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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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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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Seawater pressure to depth conversions
Vertical positioning has emerged as a topic of growing interest in the oil and gas community, but there remains no common industry standard of practice for the conversion of depth measurement from seawater pressure measurements. Accurate and repeatable depth measurements are critical for the successful installation of wells and other subsea infrastructure within their vertical
IOGP 2023 Annual Report
Find out what IOGP has delivered over the last 12 months and what ambitions it has set for itself and the industry in our 2023 Annual Report.
Overview of International Offshore Decommissioning Regulations – Volume 2: Wells Plugging & Abandonment
This volume reviews national legislation/guidelines relevant to offshore P&A for 32 countries. Countries have been grouped by sea areas, broadly based on the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and associated Regional Seas Programme.
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.
JIP33 standardized procurement specifications implementation guide
This document describes best practices on how to adopt and implement IOGP JIP33 Standardized Procurement Specifications. This document provides guidance to all functions engineering, purchasing, and manufacturing equipment within operators, engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractors, and suppliers in the petroleum and natural gas industries.
