2010 conference Offshore Safety: Where do we go from here?
Program
(Last updated on October 12, 2010)
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
Session Chair: Max Ruelokke, (Chair and CEO, CNLOPB)
09:00
Conference Introduction: About the International Regulators' Forum (IRF) and what has happened since the 2nd International Regulators Offshore Safety Conference in Miami, Florida, December 2007
Max Ruelokke (Chair and CEO, CNLOPB)
09:20
Keynote address: Michael R. Bromwich, Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE): The US Department of the Interior’s Plans for Regulating Offshore Safety
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 Lars Herbst, Director, Gulf of Mexico Region, BOEMRE: 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
Tables 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?
Buzz Morris, General Manager, Upstream Capability, Health, Environment and Safety within Chevron’s Global Upstream and Gas (GUG) organization Chevron GM for Upstream E&P
09:30
Dr. Mark Fleming, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia Know where you are going rather than where you have been! A Leaders' guide to continuous safety performance measurement
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
Tim Overton, Head, Process Safety, 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
Øystein Michelsen Executive VP, Statoil
Steve Walker, Health & Safety Executive UK
Jane Cutler, CEO, National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority, Australia
Peter Bridle, Director, Health, Safety, Environment & Quality Noble Drilling Services Inc.
Walter Manning, 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 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
Steve Walker will discuss the outcomes of the extraordinary meeting in Herndon, VA. The IRF's plans for addressing post-Macondo operational and regulatory issues in a concerted manner.
10:00
Q&A
10:30
Networking Break
Session 7 - Second Roundtable Session:
11:00
Jane Cutler, CEO, NOPSA, Session Chair, What are the most important actions that workforce, operators, contractors, and regulators can take to sustain and continuously improve industry safety performance?
11:10
Delegates will be asked to draw from the presentations and debate at this conference, as well as from their own experience to answer the question of the session.
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
Stanley Park Salon 1/2
Max Ruelokke (Chair and CEO, CNLOPB)
15:15
Conference adjourns
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