IOGP Pulse – October 2020

This year’s IOGP Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) comes at an extraordinary time and under extraordinary circumstances. Hence this will be an extraordinary meeting – literally. The 2020 EGM event will be held virtually across 18th and 19th November 2020. IOGP will be taking advantage of the opportunity for a wider audience with virtual sessions open

It takes more than a pandemic to keep IOGP from performing one of its key roles:  the collection and analysis of industry safety data and the dissemination of findings based on those analyses.  The Association has been doing this work since 1985, resulting in an unrivalled database on exploration and production activities. The publication of

In each edition of Pulse, we publish a short interview with an IOGP colleague or committee member. This month’s interview, which follows the release of the latest report on safety performance indicators, is with David Jenkins of BHP, Chair of IOGP’s Safety Committee.  This Committee promotes the integration of safety into every aspect of E&P operations and

Sureiya Pochee, Environment Committee Manager Produced water is an inevitable feature of oil and gas production. It is a liquid phase that is associated to oil and gas in the reservoir and co-produced during production operations. Following treatment, the water may be reinjected into the reservoir or discharged, subject to controls on residual oil and

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 this year’s Offshore Structures Reliability Conference cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic, IOGP’s Offshore Structures Subcommittee is organising a series of virtual engagement sessions for the offshore structures’ community. The webinars are open to professionals working in the offshore structural and metocean fields, such as operating companies, academia, certifying bodies, engineering houses, fabricators, and

On 12 October 2020, Wafik Beydoun, IOGP Director Americas, moderated a panel of sustainability experts at the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) 90th Annual Conference & Exhibition. This year, it was a fully virtual event. They discussed how geoscientists can become more engaged in today’s social and environmental sustainability challenges. Here are insights Wafik took

Oil and gas will meet 46 percent of the global energy demand in 2040 – according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Sustainable Development Scenario, published today in its 2020 World Energy Outlook.

Rapid evolution of satellite, drone and sensor technologies is enabling better detection and quantification of methane emissions. However, which combination of new and established detection and quantification technologies is most effective in a given setting is yet to be determined  – what works well for an onshore site in the desert, for example, could be