International Association of Oil and Gas Producers

The International Association of Oil and Gas Producers has released the second edition of its “Environmental Management in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry” report. For this edition, IPIECA, the oil and gas industry group focused on environmental and social concerns, has added its expertise.

The International Association of Oil and Gas Producers has released three new reports in its series of land transportation recommended practices.

The specification defines a minimum common set of requirements for the procurement of subsea pipeline valves.

IOGP JIP33 plans to publish more than 30 specifications by the end of the year.

IOGP JIP33 specifications comprise supplemental specification, quality requirements, information requirements, and a data sheet.

The report from the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers is in relation to a person who used alcohol-based hand gel sanitizer and, after application but before the liquid had fully evaporated, touched a metal surface, where a build-up of static ignited the alcohol.

This paper describes the trends and learnings from data received by the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers and provides an update on the upstream industry safety performance from the last 7 years of data collected.

On 20 April 2010, a blowout on the Deepwater Horizon, drilling at the Macondo prospect in the Gulf of Mexico, killed 11 crew and caused a major oil spill. The accident and spill forever changed the industry.

The fourth edition of the Sustainability Reporting Guidance for the Oil and Gas Industry increases the number of issue areas from 12 to 21 and includes a greater focus on climate and energy.

Seven members of the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers—Chevron, Eni, Equinor, ExxonMobil, Hess, Shell, and Total—have launched a new joint industry project on Environmental Genomics.