OGP Standards Committee

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OGP Standards Committee

• Presentation to
• International Regulators Forum
• 1999-09-14, Stavanger
• by
• Alf Reidar Johansen, Saga Petroleum

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Terms of References
The main role of the Standards Committee is to
serve as a Forum for sharing information on
standards work, agreeing issues, coordinating and
developing recommendations and positions on
standards issues of interest and value to the oil
gas industry worldwide.

• SPECIFICALLY TO
• Take a pro-active role related to standards
• Monitor and discuss developments of standards
• Liaise with API, CEN/CENELEC, ISO, IEC etc.
• Act as catalyst for action
• Develop position papers and advise OGP members on
  standards work
• Share information on best practices of companies
  in-house standardisation work.

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OGP Standards Committee members
Representative Company Country ISO TC67
CENTC12 Giacomo Caporali Agip Italy
H H Guy Doriat Elf France Jim
Heimer Exxon USA H Alf Reidar Johansen
(C) Saga Norway Alain Loppinet Total
Fina France H C Anders Mjelde OLF Norway
Neil Reeve Shell Netherlands
M M Rolf Remer BEB Germany M H Sjoerd
Schuylman IP UK M M Mike Spanhel API USA
M Cheryl Stark BP Amoco USA
C Graham Thomas BP Amoco UK H H
C Chairman H Head of delegation
M Member of delegation
Corresponding members from BG, Conoco, DONG,
Mærsk
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Position paper Development and use of
international standards

• Development and Use of ISO standards should be
  promoted.
• ISO numbering should be used at regional and
  national levels.
• International standards should be used without
  modification
• International standards should recognise
  performance, quality and regional variations to
  meet the industry needs worldwide
• ISO and CEN should identify and prioritise the
  standards needed, based on consensus
• Industry effort should be focussed on ISO to
  maximise efficient use of scarce resources avoid
  duplication of effort
• Companies should focus on functional requirements
• Companies should minimise and justify any company
  requirements supplementary to the ISO Standards

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Issues

• General issue National regulations for the oil
  and gas industries differs considerably,
  sometimes making transfer of equipment, drilling
  rigs, diving vessels, FPSO's etc. across national
  borders both difficult and costly.
• Special issue At the IRF meeting in Houston May
  6-7, 1998, the members expressed considerable
  concern with regard to FPSO installations and
  their operations, since regulatory auditing
  activities had revealed problems integrating
  offshore regulatory and quality needs into
  traditional maritime systems. A resolution was
  made to raise the question and discuss it in all
  its bearings with EP Forum.

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Purpose of meeting

• Inform about ongoing harmonization of national
  and industry standards and specifications through
  work in IEC and ISO, in particular ISO/TC67.
  Presentation by Cheryl Stark, Chairman of
  ISO/TC67, BP Amoco
• Work with IRF to remove unnecessary national
  differences in the regulations causing problems
  for the international trade and movement of
  drilling rigs, FPSOs etc. Discussion.

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Standards used in European oil gas industry
Ref CEN Order PETROL96-1
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A single set of words
A single set of words

• API
• BS
• DEP
• NACE
• NF
• NORSOK
• ETC.

Use ISO as is, API/ANSI/ISO, EN/ISO, NS/EN/ISO, Na
tional Bodies worldwide/ISO
ISO
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Important Maintain ISO std. number
) Alternatively another int. standards body,
e.g. IEC
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Harmonized regulations?
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Oil gas industry is global in its nature