IOGP Pulse – July 2020

IOGP’s soon-to-be-published aviation guidance – IOGP Report 690: Offshore Helicopter Recommended Practices (OHRP) – represents a step change for the safety of offshore helicopter services across the industry and in achieving Project Safira’s goal of eradicating fatalities in our industry.

With a combined history approaching 150 years, IOGP and the American Petroleum Institute (API) have guided the oil and gas industry through decades of challenges: military conflicts, embargoes, political crises, and advancements in safety and environmental protection.

This edition’s Pulse interview is with IOGP Americas Director, Wafik Beydoun. He joined IOGP in 2019 as a secondee from Total with more than 30 years’ experience in the upstream oil and gas sector. Wafik is based in Houston, Texas.

IOGP has welcomed new member representatives to its Management Committee (MC). With OPITO becoming the new Associate Member representative to the MC, its Chief Executive Officer, John McDonald, joined the MC at the virtual AGM in May In June, John Whelan joined the MC as ExxonMobil’s representative, replacing Wayne Warwick. John serves as Vice President,

Clean hydrogen and carbon management technologies such as Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) and pyrolysis will play a critical role to create the necessary scale and make hydrogen applications cost-competitive.

Only a few days to go before Fawaz Bitar, BP Senior Vice President HSE and Carbon, and IOGP Chair, will announce this year’s winner of the IOGP Outstanding Young Professional Award.

Our new infographic explains the production and uses of clean hydrogen from natural gas.

If you have downloaded any of our publications, we would love to hear your stories on how you have implemented, or use, IOGP reports in your organisation.

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