Integration of exploration, drilling and installation activities given regulatory challenges

2014 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 482
Author(s):  
Roger Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Management Tool ◽  
Regulatory Regime ◽  
Complex Task ◽  
Regulatory Requirements ◽  
Drilling Rig ◽  
Regulatory Changes ◽  
Proactive Management ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Exploration Drilling ◽  
Regulatory Challenges

Coordination and integration of exploration activities, both seismic and drilling, development drilling and offshore installation campaigns is difficult at the best of times. Add to this the regulatory requirements, which included the establishment of NOPSEMA and the associated regulations in January 2012, and the already complex task of executing work efficiently became even more challenging. The paper explores the development and application of an integrated schedule that met the overall business needs as well as key stakeholders (Environment, Exploration, Drilling, Projects and Operations). Factors and constraints that had to be addressed included existing drilling rig and installation contracts with significant associated costs, maintaining project schedules that were sanctioned prior to regulatory changes coming into effect, resourcing levels and an environmental regulatory regime seeking continuous improvement. Individual stakeholders tended to focus on their own areas yet there are schedule inter-relationships with others that had knock on effects. The integrated schedule provided a proactive management tool that was and continues to be used to plan and review key activities in a constantly changing environment.

scholarly journals ASSURANCE CASE FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY IMPLEMENTATION: A SURVEY OF APPLICATIONS

2020 ◽  
pp. 610-619
Author(s):  
Vladimir Sklyar ◽  
Vyacheslav Kharchenko
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Regime ◽  
Critical Systems ◽  
Regulatory Requirements ◽  
Security Assurance ◽  
Case Methodology ◽  
Case Application ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Confirmation Analysis ◽  
Case Based ◽  
Assurance Case

This paper presents a survey of Assurance Case implementation for applications which are not directly related to the usual for Assurance Case regulatory regime. The UK is the country which first developed the theory of Assurance Case as a response to big catastrophes, and most applies Assurance Case regime for many industrial domains. USA, Australia and EU countries apply Assurance Case approach for safety and security regulation and licensing. For the last two decades Assurance Case has been used mostly for confirmation analysis of critical systems with established set of regulatory requirements. There are proven standards of use, notations and tools to support Assurance Case methodology. However, many researchers have tried to find approach to expand Assurance Case application to communicating domains. We group the following directions of Assurance Case applications as the following ones: Assurance Case for attributes assessment such as quality, dependability and, first of all, safety and security, Assurance Case based certification, improvement of argumentation, assurance based development, and Assurance Case for knowledge management. The main challenges and solutions of development and application of Assurance Case methodology, techniques and tools have been analyzed.

A&D High Tech (A): Managing Projects for Success

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Mark Jeffery ◽  
Derek Yung ◽  
Alex Gershbeyn
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Software Tools ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Planning Stage ◽  
Management Software ◽  
Management Intervention ◽  
Proactive Management ◽  
Project Plan ◽  
Project Management Software

The case is based on a real $25 million project at a major U.S.-based computer manufacturer. For confidentiality reasons the company has been disguised as A&D High Tech. The Web-based online ordering system project is required by sales and marketing for the fall holiday season. If the project misses this window, the firm will lose substantial market share to competitors. The A&D High Tech case examines how to create and analyze a project plan in Microsoft Project. Specifically, data is given to build the project plan step-by-step and then analyze the plan using the Microsoft project management tool. In order to make the case manageable for students we reduced the size of the project, and corresponding number of resources, to approximately $1 million, but retained all of the features of the original project. The project plan that students construct from the data given in the case is fraught with risks, and students must apply risk management techniques to diagnose the plan. Ultimately, students must answer the management question: Will the project be completed for the holiday shopping season? This case is the first in a series; the second is the case entitled “A&D High Tech (B): Managing Scope Change.” The case can also be taught using other project management software tools, such as Primavera.The case teaches students how to build a project plan in Microsoft Project (or other project management software tools). More important, the case teaches prospective executives how to analyze a project plan and identify risks of the plan, and define strategies to mitigate these risks. Students learn that in the planning stage of any project the risks are highest, but this is the best opportunity for proactive management intervention.

scholarly journals Diel echolocation activity of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) around North Sea offshore gas installations

2009 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 734-745 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria L. G. Todd ◽  
William D. Pearse ◽  
Nick C. Tregenza ◽  
Paul A. Lepper ◽  
Ian B. Todd
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Diel Activity ◽  
Phocoena Phocoena ◽  
Drilling Rig ◽  
The North ◽  
Production Platform ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
Exploration Drilling ◽  
Passive Acoustic

Abstract Todd, V. L. G., Pearse, W. D., Tregenza, N. C., Lepper, P. A., and Todd, I. B. 2009. Diel echolocation activity of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) around North Sea offshore gas installations. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 66: 734–745. Echolocation clicks of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) were detected with T-PODs, autonomous, passive, acoustic-monitoring devices, deployed from an offshore-exploration-drilling-rig and gas-production-platform complex in the Dogger Bank region of the North Sea from 2005 to 2006. Echolocation-click trains were categorized into four phases of the diel cycle: morning, day, evening, and night. Porpoises were present near (<200 m) the platform, and there was a pronounced diel pattern in echolocation activity; the number of porpoise encounters (visits) was greater by night than by day. The number of click trains with a minimum inter-click interval of <10 ms also increased at night. This was confirmed by a comparison of the ratios of feeding buzzes to search-phase clicks (feeding buzz ratios) and an analysis of the changes in pulse-repetition frequencies within each train. A reasonable interpretation of this pattern was that porpoises were feeding below or around the platform at night. The evidence for changes in activity during the morning and evening was less clear, so these may be transitional phases. The pattern of porpoise-echolocation behaviour around this platform is related most probably to the diel activity of their prey. If porpoises cluster regularly around such installations within 500-m shipping exclusion zones, they may be omitted from population surveys. We conclude that offshore installations may play an important role as nocturnal porpoise-feeding stations in an overfished environment, but that further replicated and controlled studies are required. These findings should be taken into consideration during offshore-installation-decommissioning decisions in the North Sea.

Supporting tough decisions in Norway: A healthcare system approach

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 398-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Berit Mørland ◽  
Ånen Ringard ◽  
John-Arne Røttingen
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Healthcare System ◽  
Priority Setting ◽  
System Approach ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Complex Task ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Priorities In Health Care

Objectives: We describe, in general, the principles used in priority setting and, in particular, policy processes and decision making in Norway.Methods: A newly established council for setting priorities in health care is presented to illustrate how health technology assessments (HTAs) can support national advisors in complex priority-setting processes.Results and Conclusions: Setting priorities in health care is a complex task. Careful thinking is, therefore, required in determining the components of a system for priority-setting. Based on recent Norwegian experiences, we believe that the following generic parts may provide some of the solution: a common set of values; an organizational structure made up of key stakeholders; supporting mechanisms in the form of HTA organizations and documented best evidence; and loyalty to decisions by stakeholders responsible for implementing national policies.

Hotel maintenance management in Sanya, China

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 304-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Pitt ◽  
Dominique Cannavina ◽  
Raha Sulaiman ◽  
Norhayati Mahyuddin ◽  
Cenlang Wu
Keyword(s):  
Management Strategies ◽  
Maintenance Management ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Regulatory Requirements ◽  
Multiple Stakeholders ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Labor Training

Purpose To optimize hotel maintenance works, planned and reactive techniques are required which efficiently and effectively engage with the commercial and regulatory requirements of hotel operators and maintenance managers. The purposes of this study are to identify the constraints and challenges of hotel maintenance from the viewpoints of key stakeholders and to determine the strategies and processes employed in maintenance to overcome them. Design/methodology/approach The study focuses on five and four star hotels in Sanya of the Hainan Province. Eight face-to-face interviews were conducted in conjunction with 50 questionnaires, which were distributed to senior hotel operators and maintenance managers. Findings Maintenance management strategies are collaborative, with input from multiple stakeholders. Partial outsourcing is extremely common, being employed as a way of lowering operating costs and saving time while also meeting governmental statutory and regulatory requirements for some mechanical and electrical services. Availability of skilled workers, types of systems being serviced and the availability of specialist materials and tools were all found to influence the viability and effectiveness of in-house maintenance as discrete from outsourced maintenance. In reality, the challenges can include a lack of labor training and relatively lower quality of materials or energy efficiency requirements, especially in Sanya’s hotel industry. Originality/value The aim of this research was primarily focused on identifying the present maintenance statuses and strategies in hotels while determining the factors which result in a favorable bias toward a successful hotel maintenance management. Factors that affect hotel operators’ and maintenance managers’ decisions were identified and their influences quantified. The difficulties faced by hotels in implementing maintenance strategies were ratiocinated and stated to investigate those issues more deeply.

'Rig 3D' ? A revolutionary technique looking for a case history

1989 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 219
Author(s):  
B.J. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Seismic Profile ◽  
Seismic Exploration ◽  
3D Seismic ◽  
Site Location ◽  
3D Navigation ◽  
Drilling Rig ◽  
Seismic Surveying ◽  
Exploration Drilling ◽  
Marine Seismic

Three dimensional (3D) marine seismic surveying is expensive and often a lengthy and technically difficult survey to perform. It is therefore only executed when an economically viable discovery is made. An alternative technique is offered which may be used when a marginally economic discovery is made. The technique is inexpensive compared to the conventional full 3D marine survey; it is cheaper than reconnaissance surveying and two boat operations, and provides a 3D migrated annular volume just over 3 kilometres in diameter for the approximate price of a single offset vertical seismic profile (VSP).The technique uses the exploration drilling rig as the energy source platform, the rig supply vessel as the receiver, and the site location system as the 3D navigation network. In using equipment conventionally mobilized with each drilling rig relocation, costs are substantially reduced and a larger portion of the 3D seismic exploration budget may be transferred to the engineering/drilling budget.Failure of the technique to be trialled is due to the conservatism found within the industry rather than technical considerations.

Use Proactive Management to Meet Regulatory Challenges

Opflow ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  
pp. 20-24
Author(s):  
Lawrence Tropea ◽  
Edward Donahue
Keyword(s):  
Proactive Management ◽  
Regulatory Challenges

scholarly journals Regulatory changes in South Africa and their impact on the short-term insurance environment, 1960–1980

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yolande Hagedorn-Hansen ◽  
Grietjie Verhoef ◽  
Gideon Els
Keyword(s):  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Insurance Industry ◽  
Regulatory System ◽  
Local Environment ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Regulatory Regime ◽  
Financial Industry ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Regulatory Changes ◽  
Term Insurance

Orientation: The South African Insurance Act 18 of 2017 became effective on 01 July 2018 as part of the new Twin Peaks regulatory system. The often stated reason for the new regulatory regime is the 2008 global financial crisis. Regulatory changes in the local environment took place during two distinct periods in history following the Sharpeville and Soweto uprisings in 1960 and 1976. International sanctions combined with an outflow of capital ultimately saw government amending the regulatory framework through new ownership requirements for all insurers in order to secure funds locally.Research purpose: The purpose of this research was to explain how the contextual dynamics impacted regulatory responses, and what was the subsequent effect on the short-term insurance industry.Motivation for the study: The motivation for the study was to explain and understand market dynamics following the regulatory tightening of the insurance industry within a historical framework.Research approach/design and method: This article provides an empirical analysis of how regulatory intervention transformed market characteristics and thus contributed to an understanding of the localisation of a financial industry, namely the short-term insurance industry. This was achieved through a description of the regulation, including the exploration of possible consequences at the time of two major events in history.Main findings: In both cases the findings were that the market size contracted, corrected and expanded within a few years.Practical/managerial implications: This article provides a practical analysis of local industry performance in an environment of legislative changes which may assist managers in a regulated industry.Contribution/value-add: The contribution is an industry analysis over an extended time frame which may add value in the adoption of similar domestication policies in the rest of Africa.

scholarly journals HYBRID MODEL FOR CONSTRUCTING INDIVIDUAL EDUCATIONAL TRAJECTORY BASED ON DIGITAL TWINS

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
pp. 126-136
Author(s):  
Nadezhda Kaznacheeva ◽  
Aleksey Poletaykin ◽  
Lyubov' Danilova Filippovna ◽  
Sergey Gennadievich Sinitsa
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Educational Standards ◽  
Regulatory Requirements ◽  
Educational Content ◽  
Digital Twin ◽  
Proactive Management ◽  
Digital Twins

The article focuses on building an individual educational trajectory of a university student. This concept is formalized in the form of a hybrid mathematical model. This model is based on a structural model of educational competence. In this case, the competence is a basic construct of the educational program, it acts as a prototype of the structural model of individualized educational content. The main source of semantic and control information is the digital twin sys-tem. The digital double of the educational program formalizes its structure and content in strict ac-cordance with the regulatory requirements of federal state educational standards. The digital twin of a student fixes and processes his digital tracks throughout his life. The digital twin of the labor market formalizes the structure of a certain segment of the labor market in the context of the re-quirements for professional and personal qualities of specialists. There has been substantiated the need for proactive management of restructuring and rebranding the professional educational pro-grams in accordance with the changes at the labor market. A significant contribution to the man-agement of these evolutionary processes is made by the dynamics of a student’s activity, which is reflected in his digital traces. Hybridization of these digital twins into the system of constructing individual educational trajectory allows the semantic marking and weighing of the educational situation and projected content. Based on a suspended educational content and taking into account the regulatory requirements of educational standards and additional requirements of the educational organization, optimization modeling of an individual educational trajectory in its structural and meaningful context is carried out. The study of the structural features of the constructed hybrid mathematical model made it possible to determine and substantiate its rational structure.

Know what is at stake: the importance of the safety regulatory interface for the personal liability of executives

2013 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 442
Author(s):  
Harold Downes ◽  
Fiona Austin
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Regulatory Regime ◽  
Personal Consequences ◽  
Complicating Factors ◽  
Exploration Drilling ◽  
Directors And Officers ◽  
A Company ◽  
Personal Liability

The operations of a company involved in the Australian petroleum industry are subject to a range of health and safety regulatory regimes. Knowing what regulatory regime applies to each of the company’s operations is not only important to ensure the company’s compliance but also to determine the due diligence priorities and exposures of its executives. Different regulatory schemes can apply to a company’s exploration, drilling, construction, accommodation, transport, and administrative operations conducted onshore and offshore and in multiple jurisdictions. Additional complicating factors also exist when the operations overlap with other industries, for example when pipelines cross mining leases or agricultural land. Understanding the regulatory interface is crucial for corporate compliance, but is also necessary to help company officers and executives understand their personal liability for the company’s operations. Executive liability is intended to influence company decisions because of potential personal consequences for decision makers. Depending on the particular safety regime the company’s operations fall in at a particular time, executives could be at risk of five years of imprisonment. There are also limits on the financial support the company can provide, whether directly or through directors’ and officers’ liability insurance. The key action for companies is to be proactive in determining what regime applies and assessing what steps their executives need to take to comply with their duties to avoid penalties. This extended abstract provides a model for the development and discharge of effective governance frameworks in the complex petroleum industry.

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