Can the Caspian Sea Survive its Own Oil? Environmental Regulation of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in the Caspian Sea

This article critically examines the shortcomings of the offshore industry regulation in the Caspian Sea and proposes a framework to strengthen it. It considers the hydrocarbon industry and resources of the Caspian Sea region and analyses the extent and impacts of Caspian offshore oil and gas activities on its environment, reviews selected regional and global regulatory frameworks for the offshore oil and gas industry and their effectiveness, discusses existing shortcomings of the national and regional regulation of the Caspian offshore oil and gas industry, and provides suggestions on how it could be improved, drawing on the experience and regulatory formulations from other regions of the world.

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Identifying Key Safety Culture Factors for the Offshore Industry

10.5957/tos-2021-06 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ning Lou ◽

Ezra Wari ◽

James Curry ◽

Kevin McSweeney ◽

Rick Curtis ◽

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Keyword(s):

Safety Culture ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Oil And Gas Industry ◽

Transportation Safety ◽

Key Factors ◽

Gas Industry ◽

The Us ◽

Offshore Industry ◽

Offshore Oil And Gas ◽

Offshore Oil

This research identifies key factors, or safety culture categories, that can be used to help describe the safety culture for the offshore oil and gas industry and develop a comprehensive offshore safety culture assessment toolkit for use by the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) owners and operators. Detailed questionnaires from selected safety culture frameworks of different industries were collected and analyzed to identify important safety culture factors and key questions for assessment. Safety frameworks from different associations were investigated, including the Center for Offshore Safety (COS), Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The safety culture factors of each of these frameworks were generalized and analyzed. The frequency of the safety culture factors in each framework was analyzed to explore commonality. The literature review and analysis identified a list of common factors among safety culture frameworks.

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FLOATING PRODUCTION, STORAGE AND OFFLOADING FACILITIES—IMPACT OF THE NEW OIL TANKER CONSTRUCTION RULES

The APPEA Journal ◽

10.1071/aj93018 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 178

Author(s):

Robin C. Gehling ◽

Michael P. Lane ◽

Robert M. Thornton

Keyword(s):

Oil And Gas ◽

Oil And Gas Industry ◽

Cooperative Effort ◽

Gas Industry ◽

Safety Certification ◽

Offshore Industry ◽

Offshore Oil And Gas ◽

Oil Tankers ◽

Offshore Oil ◽

Double Hull

FPSOs are often converted from, and carry ship safety certification as, oil tankers. The two types of ship have been reasonably compatible until passage in early 1992 of new international requirements for tankers to be constructed or converted to double hull requirements and for existing vessels to be phased out when they have been in service for 25 to 30 years. Such requirements, which have become increasingly onerous since 1973, are based on the hazards involved in navigation of oil tankers and do not reflect the risks applying to FPSO operations.In cooperation with the Australian offshore industry, AMSA made a number of submissions to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), seeking clarification on whether FPSOs should be subjected to the rules for oil tankers. To cover the possibility that it is confirmed that FPSOs should comply with the rules, the submission proposed modifications to those rules to reflect the FPSO operating environment.The submissions resulted in IMO deciding, in March 1993, that although FPSOs would continue to be treated as oil tankers, they would not be required to comply with the double hull requirements which could have necessitated their withdrawal from service upon reaching 30 years of age.Achievement of a successful conclusion to this project has involved a cooperative effort between AMSA and the offshore oil and gas industry.

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