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Engaging Stakeholders for Peaceful Operation in a Restive Environment
Authors: Attah Nkoyo Ekanem , Nnadi Vincent Gilbert , Royal Godwill 
Published: July 2010

ABSTRACT
The Niger Delta region of Nigeria is the main oil bearing region in the Country. Almost all the International Oil and Gas Companies (IOCs) carry out exploration and production activities in the region. Their operational bases, offices and residential accommodation are located in the region. However, alleged decades of lack of development of the area have raised social tension resulting in high level of insecurity to human and material assets of the International oil and Gas Companies.
Consequently, most IOCs have either suffered loss of production, outright stoppage of exploration and production activities and some have relocated offices, personnel and operations out of the region. In the mist of all these some IOCs have been able to re engineer their societal practices and have obtained the consent of the people and communities that host their facilities and assets in the region to operate peacefully.
This paper will share the experience of TOTAL Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited, TEPNG; an integrated International oil and gas company who have formed mutually beneficial partnership with the communities around their facilities and are therefore experiencing very cordial relationship with their hosts. This has enabled the company to increase their portfolio of investments in the region in spite of the restiveness.
Safety Step Change after Company Acquisition - A Journey to Incident Free Operations
Authors: Yunan Arief 
Published: July 2010

Abstract
Organization change, merger, or acquisition often raises concerns about the potential impact of the change on the health, safety and environmental performance of the business operations. Similar to other industries, mergers and acquisitions have occurred in the oil and gas industry. This paper describes one company's (the "Company") experience and approach to manage the risks of organizational changes on the health, environment and safety (HES) aspects. The approach applies the Antecedent, Behavior and Consequences (ABC) principle of Basic Behavior Base Safety by utilizing the Company's policies and Tenets of Operation as antecedent and the Company's Operational Excellence Management System (OEMS) and its processes and procedures as control tools in building the Company's safety culture.
The approach emphasizes the importance of leadership role in building safety culture and the Operational Excellence (OE) Management System, OE processes implementation, and strong participation from the personnel involved in safety critical work processes, including contractors. Areas such as experience, competence, responsibilities, accountability, and OE specific processes are discussed. These include how the Company developed the strategic focus to implement the OEMS, and prioritized and deployed the OE processes throughout the Company's organizations. Key activities included building leadership accountability by establishing the OE Leadership Team, building an OE culture through workforce engagement, deploying the Tenets of Operation and Stop Work Authority, and immediately reporting any incident including near miss (Flash Reporting). Several OE processes such as Incident Investigation & Reporting (IIR), Fundamental Safe Work Practices (FSWP), Contractor Health Environment Safety Management (CHESM), Behavior Based Safety (BBS), are discussed as examples. To promote the smooth deployment of the OE processes, organization capability was enhanced by filling in critical positions, refining and restructuring OE/HES organization, and developing people competency.
A historical performance review has shown that the approach has not only proven to be effective in reducing the risks associated with an acquisition but also has managed to enhance the HES performance of the Company.
Experience in Applying a Health Information Management System Through the Medical Module System for Employees in Latin America.
Authors: Martins Joyce , Montalvo Vinicio , Castillo Hugo 
Published: July 2010

Abstract
An important challenge for consolidating health-related information of various countries for most companies in the oil industry is to have consistent data that can be accessed, interpreted, and managed in a uniform manner. This paper describes the experience gained by a multinational company in its Latin American operations of implementing a regional program to manage health data throughout the company. The Latin America occupational health department, which is responsible for the areas of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela, has implemented a corporate medical module for these diverse countries to help ensure an alignment with company global standards and established policies.
The purpose of this medical module is to provide integrated data available in real time. By including medical information, such as physical evaluations, results, diagnosis, and impressions, the organization's occupational health staff is able to share important issues and identify significant trends that may affect the health of company employees. This information is strictly confidential and is accessible only by authorized personnel; the online system is protected by a password that is unique to each user.
Important occupational information has been obtained by the company with this tool, including blood type, Rh factor, cholesterol levels, blood pressure levels, body-mass index, immunization schemes, diabetes, and cigarette smoking. By identifying the most relevant information, the organization can define goals and objectives to be achieved throughout the year. The availability of information in real time will also enable convenient periodic reviews, as well as a periodic evaluation of the effectiveness of the programs established as a result of these reviews.
Alien Invasive Species: Risk And Management Perspectives For The Oil and Gas Industry
Authors: Rivas Giovanni , Moore Alec , Dholoo Erica , Mitchell Paul 
Published: July 2010

Abstract
The colonisation of new areas by species from outside the immediate environment is an important natural ecological process. However, human activities are rapidly increasing the number and rate of species introductions worldwide and linking areas that would otherwise be unconnected through natural colonisation processes. When introduced species become established outside their natural range as a result of human activity and threaten biodiversity, they are defined as Alien Invasive Species (AIS).
Alien species invasions are rising at an alarming rate. For example, studies of records for invasion-prone ports and estuaries have shown high rates of invasion by aquatic species; up to two to three new species every year have been reported for Port Phillip Bay in Australia, while up to one species every nine weeks has been reported for San Francisco Bay in the USA.
AIS can have severe impacts and they are known to cause negative ecosystem changes, threaten economic activities (such as fisheries), harm human health (through, for example, paralytic shellfish poisoning and cholera outbreaks) and result in the loss of biodiversity. It is no surprise that in economic terms the damage caused by AIS is enormous; the global cost is estimated at US$ 1.4 trillion per annum.
While the oil and gas (O&G) industry is certainly not unique in undertaking activities that can enable the transport and establishment of AIS, IPIECA acknowledges that many activities associated with the exploration, production and transportation of oil and gas have the potential to provide direct and indirect pathways for the transfer of AIS into new environments.
IPIECA also recognises that the eradication of established AIS is costly and technically very difficult if not impossible in many environments. In the majority of cases, prevention is therefore the most important approach and the most desirable management solution. In this context, IPIECA undertook a study on the management of AIS focusing on: The analysis of AIS-related literature (drawn from a range of industrial sectors) and its specific relevance to O&G activities, in order to build on existing good practice;The development of a risk assessment process for identifying priority issues based on (a) consideration of different direct and indirect pathways associated with principal O&G activities and (b) factors in play at the ‘source’ and ‘receiving’ environments that can influence the relative risk of AIS transmission; andThe preparation of guidance for preventing and minimising onshore and offshore AIS transmission.
To BAP or Not to BAP? Challenges and Opportunities in the Adoption of Biodiversity Action Plans for the Oil and Gas Sector
Authors: Croucher Toby , Dholoo Erica 
Published: July 2010

Abstract
While most companies are clear on the importance of biodiversity, it appears that only some companies are using Biodiversity Action Plans (BAPs). The flexibility in the use of BAPs, in particular the extent to which they are integrated as part of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) and overall environmental management plan (EMP) processes, has made them less visible, and to some extent invisible, as a discrete tool. Indeed many companies could now be more accurately characterised as engaging in biodiversity action "planning" as part of their overall approach, without packaging this approach into a published or discrete plan. Many companies are still using stand-alone BAPs for local business reasons but the trend appears to be towards integrated biodiversity action planning. This is a positive development in terms of industry behaviour but it raises two issues. Firstly, it serves to emphasise the importance of environmental impact management scope – with clear guidance for biodiversity related issues – as the critical one for industry and industry watchers. Secondly it means industry watchers themselves; the external rating agencies, lenders and non-governmental organisation (NGO) communities, must avoid seeing a BAP itself as a measure of a project making full consideration of biodiversity concerns, and ensure that any evaluation of project performance is able to consider the full biodiversity action planning activities, whether presented as a BAP or not.
Life Extension of Aging Petroleum Production Facilities Offshore
Authors: Ersdal Gerhard , Selnes Per Otto 
Published: July 2010

Abstract
A large part of the Norwegian gas and oil production facilities has reached their initial design life, but the respective fields are still producing substantial levels of hydrocarbons. In order to ensure technical and operational integrity of these ageing facilities the Norwegian oil industry Association (OLF) has initiated a project to establish the necessary standards and guidelines for assessing and ensuring safe life extensions. This paper presents this project and the headlines of these standards and guidelines.
Mapping Risk And Sensitivity: Partnerships To Develop Early Screening Tools
Authors: Barcellos Harris M. , Mills C. , Brooks S. , Silvestri S. , Besançon C. , Savy C. , Villa F. , Dholoo E. 
Published: July 2010

Abstract
The loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services has serious consequences for society, as well as to business actives. While there have been significant advances in the development of policies to incorporate biodiversity issues in a company's activities, reliable and accessible data on the distribution of biodiversity and ecosystem services can be a major hindrance to a company's ability to implement and conform to such policies. The development of biodiversity tools for use by the private sector is therefore of high importance to facilitate this transition from policy to performance. Key to this development is the role of cross-sectoral partnerships between the environmental and business sectors that have proved to be mutually beneficial in achieving sustainable, environmentally sound and lucrative business practices.
Proteus is a partnership between oil and gas, mining and technology companies and the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). Its goal is to make biodiversity and ecosystem information available to support decision-making. Proteus’ most significant achievements have been the compilation of global biodiversity data and the development of tools to aid accessibility by a range of sectors, including business. These include the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT). Proteus was also instrumental in the compilation of critical coastal and marine ecosystem datasets, which asupport the marine extension of the Artificial Intelligence for Ecosystem Services (ARIES); a new web-based tool for ecosystem services assessment, planning, and valuation of areas that are needed in order to maintain the interconnections between ecosystems and ensure their full functionality.
The development of new tools in the context of the partnership can help with sharing of expertise to build purposeful tools that address real world needs. Continued efforts to develop strong and productive partnerships, will enable further development of tools and information sources that can address the growing challenge of safeguarding the environment and the services that it provides for economic and social development alike. Understanding the internal and external, as well as the technical and institutional challenges and opportunities of the partnership provides a useful case-study to other organizations considering the development of online tools to address global socio-environmental challenges.
Impact Evaluation: A Sharper Tool for Corporate Reporting
Authors: Brusset Emery 
Published: July 2010

Abstract
Corporations today are struggling with the complexity and low ability to convince of sustainability reporting. On the other hand little known impact evaluation methods, or something akin to usable case study approaches to social reporting, are available. Evaluations have the advantage of being much more credible to NGOs, governments and pressure groups, which on occasion apply this discipline to their own work. They can be carried out in conflict environments to engage in dialogue with pressure groups and public stakeholders.
This paper presents examples of how impact evaluation can be managed (in Sudan and other conflict environments). This revolves around tracking of a chain of results, and good engagement with civil society actors. The paper is written for submission to the SPE International Conference of April 2010, to be presented for a panel discussion, and aimed at strengthening the case for a sharper targeting of reporting audiences.
The Use of Videowalls in Control Rooms: High Tech Appearence or Operational Help?
Authors: Duarte F. , Benoit-Gonin L. 
Published: July 2010

Abstract
The article has as aim to discuss the use of large screen presentation of process information (videowalls) in control rooms. It presents the results of an evaluation of the usage of these presentation devices of information in a control room in Brazil. One year and a half after the videowall operation had begun, an Ergonomics Work Analysis was carried out (observation and follow up of the operation activity) to evaluate the use of this device.
This article considers the ergonomic perspective, presenting the most commonly found traps and pitfalls. The paper aims to share the experiences obtained in this case study and generalized it to fit other control room projects. Thus, the results can be used as basis to help designers to (1) choose to use or not the videowalls and (2) what cautions need to be taken for an effective operational use.
Our results show that the operational use of videowall, is still very low. The process of screen design for videowall has come across organizational and technical difficulties that have considerably reduces the device's flexibility. In this case study, the videowall is an instrument for a management use rather than operational use. The introduction of a new presentation device of information in a control room should follow considerations about the real activity of the operators, and especial, aid the operators: 1 –in the construction of a global view of the process2 –in the communication with the other operators (support in the collective work)3 –in the reduction of short-term memory demands
The use of large screen for the presentation of operational information in control rooms can be a positive factor for the increase of industrial reliability. The elimination of old synoptic panel screens and its substitution for digital monitors brought many positive characteristics to the operation. However, the loss of a global view, the need to navigate between screens, the excessive number of alarms, amongst others, demand increasing cognitive efforts by part of the operators.
Ergonomics Considerations About Desktop Screen Design in Control Rooms
Authors: Duarte Francisco , Resende Adson , Gonin Léonar 
Published: July 2010

Abstract
This article aims to discuss and make some recommendations about the design of operator displays in control room. The results presented have come from an ergonomics intervention taken place for a petroleum company in Brazil. The methodology used was based on the Ergonomics Working Analysis. The recommendations were built based on detailed observations of the operator's activity. They were, also, validated with a group of operators, who have participated since the beginning in the new displays (screens/view) design.
The paper aims to share the experiences obtained in an ergonomic intervention and to generalize the observations to fit other control room projects. Thus, the results can be used as basis for new interventions and researches in ergonomics display design.
The ergonomics recommendations for the design of operator display in the console workstation are presented in two ways. On the one hand, they indicate "how" to present the information on the screens (way of presentation, letter size, colours…). In this case, the main sources of information came from an analysis of specialized literature and from the operator's experiences. On the other hand, the recommendations go further in the sense that they indicate "what" to present (the screen's content), as to minimize the navigation between screens and the construction of a global view of the process. In this case, they are based on the analysis of operator's activity and in the solutions created by them. It is joining both considerations that enable the operator to increase their cognitive resources and their experience. The recommendations presented here have a close relation with practice and possibilities of transformation in the analysed situation.
The operational reliability in the process industries is related to, amongst other factors, the conception of interface between the operators and the process. The operator display design may aid the operators in the construction of quicker and more precise diagnosis on the functioning of the process, enabling more effective actions and management of abnormal situations (disturbances in a process)
Functional Reliability Study of the Electrical Power System, Automation System and Ballast System to Maintain the Balance of a FPSO Platform
Authors: Rocha Gustavo Cruzeiro , Vasconcellos José Marcio , Frutuoso e Melo Paulo Fernando 
Published: July 2010

Abstract
This paper evaluates the functional reliability of the interactions amongst the electric power system, hydraulic power system, safety interlock and automation system, ballast system and the loading system of a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) platform, considering an emergency scenario where the platform is subjected to an adverse band.
This atypical situation demands a high reliability performance from the analyzed systems, because the occurrence of additional failures within those systems can lead to a lack of functionality and reduce dramatically the chance of the emergency remediation and the FPSO balance condition recovery. In an extreme case, those additional functional failures could even worsen the emergency scenario driving the platform to a band condition that would demand the crew's immediate disembarkation and abandonment of the FPSO.
The study was conceived from the results of a previous Failure Mode, Effect and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) and in compliance with a specific technical specification. A Monte Carlo simulation model was built using a fault tree analysis tool taking into account all functional failures, in which the risk was considered critical or moderate during the FMECA analysis. Therefore, it was possible to quantitatively measure the probability of success of each system considered whitin the study's scope and its relative impact on the emergency treatment efforts and on the restoration of the platform's balance.
The methodology presented herein represents a useful tool to evaluate the operational safety of a FPSO platform during an unexpected band scenario, where all effort relies on the performance of a few vital systems. It brings an important discussion and some recommendations in order to make the systems more robust and reliable.
As a general application, this methodology can also be used as a reference for future quantitative studies that are conceived from previous qualitative analyses, helping to avoid some of the common biases involved during the conversion process.
Why Improving the Safety Climate Doesn't Always Improve the Safety Performance
Authors: Groeneweg Jop , Hudson Patrick T. , Vandevis Ted , Lancioni Giulio E. 
Published: July 2010

Abstract
This paper will discuss the results of a study outside the petrochemical industry (Vandevis (2008), but the results may have a profound effect on the way organizations try to influence their safety climate by setting so called SMART goals. It was conducted within the electrical high voltage contracting industry in Ontario, Canada and the objective was to investigate the relation between goal setting as a way to influence the safety climate and several safety related parameters and injury experiences. A quantitative survey based on Zohar's (2000) Safety Climate Scales was conducted with 564 surveys returned from 26 companies. Safety climate was not found to be correlated to self-reports of injury nor to lost-time or no-lost-time injury statistics. Safety climate was strongly and positively correlated with organizations setting at least partly SMART safety goals and in particular very strongly correlated when setting a goal of zero injuries and moderately and inversely correlated to self-reports of injury. People feel safer and report less accidents with or without injuries, but the actual performance using objective statistics has not improved. Setting such SMART safety goals as a way to improve the safety climate may lure both the management and employees of an organization into a false sense of achievement: the perceived level of safety goes up, however this change in perception is not matched with an actual improvement in safety performance. This study shows that management needs to do more than just setting SMART targets; if changes in the climate are seen as a "goal" rather than a "means" the safety performance will not improve.