for the Oil and Gas Industry

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Guide to Operating in Areas of Conflict

• for the Oil and Gas Industry
• Cynthia Hart (Hunt Oil)

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Operating in Areas of Conflict

• Purpose conflict management advice and guidance
  through
• Risk assessment
• Risk management
• Objective
• Save time
• Protect resources and reputations
• Enhance employee and
  community safety

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Tools featuring in the Guide

• Scale of Conflict
• Risk assessment
• Potential risks
• Community Impacts
• Reputation
• Ethical dilemmas
• Risk management
• Manage conflict
• Doing no harm
• Conflict prevention

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Scale of Conflict
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Risk Assessment

• Purpose identify conflict and the severity of
  the risk of conflict within a given region or
  area.
• Above Ground Review
• Evaluating, anticipating and managing risk
• Decision-making process
• Recognize situation
• Identify potential for conflict
• Decide on investment plan
• 3 Steps
• Traditional Risk assessment
• Conflict Analysis
• Conflict Impact Assessment (CIA)

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Traditional Risk Assessment

• Ongoing or post conflict area
• Potential conflict
• Risk of future conflict
• Next if future, present or prior conflict is
  recognized

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Conflict Analysis

• Identify nature/cause of conflict
• Understanding region
• Field investigation
• Presentation of findings
• Next once nature of conflict has been determined

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Conflict Impact Assessment

• Affect of investments on conflict (visa versa)
• Interpret potential impacts
• Management Strategies
• Next If you decide to continue work in a
  conflict-affected area

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Risk Management System

• Uses conflict analysis and data
• Predict associated risks of conflict
• Identification of potential conflict
  issues/indicators
• Establishment of the system
• Monitor conflict
• Assess impacts
• Input to conflict responses

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Risk Management Measures
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Do No Harm

• Companys responsibility to ensure that their
  actions and personnel behavior do not exacerbate
  an existing conflict or stimulate a potential
  conflict.

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Do Something

• Areas of violent conflict require combination of
  internal and external measures of conflict
  management.
• Investment in conflict management
• Sensitivity to outreach projects
• Warning systems in potentially violent areas.

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Do Something

• Significant risk of impact of conflict on
  operations requires a wider management base.
• Sensitivity
• External conflict management
• Funding/Assistance to conflict resolution efforts

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Case Study Review

• Review of case study scenarios
• Tools
• Assessment
• Determine level of conflict
• Decide on necessary risk assessment tools
• Recommendation for investment
• Management
• How to manage specific issues
• What approaches would be used
• Review the management dos and donts (pg 20)