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NOPSEMA & standards
Cameron Grebe – Head of Division, Environment
NERA Standards Showcase – Perth, 22 November 2018
NOPSEMA & standards Cameron Grebe Head of Division, Environment - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
NOPSEMA & standards Cameron Grebe Head of Division, Environment - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
NOPSEMA & standards Cameron Grebe Head of Division, Environment NERA Standards Showcase Perth, 22 November 2018 Introducing NOPSEMA Who we are An independent statutory regulatory authority Established under the Commonwealth
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- An independent statutory regulatory authority
- Established under the Commonwealth Offshore
Petroleum and Greenhouse gas Storage Act 2006
- Created in 2005 with additional functional areas
added in 2011 (Well Integrity) and 2012 (Environment).
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Who we are
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What we regulate
Facilities Safety Wells Integrity Activities Environment
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Australian offshore industry
2017-18 Data
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Monitor and secure compliance
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How we work
Assess Permissioning documents Inspections
Permissioning document commitments Incident investigations
Enforcement Promote Advise Cooperate Report
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NOPSEMA & Standards
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- Objective based
– reduce risk to a level that is ALARP (and acceptable for EPs)
- Permissioning documents
– Safety Cases, Environment Plans, Well Operations management Plans – Content requirements prescribed
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Regulatory Regime
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- Technical focus
- Underpinning
ALARP arguments
- Throughout project
lifecycle
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Industry’s use of standards
High Risk Low Risk Concept Design Construct, Install, Operate, Modify, Decommission
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- Process/methodology focus
- Good industry practice
- Promote in publications:
– Guidance notes – Information papers – Regulator – Alerts
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NOPSEMA’s use of standards
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Promotion of standards*
* NOPSEMA promotes a range of publications (including standards, guidelines recommended practices etc) that NOPSEMA considers represent good industry practice.
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Coverage by discipline
23 NOPSEMA Publications 66 Cited Publications 114 Citations
Safety Well Integrity Environment
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Well integrity study
- IRF research project into well
related standards
- Identified gaps, lack of clarity,
inconsistencies etc
- Opportunities for
improvement e.g. in:
– Drilling – Cementing – Well Barriers – Suspension & abandonment
The Regulator Issue 2: 2017
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Well Barrier Workshop: Nov 2018
Well Integrity incident Classification Reporting To NOPSEMA Interpretation
Titleholders NOPSEMA
Fragmented, poor quality feedback Data Quality? Reliability?
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Global Opportunity
Well Integrity incidents Classification Consistent Reporting Interpretation not required
Global Industry Global Platform
Risk Reduction Opportunities Reliable Quality Data
e.g: ISO 16530
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- Improvements in Safety, Well Integrity and
Environmental Management
- Industry leadership
- A collaborative approach
- Industry recognition of the potential gains from
adopting a common set of standards
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So what is required?
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