 - The Disengagement of Statutory Instrument No.971 - Allan Smillie - TAQA
PS2 - Non-Technical Skills training and implementation - Crichton Moffat Roberts - PFC
PS4 - Safer Operations through Evidence Based Training - Rae and Flin
PS5 - Ask a Safety Rep - FitzGerald and Sheppard
PS7 - Inspiring the next generation and leadership with a passion for safety - Emma Bel - absafe
PS8 - A Learning Community Approach to Process Safety Competency - Deddis and Renton
Plant Sessions
PS1 - Internal Riser Inspections - Getting it right first time every time - Paul Wishart - BP
PS2 - Improving safety and increasing production through Non-Intrusive Inspection - Hollins Allison
PS4 - Evolving performance with technology and the people in our operation - Mark Wilson - ConocoPh
PS6 - Operator Workbench - Claire Day - BP
PS7 - Optimising HAZOP Spend in Operations and Design - Conor Crowley - Atkins
Process Sessions
PS1 - Lessons in Collaboration - Laura Petrie - Ledingham Chalmers LLP
PS2 - Bow Ties in Risk Management - Charles Cowley - Energy Institute
PS3 - Major accident collision risk management of DynPos marine operations - Olav Saeter - Equinor
PS4 - Lessons have been learned or have they - Tony Gower-Jones - Tripod
PS5 - Perspectives on Addressing Cumulative Risk - Mansfield and Forster - ESR Technology
PS6 - The Safety Case For A New Generation - Gray and Gray - Burness Paull LLP
PS7 - Safety Case for Tomorrow - John Morgan - DNV-GL
PS8 - Ensuring critical knowledge and learning is retained for reuse across generations - DNV-GL
Plenary Sessions
Prevention of Major Accidents - Terry-Cooper-Total
What does the future have in store - Phil Kirk - Chrysaor
What does the future have in store (Safety 4.0) - Malcolm Banks - OGTC
What does the future have in store (UKCS Workforce Dynamics Review) - John McDonald - OPITO
IRF Communique
Welcome Letter
Agenda
Summary
Speaker Bios
IRF Communique
Summary
Presentations
Safety culture – effective improvement strategies
Conference welcome and introduction
Safety case regulation post-Macondo
Competence, credentials, compliance changing culture in the drilling industry
Update on progress of collaborative efforts
Safety and environmental enhancements for the Gulf of Mexico post-Macondo
Emergency response in case of blow out in shallow waters
How the United Kingdom industry is dealing with reducing hydrocarbon releases
How the Australian industry is dealing with reducing hydrocarbon releases
Industry perspective – Petrobras approach to aspects of asset integrity and process safety