Benefits of Using Requirements Management Tools on a Digitized API 17O Document

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reynaldo Celestial Climacosa ◽  
Sierra Foster Matlock ◽  
Joveline Anne Ollero ◽  
David Miller
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
American Petroleum Institute ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Requirements Management ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Requirements Quality ◽  
High Integrity ◽  
Oil And Gas Companies

Abstract Currently oil and gas companies are spending billions of dollars on digitalization efforts. One important aspect of a project that needs to be digitized are requirements. Most oil and gas companies receive project documentation and requirements as PDF files. Receiving PDF documents make it very difficult for companies to manipulate the content to identify which parts of the document are requirements and which parts are just background information. In addition, documents that contain requirements have poorly written requirements that are ambiguous, and can have many interpretations, making it difficult to show compliance. To solve the issues caused by poorly written requirements and receiving PDF files instead of receiving requirements in a more usable format, the solution is to rewrite the requirements and use a requirements management (RM) tool to put the requirements in a database. The American Petroleum Institute (API) 17O 2nd Edition document and a representative list of High Integrity Pressure Protection System (HIPPS) product requirements are used to show the benefits of using a requirements management tool. This paper will describe the prerequisites prior to selecting an RM tool, show how using a requirements quality analyzer tool can aid in preparing requirements to be imported into an RM tool, demonstrate the main benefits of using an RM tool in a project context, and discuss lessons learned from adding an RM tool to a document-based project.

scholarly journals Lessons Learned from BP: Deepwater Horizon and the Transition to Renewables

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (Fall/Winter) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Daniel Valle
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Deepwater Horizon ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Gradual Transition ◽  
British Petroleum ◽  
Ethical Practices ◽  
Energy Company ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Oil And Gas Companies ◽  
A Company

This paper analyzes the gradual transition of British Petroleum (BP), one of the world's largest oil and gas companies, into a renewable energy company focused on sustainability and the reduction of carbon emissions. BP's leadership and ethical practices are compared before and after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. The purpose of the comparison and the broader analysis of the transition is to identify how effective leadership can be used to transform a company with a suspect social responsibility record into a leader among its peers. Lessons learned from the disaster, and the subsequent transition conclude the research.

scholarly journals A Case Study of Asset Integrity and Process Safety Management of Major Oil and Gas Companies in Malaysia

2021 ◽  
pp. 6-19
Author(s):  
Kuok Ho Daniel Tang
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Hazard Analysis ◽  
Safety Information ◽  
American Petroleum Institute ◽  
Process Safety ◽  
Information Process ◽  
Work Permit ◽  
Oil And Gas Companies

Asset integrity is closely intertwined with process safety where the latter is often perceived to be equivalent or a subset of the former. In Malaysia, the requirements for offshore process safety are set by Petronas assuming exclusive rights to petroleum in the nation. It imposes and enforces these requirements on oil and gas companies entering into its production sharing contracts via the common law. Process safety management in Malaysia is strongly influenced by the US OSHA 3132 with elements comprising process safety information, process hazard analysis, operating procedures, employee participation, training, contractors, pre-startup safety review, mechanical integrity, hot work permit, management of change, incident investigation, emergency planning and response as well as compliance audits. These elements are largely included in the Mandatory Control Framework of Petronas and the trio of design, technical and operating integrity adopted in the process safety management of other oil and gas companies. These management practices align with the reiterative plan-do-check-act model. Process safety performance is also gauged with indicators suggested by international institutions such as the American Petroleum Institute. On top of the Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1996 for onshore processes, this study deems that establishing statutory law for offshore installations will be beneficial to propel offshore safety in Malaysia to a greater height.

scholarly journals Recent Judicial Decisions of Interest to Energy Lawyers

2018 ◽  
pp. 479
Author(s):  
Olivia C. Dixon ◽  
Colin Feasby ◽  
Jung Lee
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Commercial Arbitration ◽  
Judicial Decisions ◽  
Aboriginal Law ◽  
Alcohol Testing ◽  
Oil And Gas Companies ◽  
Drug And Alcohol ◽  
Testing Policies

This article summarizes a number of recent judicial decisions of interest to energy lawyers. The authors review and comment on the past year’s case law in several areas including contractual interpretation, employment and labour law, Aboriginal law, constitutional law, intellectual property, bankruptcy and insolvency, and selected developments relating to summary judgments. Specific topics addressed include the appropriate standard of review, workplace drug and alcohol testing policies, appellate intervention in commercial arbitration, the appropriateness of granting summary judgments, valuation of dissenting shareholders’ shares, a duty to consult, the applicability of municipal bylaws when they conflict with federal legislation, and the rights and obligations of oil and gas companies placed into receivership. For each case, some background information is given, followed by a brief explanation of the facts, a summary of the decision, and commentary on the outcome.

Transformation of Digital Requirements: An Enabler for Successful Complex Projects

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abe Hudson ◽  
Jim Marsh
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Requirements Management ◽  
Complex Projects ◽  
System Data ◽  
Database Operations

Abstract This paper discusses the lessons learned from transforming upstream operational requirements from a document environment into a requirements management tool (database). Operations requirements from upstream practices, procedures, specifications, and guides were migrated from a document centric environment into a requirements management system (data centric). Here, requirements were assigned attributes denoting the organization and accountable operational role that requirement. Many organizations, operating complex offshore procedures, especially where operations are highly regulated, are looking to move their operational requirements from a document centric environment to a data centric environment. This paper highlights some potential pitfalls and mitigation strategies for ensuring a successful migration.

Environmental Effects of In Situ Burning in Inland and Upland Environments

1999 ◽  
Vol 1999 (1) ◽  
pp. 1283-1286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott A. Zengel ◽  
Jeffrey A. Dahlin ◽  
Carrie Headley ◽  
Jacqueline Michel ◽  
David E. Fritz
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Environmental Effects ◽  
Fire Ecology ◽  
Prescribed Burning ◽  
The United States ◽  
American Petroleum Institute ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Case Histories

ABSTRACT In situ burning of inland and upland habitats is an alternative oil spill cleanup technique that, when used appropriately, may be more environmentally acceptable than intrusive manual, mechanical, and chemical treatments. There have been few published reports documenting the environmental effects of in situ burning in inland and upland habitats. Thus, this study, sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute, used two approaches to increase the knowledge base and improve the appropriate use of in situ burning: (1) detailed review of published and unpublished in situ burn case histories for inland and upland spills; and (2) summaries of fire effects and other information from the literature on fire ecology and prescribed burning. Thirty-one case histories were summarized to identify the state of the practice concerning the reasons for burning, favorable conditions for burning, and evaluations of burn effects. The fire ecology and effects summaries included background information from the extensive knowledge base surrounding wildfire and prescribed burning (without oil) as a natural resource management tool, as well as fire tolerance and burning considerations for dominant vegetation types of the United States. Results from these two approaches should improve the application of in situ burning for inland and upland spills.

A Quality Model for Requirements Management Tools

2011 ◽  
pp. 119-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Pablo Carvallo ◽  
Xavier Franch ◽  
Carme Quer
Keyword(s):  
Model Development ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Requirements Management ◽  
System Quality ◽  
Quality Factors ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Quality Models ◽  
Class Diagrams

This chapter proposes the use of quality models to describe the quality of requirements management tools. We present the COSTUME (COmposite SofTware system qUality Model development) method aimed at building ISO/IEC 9126-1-compliant quality models, and then we apply it to the case of requirements management. We emphasize the need to use UML class diagrams to represent the knowledge about the domain prior to the quality model construction, and also use actor-based models to represent the dependencies of requirements management tools with their environment, and then comprehend better the implications of quality factors. We show the applicability of the quality model in a real experience of selection of a requirements management tool.

Case Studies of Re-Fracturing Achimov Reservoirs with High-Viscous Friction Reducer on Salym Group of Oilfields

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry Chaplygin ◽  
Damir Khamadaliev ◽  
Alexey Sednev ◽  
Dmitry Naimushin
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Western Siberia ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Viscous Friction ◽  
High Viscosity ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
First Year ◽  
Pilot Work ◽  
Oil And Gas Companies ◽  
Friction Reducer

Abstract One of the main objectives for the successful development of the majority of producing oil and gas companies in western Siberia is the development of the Achimov strata. It contains a commercially attractive volume of reserves. This reservoir in most oilfields belongs to the hard-to-recover oil - it has a permeability of less than 2 mD. In this regard, the development of the Achimov strata is impossible without carrying out measures for production enhancement. Where most common is hydraulic fracturing. The wells tests with hydraulic fracturing conducted at the Salym group of fields showed that not all reserves are economically attractive, and the decline rate in the first year is extremely high. In this connection, the needs of finding more effective solutions for the production enhancement has become urgent. This article describes the results of pilot work on two wells using a mixture based on a high-viscosity friction reducer (HVFR) as the hydraulic fracturing fluid. The work was carried out at wells where hydraulic fracturing based on cross-linked gel had already been performed and the wells were launched into production. The results of the work, the lessons learned and the analysis of the subsequent production of these wells is the purpose of this work.

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