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Process safety – recommended practice on key performance indicators
This report provides guidance on identifying leading and lagging process safety Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the upstream oil and gas industry.
Safety Leadership in Practice: A Guide for Managers
This report is designed to support senior and/or middle management and supervisors in applying the Safety Leadership Characteristics described in Report 452 and creating a workplace culture that values safety.
Life-Saving Rules
With the revision of Report 459, IOGP launches a simplified set of Life-Saving Rules to provide workers in the industry with the actions they can take to protect themselves and their colleagues from fatalities.
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Building an inclusive workforce in the oil and gas industry
The International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP) Workforce Energy Task Force completed a baseline study in 2022 to investigate how to secure the necessary talent and skills to deliver secure, affordable, and lower carbon energy solutions for all and facilitate digital transformation – while enabling an equitable energy transition.
Sustainability reporting guidance for the oil and gas industry
The Sustainability reporting guidance for the oil and gas industry is a key tool to help companies shape the structure and content of their sustainability reporting.
Introducing JIP33: Standardizing procurement specifications
JIP33 is making a step-change improvement in the specification, procurement and delivery of equipment for the oil and gas industry, through the use of standardized industry procurement specifications.
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Standardized quality contract language – supports equipment, materials, and JIP33 packages
This document provides a standardized quality contract language to supplement a contract or purchase order for purchasing materials and equipment (including JIP33 equipment procurement package). The content of this document may be replicated within the quality management section of a contract or purchase order.
Human Performance
This Report offers guidance to oil and gas business leaders and safety professionals on integrating Human Performance – the study of how people interact with work environments, systems, and processes. It presents key strategies to improve organizational learning, risk management, and operational efficiency, fostering resilient systems and a proactive culture across the industry.
S-619 Unfired, Fusion Welded Pressure Vessels v2.01
The purpose of the IOGP S-619 specification documents is to define a minimum common set of requirements for the procurement of unfired, fusion welded pressure vessels for the application on petroleum and natural gas industries.
Recommended practices for methane emissions detection and quantification technologies – upstream
This Report provides oil and gas operators with a framework and guidelines to help select and deploy methane emissions detection and quantification technologies, including flare combustion efficiency (CE)/destruction removal efficiency (DRE) measurement technologies, that are tailored to their sites and objectives in the upstream oil and gas industry. It is accompanied by an online technology
S-615 Centrifugal Pumps (API) v2.01
The purpose of the IOGP S-615 specification documents is to define a minimum common set of requirements for the procurement of centrifugal pumps in accordance with API Standards 610, 12th Edition, January 2021, Centrifugal Pumps for Petroleum, Petrochemical and Natural Gas Industries, applicable to these industries.
Safety performance indicators – Fatality and permanent impairment injuries (FPI) – 2024 data
IOGP has set a course for our industry to focus on preventing life-changing injuries and fatalities. In 2022, an Expert Group was set up to agree upon a common industry definition of actual, potential, and near miss fatality and permanent impairment (FPI) injuries. The IOGP definition of fatality and permanent impairment injury (FPI) was first