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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.
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.
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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Environmental management in the upstream oil and gas industry
This Report provides a detailed overview of environmental management practices in the upstream oil and gas industry. The primary focus is on managing the risk from potential impacts to the natural environment during exploration and production of oil and gas.
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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Environmental performance indicators – 2020 data – executive summary
A summary of the main lessons collected from Member-submitted environmental performance data from exploration and production (E&P) activities carried out by in 2020.
Review of Well Control Incidents (Restricted to IOGP Members)
This Report presents the outcome of a review of Well Control Incident (WCI) reports submitted to IOGP through 2019. The WCI submissions were analysed by the IOGP to extract the key lessons and identify areas to focus industry attention. By doing so, we hope that the industry will be able to improve performance in wells
Review of Well Control Incidents Info Sheet
A brief overview of the main lessons drawn from well control incident information submitted to IOGP.
Environmental performance indicators – 2020 data
Data examining the environmental performance of IOGP Member Companies in 2020
Report 423 – HSE management guidelines for working together in a contract environment – Info Sheets
Learn more about good practices in contractor management
Environmental sampling and monitoring from airborne and satellite remote sensing – executive summary
This executive summary outlines the primary benefits, from a business perspective, of remote sensing technologies, as described in IOGP Report 629 – Environmental sampling and monitoring from airborne and satellite remote sensing.