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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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Normally Unattended Facilities white paper
This paper examines the potential for larger and more complex facilities to be converted to a mostly unattended status.
Oil spill monitoring and sampling
Good practice guidelines for incident management and emergency response personnel
Gestión ambiental en el sector de exploración y producción de la industria del petróleo y el gas/Environmental management in the upstream oil and gas industry (Spanish)
IOGP-IPIECA Report 254 – Environmental management in the upstream oil and gas industry, in Spanish
Gestion environnementale dans le secteur amont de l’industrie pétrolière et gazière/Environmental management in the upstream oil and gas industry (French)
IOGP-IPIECA Report 254 – Environmental management in the upstream oil and gas industry, in French
Gestão ambiental no setor de exploração e produção de petróleo e gás/Environmental management in the upstream oil and gas industry (Portuguese)
IOGP-IPIECA Report 254 – Environmental management in the upstream oil and gas industry, in Portuguese
Guidance for Subsea Source Control Competency and Skills
This Report aims to support operators with useful information to develop a competency framework by defining the typical skills needed to support a subsea well response