International Regulators Offshore Safety Conference

Program

(Last updated on June 7, 2010)

Offshore Safety: Where do We go From Here?

In the wake of Montara and Macondo, offshore regulatory regimes are being scrutinized.
What have we learned? What can we do better?

Sunday

19:00 - 21:00 Registration and Welcoming Reception

Day 1 - Monday, October 18, 2010
Session 1 - Welcome and Introduction

08:30	Continental Breakfast
09:00	Howard Pike, Chief Safety Officer, Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, Session Chair and Conference Steering Committee Chair, introduces Gregory Robertson, Mayor of Vancouver, or his designee: Welcome to Vancouver
09:10	Conference Introduction by Howard Pike: About the International Regulators' Forum (IRF) and what has happened since the 2nd International Regulators Offshore Safety Conference in Miami, Florida, December 2007
09:20	Inaugural address by the Minister of Natural Resources Canada: Why international regulators, the workforce and industry should work together for the continuous improvement of safety in offshore oil and gas operations
09:50	Review program, purposes of the conference and anticipated outcomes – Elmer (Bud) Danenberger III, Program Committee Chair
10:00	Keynote address: Øystein Michelsen, Excecutive Vice President, Statoil Exploration & Production Norway. Is statutory regulation of the international offshore petroleum industry a nuisance or a blessing?
10:30	Networking Break
11:00	Session 2 - Montara and Macondo Blowouts, Introduction by Magne Ognedal, Director General, Petroleum Safety Authority Norway, Session Chair Keynote Addresses by Jane Cutler, CEO, National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority (NOPSA), Australia and Director, U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement What went wrong in the Montara/West Atlas Incident and Macondo/Deepwater Horizon Incidents? What are the lessons for operators, contractors, and regulators?
12:30	Lunch
14:00	Montara and Macondo Q&A
15:00	First Roundtable Session What are the well integrity, equipment, operational, and regulatory lessons learned from these incidents?

16:15	Panels present findings
17:00	Adjourn Day 1
19:00	Awards Banquet

Day 2 - Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Session 3 - Managing Technological, Human Resource and Organizational Changes in a Constantly Changing Environment. How do we prevent future disasters?

08:30	Continental Breakfast
09:00	Stuart Pinks, CEO, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Session Chair, introduces topic
09:10	Professor (Ret.) Karlene Roberts, Walter A Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley Characteristics of High Reliability Organizations, and how these can be applied in practice by oil and gas companies to improve management of major risks
09:30	Dr. Mark Fleming, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia The role of company management in controlling major accident risks and the characteristics that distinguish effective safety leadership
09:50	Panel and audience discussion and debate: What can regulators do to facilitate adequate technological, human resources and organizational changes in the offshore oil and gas industry?
10:30	Networking Break

Session 4 - What do the performance indicators show? How are available data collected and used to manage risks?

11:00	Steve Walker, Head of HSE Offshore Division, Session Chair, introduces topic
11:10	Torleif Husebø, Discipline Leader for Process Safety, The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway: PSA's Risk Level Measuring Scheme and how available data are collected and used
11:30	Jason Mathews, Petroleum Engineer, Minerals Management Service, Herndon, Virginia, U.S.A.: IRF's Performance Measures Project - how data are collected and how they should be interpreted
11:50	Steve Flynn, VP HSSE, Group Safety and Operations, BP: How the industry uses incident data from multiple sources to improve safety
12:10	Robert Paterson, Health & Safety Director for Oil & Gas UK Indicators (not incident-related) that are used to monitor asset integrity
12:30	Lunch
14:00	Session 5 – Panel Discussion moderated by Jan de Jong, Director, State Supervision of Mines, the Netherlands: What should be the regulator's role in the quest for continuous improvement of safety in offshore oil and gas operations?
	Jeff Edwards, E&P Safety Technical Manager, Shell Mark Healy, GM, Amec Black & McDonald Ltd Øystein Michelsen Executive VP, Statoil Steve Walker, Health & Safety Executive UK Jane Cutler, CEO, National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority, Australia Tom Travis, VP, Noble Drilling Workers representative of Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada
	Moderator directs discussion and debate among panelists and the audience.
15:30	Networking Break
16:00	Keynote address: Hon. Robert Wells, Queen's Counsel, Commissioner of the Inquiry into Matters Respecting Helicopter Passenger Safety for Workers in the Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area A summary of the inquiry findings and a discussion of helicopter safety issues.
16:30	Q&A
17:00	Adjourn
19:00	Buffet Dinner

Day 3 - Wednesday, October 20, 2010

08:30

Continental Breakfast

Session 6 - Challenges for New Regulators

09:00	Raphael Moura, Head of the Safety Division, National Petroleum Agency, Brazil, Session Chair, introduces topic Jane Cutler, CEO, NOPSA, Moving a new regulator to the next level
09:30	JB Verma, Executive Director, Oil Industry Safety Directorate, India, will discuss compliance problems, personnel shortages, overlapping jurisdiction, and other issues common to all regulators. Challenges and achievements of a new safety regulator
10:00	Q&A
10:30	Networking Break

Session 7 - Second Roundtable Session

11:00	Jane Cutler, CEO, NOPSA, Session Chair, indroduces topic
11:10	Drawing from the presentations and debate at this conference, as well as from your own experience: What are the most important actions that workforce, operators, contractors, and regulators can take to sustain and continuously improve industry safety performance?
12:15	Lunch
13:45	Reports by Table Leaders
14:30	Session Chairs: Conference summary, conclusions, and action items
15:00	Closing Remarks: Thank you for participating
15:15	Conference adjourns