International Association of Oil and Gas Producers

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.

Seven outstanding young professionals have been selected as finalists for the award, which will be presented at the SPE International Conference and Exhibition on Health, Safety, Environment, and Sustainability in Bogotá, Colombia.

The International Association of Oil and Gas Producers, the Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology, and the World Climate Research Programme came together for a second time to discuss what has changed in the understanding of the physical risks of climate change.

Nominations are now open for the 2020 IOGP Outstanding Young Professional Award, sponsored by the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers in association with the biennial SPE International Conference and Exhibition on Health, Safety, Environment, and Sustainability.

The new report, Safety Leadership in Practice: A Guide for Managers, builds on one released in 2013. Since 2013, the industry has gained a huge amount of experience and insight into how workplace cultures are formed. This document aims to collect and present that insight and experience.

Data submitted for the organization's annual safety performance indicators report recorded an 8% drop in the fatal accident rate and a decrease in fatalities from 33 in 2017 to 31 in 2018. This was against a background of a 2% increase in work hours reported.

The updated document offers an introductory overview of the broad topics of oil spill preparedness and response and provides signposting and hyperlinks to a full range of materials from IPIECA and the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers.

The guidance focuses on the business purpose of health services in the oil and gas sector and the additional value that effective leadership around health and human performance can bring.