Galvanising the opposition: social media campaigns and the new risks for the oil and gas industry

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 448
Author(s):  
Robyn Glindemann
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Freedom Of Information ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Media Campaigns ◽  
The North ◽  
Licence To Operate ◽  
Social Licence To Operate ◽  
Great Australian Bight

Globally, the oil and gas industry has been at the forefront of social licence to operate issues for over 20 years: from Brent Spar in the North Sea in the mid-1990s to the Greenpeace-led Lego campaign in 2014. However, the increasing demand from stakeholders for transparency from both companies and regulators, combined with the use of social media platforms to bring disparate groups of people together and globally disseminate information, has created new issues and risks for the industry to manage, often within compressed timeframes. To date, the focus of environmental groups has been on exploration activity in the oil and gas sector. The formation of the Great Australian Bight Alliance to oppose the development of resources in the Great Australian Bight, the Wilderness Society’s freedom of information (FOI) request for BP’s oil spill modelling data (which was the subject of an August 2016 decision from the Commonwealth Administrative Appeals Tribunal) and the rise of the Lock the Gate Alliance in the context of the onshore gas sector are three examples of mixing traditional protest tactics with social media strategies. Using these and other examples, this paper will discuss the new issues and risks that oil and gas companies and regulators have to address as a consequence of social media being added to the stakeholder arsenal, and consider what new issues may arise in the social licence to operate space as the industry begins to address decommissioning and rehabilitation issues.

Biodiversity offsetting: implications for the oil and gas industry in Australia

2010 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
Toivo Zoete
Keyword(s):  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Policy Frameworks ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Licence To Operate ◽  
New Policies ◽  
Social Licence To Operate

Energy and infrastructure developments often involve or traverse extensive tracts of land that are frequently covered with stands of native vegetation, providing habitat to a range of different plant and animal species. The biodiversity (biological diversity) contained in these stands is the subject of several pieces of legislation in Australia that place restrictions and conditions on those whose activities interfere with this biodiversity. Social licence to operate is another motivation for development organisations to tread softly when it comes to preparing for activities within these zones. With sound and early planning, much interference can be prevented, but sometimes it is unavoidable and measures will need to be developed to address the resulting impacts. Offsetting is one form of measure available to conserve biodiversity when all other options fail, although it can also be used in addition to other measures. Offsetting allows for actions to be taken by developers to compensate for adverse impacts of their developments. Several policies have been released outlining State and Commonwealth positions on biodiversity offsetting in the last few years. When seeking approvals, energy and infrastructure development organisations need to plan ahead according to these policies. To this purpose, this paper outlines the various policy frameworks that exist for biodiversity offsetting across Australia. Implications for the oil and gas industry are provided. The industry has several characteristics that allow it to take advantage of the new policies, which are discussed. Among these are the ready access to land for offsets and, in the case of the coal seam gas industry, the availability of water to kick-start the creation or restoration of biodiversity on land that was previously cleared.

Navigating the Great Australian Bight using system models

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 553
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Fulton ◽  
Cathy M. Bulman ◽  
Simon Goldsworthy
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
System Models ◽  
New Information ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
System Components ◽  
Great Australian Bight ◽  
Future Management

The expanding blue economy means the oil and gas industry is just one of many activities in marine and coastal ecosystems. The future management of ecosystems such as the Great Australian Bight (GAB) should be based on a sound knowledge of the physical, ecological, economic and social interactions among the human and natural system components. The Great Australian Bight Research Program (GABRP) has generated extensive new knowledge about the GAB system, making it one of the most well understood deep-water Australian ecosystems. It is a complicated system, with novel and newly recognised ecosystem pathways. A set of system models have been developed to help navigate this complexity, to integrate the new information and establish improved understanding of system processes and the implications of any activities in the region – including monitoring and management.

Ready to collaborate? Operator and supply chain under the spotlight

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 498
Author(s):  
Mike Lynn ◽  
Alan Samuel
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Commodity Price ◽  
Capital Projects ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
New Ways Of Working ◽  
Service Companies ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
The Uk

In the last 12 months or so, particularly with the drop in oil price, there’s been a lot of speculation about the future of the Australian oil and gas industry. Strenuous efforts are being made to bring down costs, reduce complexity and expedite the completion of major capital projects. Yet with the commodity price looking likely to be subdued for some time, serious questions persist. How can we sustain activity in Australia, secure the investment needed to continue exploration and appraisal drilling, for the next wave of projects? In looking for answers to these challenges, collaboration is a theme that comes up time and time again. But what does it actually mean? What does it look like in practice? Who does it well and how? And which companies are reaping the rewards of great collaboration? To fill this knowledge gap we are launching a survey which will look at many aspects of collaboration in the Australia and compare this with the results of similar surveys conducted in the UK. We will be looking to survey both operators and service companies working in the Australia and find out: What does collaboration mean? What constitutes effective collaboration? How do companies view themselves and each other as collaborators? How does collaboration in Australia compare with companies in the North Sea? We hope a better understanding of collaboration could help companies in Australia continue to improve productivity and efficiency, adopt new ways of working, and truly make the most of Australia’s abundant resources.

Social licence has changed. It is time to build trust with society using the tools of today

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amber Johnston-Billings ◽  
Louise Pogmore ◽  
Mike Kaiser
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Investment Strategy ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
Time To Build ◽  
Oil And Gas Companies

International oil and gas companies have poured significant resources into building social licence since the 1990s. Despite this extensive effort at a local community level adjacent to operations, social licence has not been consistently gained and broad-based community trust in the industry is lacking. This paper argues that social licence has not been achieved globally, because oil and gas companies have failed to respond directly and appropriately to the concerns of all stakeholders. We argue that while international oil and gas companies have largely been successful in achieving and communicating the benefits they bring at a local level, in terms of royalties, local community investment, jobs and even in environmental credentials, they have not achieved social licence because it is no longer granted by only local communities. It extends to a potentially more powerful group of largely urban dwelling broader society, enabled by technology, especially social media. A new way of communicating and operating is required if oil and gas companies want to avoid the loss of social licence in future. This article contends three distinct opportunities to strengthen social licence in today’s context: 1. Understand and use social media to proactively address the concerns of all of your stakeholders. This includes responding to societal and global issues, which no longer centre on the ‘jobs, taxes and philanthropy’ dialogue that has been the mainstay of oil and gas industry communications; 2. Stress the role gas has as an enabler of renewable energy development and penetration; and 3. Review your investment strategy in light of the scientific reality of climate change. To gain social licence in future, action will be required to follow the lead of some fossil fuel majors who have already moved to build a new world, decarbonised portfolio of the future.

VARIABILITY OF ORE MINERALIZATION IN THE NORTH-WEST-TRENDING EXTENSIONOF THE LUBIN–SIEROSZOWICE DEPOSIT

2017 ◽  
pp. 109-0 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sławomir OSZCZEPALSKI ◽  
Andrzej CHMIELEWSKI ◽  
Stanisław SPECZIK
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Core Material ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Sulphide Mineralization ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Ore Mineralization ◽  
Exploration Drilling ◽  
Drill Holes

The Polish Geological Institute – NRI has conducted investigations of the Kupferschiefer series since 1957, when the giant sediment-hosted stratiform Cu-Ag ore deposit was discovered in the central part of the Fore-Sudetic Monocline. Until 1991, a number of drilling programs were completed by PGI-NRI and later research has been focusing mainly on cooperation with oil and gas industry and their core material. Over the last few years, thanks to systematic examination of the drill holes located in the north-western extension, many prospective areas have been recognized and delineated. These prospects are located between Lubin-Sieroszowice deposit and the eastern part of the Zielona Góra oxidized field. In the Kożuchów area, the lower part of Zechstein copper-bearing series contain only relict sulphide mineralization accompanied by iron oxides while reduced rocks with metal sulphides occur in the uppermost part of Zechstein Limestone or at the base of Lower Anhydrite. Grochowice area, where reduced facies prevail in copper-bearing series, is characterized by the predomination of rich Cu-Ag mineralization proximaly to oxidized area. The western part of studied area is dominated by Cu-S type sulphides (chalcocite, digenite, covellite) whereas the eastern part is represented by Cu-Fe-S type minerals (bornite, chalcopyrite) with high galena and sphalerite concentrations. The spatial variability of sulphide mineralization with respect to the oxidized rocks indicates that Bytom Odrzański deposit extends in the north-west direction, continuing in the form of a copper belt along the eastern border of the oxidized area. An extensive deep exploration drilling program is implemented to verify the resource potential within predicted copper belt.

Manufacture and Qualification of Small Diameter / Thickwall Reelable DSAWL Linepipe

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Hall ◽  
Martin Connelly ◽  
Graham Alderton ◽  
Andrew Hill ◽  
Shuwen Wen
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Small Diameter ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Fe Model ◽  
External Diameter ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
The North ◽  
Innovative Thinking ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
The Cost

Tough market conditions have seen the price of oil drop which with the subsequent uncertainty surrounding the industry have seen the oil and gas industry concentrate on reducing the cost of designing, installing and operating pipelines. A critical process for the industry is the procurement, manufacture and installation of appropriate linepipe. The method of installation is often dictated by the pipe size and the water depth that the pipe is to be laid in, however there are times when the choice of lay method is due to vessel availability and relative costs for each technique. In early 2014, Tata Steel successfully manufactured and delivered 16"OD × 0.875”WT X65 submerged arc welded longitudinal (SAWL) linepipe for installation via the reel lay method. Notable features about this fact were the size, which represents the thickest 16” external diameter UOE pipe yet delivered by Tata Steel, and that this was to be the first UOE pipe to be installed by the reel lay method in the North Sea. The ability to manufacture small diameter thickwall linepipe was only possible due to recent operational developments including an established tooling programme and a fully validated Finite Element (FE) model of the UOE process, along with years of experience of integrating these tools into the manufacturing process. This paper discusses the manufacturing challenges for small diameter thickwall linepipe, and how with the aid of modelling tools, innovative thinking and previous experience in supplying small diameter thickwall linepipe into two reel-installed projects, the pipe was manufactured and delivered with the properties shown to be compliant with DNV OS-F101 Supplementary Requirement P.

scholarly journals The State of the Cardiovascular System Under the Action of Industrial Electromagnetic Fields

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 249-253
Author(s):  
G. V. Gazya ◽  
V. V. Eskov ◽  
M. A. Filatov
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular System ◽  
Electromagnetic Fields ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Ecological Factors ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Field Exposure ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
The North

The influence of industrial low-frequency electromagnetic fields on the human body is currently insufficiently studied. However, such fields are quite common in modern automated production, where various electric drives are used, and they significantly affect the quality of human life. This is especially evident in the conditions of the North, where special ecological factors cause significant changes in the systems of regulation of the body's functions. This study examines the influence of such fields on the parameters of the cardiovascular system of female workers in the oil and gas industry in Russia. Four groups of women were studied, differing in age and electromagnetic field exposure. As a result, the effects of influence of the fields were revealed, especially for the older age group.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA—A TECHNOLOGY BASE FOR THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY

2001 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 777
Author(s):  
B.F Ronalds
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Local Environment ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
International Industry ◽  
Analytical Tools

Oil and gas production is characterised by a truly international industry, and yet a unique local environment. Solutions developed elsewhere cannot always be imported directly for Australian use. For this reason alone, a strong local technology base is of value to the Australian oil and gas industry. Other benefits include the ability to provide high quality education and training for people entering, and already in, the industry.A case study is described where the Western Australian technology base is facilitating solutions to a specific challenge faced on the North West Shelf (NWS); namely, that the criteria for reliable development and operation of its offshore infrastructure for oil and gas production are more severe than other petroleum provinces, requiring new analytical tools to be developed.

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