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Health, Safety and Environmental R&D Don Smith

Health, Safety and Environmental R&D Don Smith. International Association of Oil and Gas Producers. R&D within a Global Industry. Industry invests billions of dollar on R&D related activities covering the full spectrum of industry interests (eg ExxonMobil invested ~$700m in 2005)

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Health, Safety and Environmental R&D Don Smith

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  1. Health, Safety and Environmental R&DDon Smith International Association of Oil and Gas Producers

  2. R&D within a Global Industry • Industry invests billions of dollar on R&D related activities covering the full spectrum of industry interests (eg ExxonMobil invested ~$700m in 2005) • A range of mechanisms through which the industry funds R&D including: • Directly funded R&D • Grants • In-house R&D capabilities • Foundations • Involvement in government programmes • Difficult to establish the nature and extent of R&D activity in the health, safety and environmental areas

  3. Offshore Structures • Various floating system behaviour JIPs (Deepstar) • Moorings JIP • Decommissioning methodology JIP • SCI/TWI Brent Flare Tower Fatigue • Jack-Up Studies (related to SNAME and ISO) • FPSO Research Forum

  4. FPSO Research Forum • To identify the common technical issues facing those involved in designing, fabricating and/or operating FPSOs, and to foster JIPs to tackle them for the common good of the industry. • Current projects: • Numerical modeling of non-linear fluid loads by means of Volume of Fluid Method • Analysis of out of plane bending fatigue in mooring chain • Shallow water wave kinematics related to near-shore terminals • Investigation in mooring failures • Simulation of side-by side offloading • Intelligent Structural Health of FPSO’s • Fatigue analysis of steel structures • Investigation of structural integrity by inspections www.fpsoforum.com

  5. Metocean • Range of hindcasting JIPs: • North Sea (NUG/NEXT) • North West Approaches (NWAG) • Caspian Sea (CASMOS) • Regional JIP • West African Gusts • West African Swell • Wave Studies • 10-4 Waves • Shallow water waves Co-ordinated through OGP Metocean Committee

  6. Involvement in EU Programmes

  7. SIMORC(System of Industry Data for the Offshore and Research Community) • To create a central index and database of metocean data sets, collected by the oil & gas industry • To facilitate harmonisation in quality and formats, storing and retrieving of these industry metocean datasets • To create a searchable overview of hindcast studies www.simorc.org

  8. Virthualis • Objective: to produce an affordable and accessible virtual reality technology to help reduce human factor related incidents in the oil and gas industry • EU funded programme: • 4 year duration • Total funds Euro 15 million (9 from EU) • Over 40 partners www.virthualis.org

  9. Health Related R&D • Malaria • Sexually transmitted disease control

  10. Environment Related R&D • Long term effects of cutting piles in the North Sea • Produced water discharge • ‘Zero harmful discharge’ related studies • Arctic Conditions: • Chemical dispersion of oil in ice covered water • In-situ burning of oil in ice covered waters • Detection of spilled oil under ice • Establishment of a lab (Qatar) to study environmental effects associated with LNG production • Drill cuttings monitoring JIP (Brazil)

  11. E&P Sound and Marine Life JIP

  12. E&P Sound and Marine Life JIP • Background – increasing focus on sound in the marine environment and its potential to cause harm to all forms of marine life • JIP Objective - to address the E&P relevant knowledge gaps, with the overall aims of better risk assessments and improved mitigation measures • JIP: • 3 to 5 year R&D programme • >$20m funds • 9 participants to date (more expected)

  13. OGP Future Activities • Fire and Blast Directory • Human Factors (Tools/Culture) • Geohazards Position Paper • Land Transportation Safety • Managing Major Accident Hazards

  14. Summary • On a global basis the industry spends a considerable sum on R&D related activities • Many different approaches adopted to funding R&D • Information on industry funded R&D (on a global basis) difficult to access • OGP currently exploring how this position can be improved

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