International standardisation driving global competitiveness and sustainability of the oil and gas and future energy industries

2021 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 408
Author(s):  
Matt Keys ◽  
Miranda Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
International Association ◽  
American Petroleum Institute ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Global Industry ◽  
New Energy ◽  
Australian Standard ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
World Economic

The World Economic Forum has identified that the oil and gas (O&G) industry must lead the process of its own transformation by innovation and multistakeholder collaboration. The Capital Project Complexity initiative is an industry-wide, noncompetitive collaboration on standardisation and use of procurement specifications. Australia is now a major contributor to this collaboration which has brought together all the major O&G operators through the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) network and the standardisation bodies including International Organization for Standardization (ISO), American Petroleum Institute Standards, European Committee for Standardization, Gulf Cooperation Council Standardization Organization, Standardization Administration of China, Standards Australia (SA) and many more. The focus is on developing common international standards through an IOGP Standards-ISO/TC67 link and standardised equipment specifications linking to these standards through IOGP-JIP33. Australia contributes via SA’s mirror committee ME-92, which is now fully established with direct involvement in the ISO/TC67 9 subcommittee areas and 13 working groups covering 261 current and developing standards. In September 2020, the first of these standards, AS ISO 29001, was identically adopted as an Australian standard. With the Australian experts now ensuring ISO Standards will incorporate Australian industry expertise, knowledge and regulatory requirements where possible future revisions will enable them to be adopted as the next revision of the Australian standard. This industry-wide collaboration will ensure future project costs are optimised and safety enhanced through use of the global industry knowledge while also reducing the need to write local standards. This study describes Australia’s strategy being pursued to align with the global industry. It also provides information on how this network is supporting the development of knowledge transfer to the decommissioning and new energy industries that will form Australia’s future.

Double Block and Bleed and the Effects of Its Definitions on Pipeline Safety

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Fournell
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
American Petroleum Institute ◽  
International Standards ◽  
National Standards ◽  
Pipeline System ◽  
Gas Pipelines ◽  
Double Barrier ◽  
Oil And Gas Pipelines ◽  
Pipeline Safety ◽  
Pipeline Pressure

Double Block and Bleed (DBB) is the term commonly used to describe the systems or valving arrangements that provide double barrier pressure isolation of those performing work on a pipeline system downstream of the barrier. The consequences of releasing pipeline pressure downstream to an unsuspecting maintenance crew go without stating. If the risks are so high as to demand not single, but double barrier isolation between the fury of pipeline pressure and the safety of personnel and equipment, why then has it been so difficult to develop a consensus for the definition or description of DBB systems? This paper will explore in detail the internationally published definitions for DBB and analyze their merits with respect to pipeline safety. Definitions from organizations such as the American Petroleum Institute (API), Occupational Health and Safety (OHSA), the International Standards Organization (ISO) will be reviewed to determine what they contribute or fail to contribute to the intent of worker protection. Some Provincial Governments have written specific requirements for pipeline isolation into law, while others do not address the matter. These issues will also be explored and compared to the practices of companies operating oil and gas pipelines. Some insight on the division of definitions is offered through an understanding of the purposes or needs of the definer. For example, a valve manufacturer with a need to demonstrate that his valve will indeed block flow from both directions and thereby permit maintenance of the valve without removal from the pipeline may not fully appreciate the pipeline maintenance employee’s need to isolate himself from pipeline pressure by two independent barriers. It will be shown that standards and specifications are available to support both perspectives and that there are compelling reasons for deriving commonality between these perspectives. With the development of International Standards for oil and gas pipelines and increasing emphasis on the harmonization of various national standards, matters such as operator safety must not be compromised. Interesting opportunities exist to revisit topics such as definitions for DBB and perhaps derive a set of words that allows consensus and encompasses the true intent of the concept.

scholarly journals IASPEI: its origins and the promotion of global seismology

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-180
Author(s):  
Johannes Schweitzer ◽  
Thorne Lay
Keyword(s):  
International Association ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Scientific Cooperation ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Magnitude Scales ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
Global Seismology ◽  
High Standards ◽  
Education Outreach

Abstract. International cooperation in seismology emerged rapidly at the beginning of the 20th century following the successful recording of earthquakes at great distances. The International Seismological Association (ISA) founded in 1904 was dissolved in 1922 and evolved into the Seismology Section of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), ultimately becoming the International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI) to recognize the important role of the structure and physical properties of the Earth. Through the last hundred years, the commissions and working groups of the association have played a major role in setting international standards in such areas as the naming of seismic phases, data exchanges, travel-time tables, magnitude scales, and reference Earth models. The activities of IASPEI continue to have a focus on the societal impacts of earthquakes and tsunamis, with four regional commissions playing a major role in promoting high standards of seismological education, outreach, and international scientific cooperation.

Eliminating fatalities from the upstream oil and gas industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 601
Author(s):  
Chris Hawkes
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
International Association ◽  
Safety Data ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Individual Member ◽  
Process Safety ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Global Industry ◽  
Oil And Gas Producers

The International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP) is a global forum in which member companies identify and share best practices to achieve improvements in areas such as health, safety, the environment, security, social responsibility and operations. IOGP members collectively produce 40% of the world’s oil and gas. IOGP has been collecting annual safety data from its members since 1985: this database has grown to be the largest in the oil and gas industry, representing 2999 million workhours and operations in 104 countries in 2017. Having this large database of information and standardised reporting allows trending and analysis on a scale that is not possible for any individual member company. This is particularly true for deriving trends for fatal, and major process safety events that individual companies may only see infrequently. In the 5 years leading up to 2015 there were 85 fatalities reported by IOGP members per year on average, but none of these incidents were ‘new’ and we recognise the causes of most of them. Started in 2016, after 2 consecutive years of an increase in the fatal accident rate, IOGP’s Project Safira aims to provide clear solutions to prevent fatalities due to process safety events, aviation incidents and motor vehicle crashes. A fourth project area is industry wide implementation of a single, common, standardised set of ‘Life-Saving Rules’. We want to make sure that never again shall we read of a fatal incident and feel like we have seen it before. We also want to learn together, as the global industry that we are, and eliminate fatalities from occurring.

Standardisation of procurement equipment specifications: establishing a strong foundation for oil and gas capital project development and delivery

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 509
Author(s):  
Adri Postema ◽  
Ted Fletcher
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
International Standards ◽  
World Economic Forum ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
Engineering Designs ◽  
The Status ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Global Data

Industry-wide standardisation is needed for operators to manage the US$3 trillion in CAPEX expenditure forecast for 2018–2025 (Global Data 2018), while maintaining competitiveness and mitigating risks. With the backing of the World Economic Forum, Joint Industry Program 33 (JIP 33) was initiated to drive industry-level standardisation for procuring equipment, moving the industry across the value chain towards common engineering designs and solutions, established by means of cross-company collaboration. Fourteen standardised specifications have been delivered. Their adoption by 12 major oil and gas operators is being measured and is progressing well. This enables the program to capture and evaluate successes, challenges, key learnings and feedback. A further 35–40 specifications, based on recognised industry or international standards, will be developed by the end of 2020. The program is also establishing a process for future maintenance of JIP33 specifications so as to achieve sustained benefits. The present paper outlines the status of JIP33 and showcases some of its early successes, challenges and learnings.

scholarly journals Advances in Global Industry Response Capability for Source Control

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitch Guinn ◽  
Craig Castille
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
International Association ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Source Control ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Effective Response ◽  
Response Options ◽  
Global Industry ◽  
Industry Response ◽  
Different Response

ABSTRACT Within a two-year period from 2009 through 2010, two major loss of containment incidents were experienced by the industry - Montara and Deepwater Horizon/Macondo. The reputation of the industry and its ability to self-regulate were questioned. Proposing a relief well as the primary recovery option was challenged, and after the failures of initial recovery efforts at Macondo, the US Dept. of Interior imposed a drilling moratorium to allow for the development of more effective response technologies. Several operator-led initiatives were commissioned: ExxonMobil initiated the establishment of the Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) with Shell, Chevron and ConocoPhillips as founding members. MWCC was initially configured for large companies with multi-disciplined resources to support a full-scale response.Noble Energy and other operators, together with Helix Energy Solution Group (HESG), established an alternate option to MWCC that was built around the mutual aid model. Helix Well Containment Group (HWCG, and later just HWCG, LLC) was better adapted to the needs of small to mid-sized companies.The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) established the Global Industry Response Group (GIRG), consisting of its worldwide membership of oil and gas producers, and tasked it with developing a plan to address the response deficiencies discovered during the Macondo incident. The initial GIRG report (May 2011) launched the Subsea Well Response Project (SWRP), which was charged with developing a design basis for subsea capping and containment systems.The GIRG report also founded the Wells Experts Committee and its Subsea Well Source Control Response Sub-committee which now acts as an industry center for knowledge and sharing.The SWRP was founded and led by nine of the world's largest oil & gas operators and upon project completion, Oil Spill Response, Ltd. (OSRL), was selected to manage the capping and containment equipment.In addition, some operators and multiple well control organizations developed a variety of additional capping stacks and debris removal equipment packages. During development, response equipment and systems were risk-assessed and tested via tabletop exercises. Knowledge was shared across the industry, and as the new equipment packages became physically available, a range of full-scale exercises were conducted which included physically loading aircraft and vessels and deploying equipment on abandoned wells. This paper steps back through the careful forethought in the development of these systems and shares some insights and strategic thinking behind the rationale of different response options and how they are strategically located to provide a global response.

Technical Committee 46 “Information and Documentation” of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO/ TC 46) Celebrates its 60th Anniversary

2009 ◽  
pp. 80-89
Author(s):  
Olga A. Diakonova ◽  
Nina F. Kornoushenko
Keyword(s):  
International Organizations ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Technical Committee ◽  
International Standards ◽  
International Standard Organization ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
60Th Anniversary ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
Standard Organization ◽  
Information Work

Technical Committee 46 «Information and Documentation» of the International Standard Organization (ISO/TC 46) is published. Even a short description of ISO/TC 46 activities visually demonstrates what incredible and truly revolutionary changes happened during the last 60 years in the library, documentation and information work. The modern ISO/TC 46 structure is given, the work trends of its four subcommittees and numerous working groups, the interaction with other ISO technical committees and international organizations is characterized. Importance of standardization problems in the field of library and information science and of librarianship, in particularly, is confirmed by the authors’ practical work lasting for many year. The proposed information permits to better imagine the preparation process of the international standards and necessity of Russian specialists’ participation.

COMPETITIVE STATUS OF UKRAINE

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olena Zayats ◽  
Keyword(s):  
National Economy ◽  
Financial System ◽  
Product Market ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Innovation Potential ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Ict Adoption ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Global Competitiveness Index ◽  
One Year

The article examines the competitive status and competitive positions of Ukraine. It proves that in the current context the competitive status of the national economy is determined by the presence of a strong global competitive force that provides dynamic growth based on innovation potential, developed institutions, infrastructure, ICT adoption, macroeconomic stability, health, skills, product market, labor market, financial system, market size, business dynamism rather than by traditional factors (natural resources, geopolitical situation). It has been identified that a wide range of factors in global competitive force establishment suggests the complexity of its assessment. It has been noted that in world economic practice the Global Competitiveness Index of the World Economic Forum is predominantly used to assess the competitive status of the national economy. It has been determined that according to this index, in the overall ranking among 141 countries in 2019, Ukraine ranked 85th (2009-2010 – 82/133; 2018 – 83/140). The article analyzes of the competitive status of Ukraine in the international arena in terms of twelve pillars of the studied index and in the context of components of the said pillars. The dynamics of Ukraine's global competitive force in recent years shows that there has not been any build up. However, if one analyzes it in terms of the criteria of the global competitive force of the domestic economy, their assessment is volatile: the main regression can be traced in the sphere of the financial system, where Ukraine dropped by 19 positions in one year (2018 – 117/140, 2019 – 136/141), and the greatest progress is observed in the product market, where Ukraine rose by 16 positions in one year (2018 – 73/140, 2019 – 57/141). Analysis of the components of Ukraine’s global competitive force criteria shows that the worst positions in terms of such components are as follows: non-performing loans (% of gross total loans) – 139/141 and soundness of banks – 131/141. The best positions are in terms of the following components: costs of starting a business – 14/141 and attitude towards entrepreneurial risk – 18/141.

Does Enhancing of the Competitiveness Influence on Foreign Direct Investments in Western Balkan Countries?

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matea Zlatković
Keyword(s):  
Market Efficiency ◽  
Foreign Direct Investments ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Technological Readiness ◽  
Regional Market ◽  
National Competitiveness ◽  
Good Market ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Global Competitiveness Index ◽  
Per Capita

Foreign direct investments present a valuable source of national competitiveness as they have attributes of capital flows provide knowledge and technology transfer from one country to target country. In this paper are used variables defined by World Economic Forum which construct Global Competitiveness Index for assessing competitiveness of the country. The purpose of the research is to examine does the national competitiveness increase enhance the level of FDI flows in transition Western Balkan economies that are not yet full members of European Union. The findings claim that larger increase in FDI per capita stocks in majority analyzed countries would have if making infrastructure more competitiveness, accelerate their technological readiness and improve innovation while certain countries should work on health and primary education and higher education and training. According to the results, there is no correlation between FDI flows and macroeconomic environment, institutions, development of financial markets, good market efficiency, labor market efficiency and business sophistication. Applying benchmark method, it is established the most competitive WB country as benchmark value for other transition countries in its neighborhood for enhancing their competitiveness, specially in the regional market. Also, it is obtained what if analysis to detect potential rise of FDI per capita stocks as a consequence of potential changes in some competitiveness variables. It is also calculated the potential increase in FDI/capita due to similar changes in different competitiveness variables.

Centrifugal Gas Compressors Energy Optimization Initiatives: A Way to Save Valuable Energy at Upstream Operation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Abdo Alwani ◽  
Mohammed Ahmad Soliman
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
High Energy ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Inlet Temperature ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Saving Energy ◽  
Discharge Pressure

Abstract The objective of this paper is to showcase successful and innovative means and techniques to improve and enhance centrifugal gas compressors (CGCs) performance, using methods to minimize power consumption, with no need for capital investment. These techniques will assure, if effectively followed, considerable reduction of the consumed energy. CGCs are the most widely used equipment in the oil and gas industry to boost gas, mainly hydrocarbons, to satisfy process treatments and pipeline requirements. In addition, CGCs are one of the major energy consumers, and therefore present an exceptional opportunity for saving energy. Focusing on lowering inlet gas temperatures, considering suction throttling of discharge pressure instead of the traditional discharge throttling, will help to reduce energy consumption. In this paper, a detailed analysis of factors aggravate or lead to undesired CGCs performance will be discussed along with solutions to minimize adverse impact. For example, operating the gas compressors at relatively high inlet temperature will result in higher energy consumption. After performing need analysis, results prove that we would save 3-7% of running compressors consumed energy. In addition, during compressor design phase, it was found that most motor driven compressor system uses discharge throttling, which incurs high-energy consumption. Instead, it is recommended to consider suction throttling to control discharge pressure, as will be explained. This paper will focus on a detailed case study in one of the running CGCs in an upstream gas-oil separation plant (GOSP-A). This paper proves the effectiveness of the proposed techniques in reinstating the CGCs in GOSP-A, to ensure better performance and save energy. This innovative technique is based on extensive process data analysis — evaluating operating, design data, related performance curves, and reviewing international standards. It will be illustrated that this type of analysis and techniques is a valuable tool for saving energy, in most cases, at oil and gas industries

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGICAL READINESS IN THE GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS OF SERBIAN ECONOMY

2018 ◽  
pp. 111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Radivojević ◽  
Bojan Krstić ◽  
Tanja Stanišić
Keyword(s):  
Business Environment ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Substantial Impact ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Technological Readiness ◽  
Balkan Countries ◽  
World Economic ◽  
National Economies ◽  
Further Development

Technological readiness is an important determinant of the economic and social development in recent decades. Therefore, technological readiness has a substantial impact on the global competitiveness of national economies in the contemporary business environment. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the level of Serbian economy competitiveness in terms of technological readiness and to identify the critical factors for its further development. The analysis is based on the data published by World Economic Forum in annual The Global Competitiveness Reports in the period from 2013 to 2017. The research is conducted through comparative analysis and benchmarking method. The results show significant deviations and negative trend of technological readiness of Serbia in comparison not only with European countries but even with Balkan countries. The conclusions of this research may serve as the directions for technological readiness policy makers in Serbia and other Balkan countries.

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