IOGP Pulse – April 2021

Guidance for Subsea Source Control Competency and Skills (IOGP-IPIECA Report 591) was developed to share guidance with those interested in understanding subsea well response competency and the skills that sit within it.

In the 1970s, the building of huge offshore facilities inspired awe, and now, a new feat is taking place that is just as remarkable – decommissioning it.

In each edition of Pulse, we publish a short interview with an IOGP colleague or Committee Member. This month’s interview is with Siew-Ping Teo, IOGP’s recently appointed Decommissioning Manager.

When the oil and gas industry says that we’re part of the solution to the global need to transition to lower carbon energy sources, we mean it, and we evidence it with our actions. However, many people automatically dismiss anything coming from our industry, or label it “greenwashing”.

IOGP Europe welcomes three new team members

This policy brief gives an overview of underwater sound and how it is managed.

To provide guidance on how the industry can respond to pandemics, earlier this month the joint IOGP-IPIECA Health Committee published a new guidance document, Pandemic management in the oil and gas industry (IOGP-IPIECA Report 605).

An IOGP Task Force study has concluded that the oil and gas industry’s digitalization transformation has only just begun, despite having worked with increasingly large volumes of data and applying digital solutions for many years.

As the sector moves towards a sustainable future, hear from women across the energy sector in our new series Women in Energy. The first interview is coming soon.