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9 SPE International Conference on Health, Safety and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production 2008 “In Search of Sustainable Excellence”

April 15-17, 2008 Nice, France

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Society of Petroleum Engineers 9th SPE International Conference on Health, Safety and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME 1 SPE 98476 Moving Beyond Management System Documentation to Achieve a Step Change in HSE Performance .................................................................................................... 1 J.B. Wallace III, K.W. Walters

SPE 106827 OGP Land Transport Safety Recommended Practice: An Industry Standard for Land Transport Safety ................................................................................................. 5 Derek Tate

SPE 111137 Development of a Proactive Community Medical Services Plan in Georgia............................................................................................................................................... 11 J. David Clyde, ZaZa Mamulaishvili, Lan Bentsen, Terry Thoem

SPE 111293 Cleanup of Offshore Emulsion Spill, an Experimental Approach .......................... 15 Y. Zekri, Omar Chaalal, Mamdouh Ghannam

SPE 111336 Organization Design Considerations for Effectively Addressing HSSE Program Requirements in Oil and Gas Operations ............................................................ 25 R.L. Moreau

SPE 111355 Safe Working Load vs. Maximum Gross Weight: How Much Can We Lift Safely?......................................................................................................................................... 32 Nurul Ezalina Hamzah, K. Samunathan Karuppiah, M Shahrizal Hashim, Azhar M Ali

SPE 111358 HS&E Management System Audit Program as a Risk Management Tool..................................................................................................................................................... 37 Mark Silverstone, Dina Kuykendall

SPE 111361 The Value of Adding Curative Malaria Kits to Management Programs for Prevention of Falciparum Malaria Among People Working in Malarious Countries for a Major Oilfield Service Company—A Web-Based Survey ................................... 51 Johannes Berg, Anna H. Roukens, Alex Barbey, Leo G. Visser

SPE 111377 Health Risk Assessment (HRA) Software ................................................................. 62 Gabriel Saada, Frano Mika, Sabatino DeSanctis

SPE 111383 A Total Quality Approach to Improved Driver Training ........................................... 68 Troy Nugent, Joe Bennett

SPE 111418 Problems and Challenges for Implementation of Safety and HSE Management Rules in Aged Iranian Refineries and Petrochemical ............................................ 73 B. Abdolhamidzadeh, V. Hashemi, D. Rashtchian

SPE 111444 The Benefits of Anti Malarial Chemoprophylaxis Concerning OffShore Activities In High Risk Malaria Areas ............................................................................. 76 Mika Frano, Nicosia Vincenzo, Vasile Catalin, Dalida Ronan

SPE 111445 e-SHRIMP: One Year On.............................................................................................. 81 R.W. Finney, J. Campbell

SPE 111447 HSE Leadership Development Programmes—What REALLY Works .................... 88 George Siokos, John M. Karish,

SPE 111458 Health, Safety & Environmental Performance Data Mining Using Statistical Implicative Analysis........................................................................................................ 96 Piergiorgio Gallerati

SPE 111460 Reliability Parallels Between the U.S. Army and the Petroleum Industry ............................................................................................................................................ 107 Stan Stephenson, David Looper

SPE 111462 Medical Emergency Response Management in a Third World Setting................ 114 Uche Okorocha

SPE 111467 Global Statistics From Spreadsheets to “WOW” Reports .................................... 118 Durwin Speidel, Frederick L. Wedel Jr.

SPE 111468 The Effect of Hypertension and Other Risk Factors to the Development of Sensorineural Hearing Loss to Workers Who are Exposed to Noise and Chemical Hazards in Oil Company A.......................................................................... 126 Heru Waskito

SPE 111471 Making Human Rights Training Accessible: The IPIECA Human Rights Training Toolkit for the Oil and Gas Industry .................................................................. 146 Social Responsibility Working Group

SPE 111474 SAIPEM’s Leadership in Safety Program: Bringing a New Safety Culture to the Oil & Gas Construction Industry........................................................................... 153 Michèle Planeix, Sabatino De Sanctis, Andrea Forzan, Fabio Prandini, Darren Matkin, Davide Scotti, David Trickey

SPE 111475 Coral Transplantation, an Innovative Measure in the Frame of Environmental Impact Mitigation .................................................................................................. 165 Robert Hirst, Catherine Sutton, Claude-Henri Chaîneau

SPE 111479 Managing Marine Mammal Issues: Corporate Policy, Stakeholder Engagement, Applied Research, and Training ............................................................................ 182 Bill Streever, Lidia Ahmad, Brian Barley, John Edwards, Claudia Gnecco, Chris Herlugson, Anne Walls

SPE 111483 Accident and Incident Investigation ........................................................................ 191 Akash Hanooman

SPE 111498 Enhancing Environmental Performance Through Common Process From 20 EMS’s To One ................................................................................................................... 208 Erica Taylor, Cheryl G. Burry

SPE 111507 Driving Monitors—The Ultimate Behavior Based Safety Tool?............................ 211 Sean O’Connell

SPE 111509 Risk and Safety Training Using Virtual Reality (VRSafety) ................................... 216 Stian Høiset, Eli Glittum

SPE 111515 Engineered Wetland Design for On-Site Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Groundwater and Wastewater ...................................................... 229 Scott Wallace, Brian Davis, Jacques Whitford

SPE 111516 Safety, Health, and Ergonomics in Mobile Equipment: Combining Them Can Be Simple and Practical............................................................................................... 241 Virgilio Cocianni, Mark Williamson

SPE 111524 Linking Management Responses to Quantitative Assessment of Cumulative Impact Consequences ............................................................................................... 247 Trevor Winton, Mark Lorkin, Sinclair Knight Merz, Emilio Papiccio

SPE 111526 How Well Do Companies Embed Learning From Industrial Incidents ................. 256 Monique de Wit, Willem Peuscher

SPE 111527 Developing Rigorous GHG Forecasts For E&P Operations: GHG Forecast Tool................................................................................................................................... 264 John Edwards, Andrew Watson, Mike Guinee

SPE 111530 The Provision and Use of Flame Retardant Clothing During Ancillary Tasks Such as Asbestos Removal Operations on Offshore Oil and Gas Installations ..................................................................................................................................... 271 D. Stear, H. Smallman, N. Vaughan, R. Mogridge

SPE 111532 Industrial Hygiene Risk Assessment Using a Risk Assessment Software: A Nigerian Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Company’s Experience ....................................................................................................................................... 284 Ajukwura Lymn Wokomah, Jean-Michel Courandier

SPE 111535 Next Generation Stakeholder Engagement: Balancing International Best Practices and In-Country Leadership .................................................................................. 297 A. Khalsa, D. Slocum

SPE 111536 Microhabitat Protection During Geophysical Exploration in High Diversity Tropical Rainforest ......................................................................................................... 302 Mark William Thurber, Sebastian Valdivieso, Gabriel Noboa, Francisco Silva

SPE 111537 Implementing Tuberculosis Screening Programs in Difficult to Access Worker Populations .......................................................................................................... 309 E.G. Lawhorn, R.O. Dockins

SPE 111539 Building Stakeholder Consensus for an Oil Pipeline in Lago Agrio, Ecuador............................................................................................................................................ 314 Fernando L. Benalcazar, Mark William Thurber

SPE 111540 Empowering Employees—True Ownership of One’s Health and Safety................................................................................................................................................ 322 J. Jack Hinton

SPE 111541 Making HSE Management Systems Real ................................................................ 328 J. Jack Hinton

SPE 111543 Plant Threats Management ....................................................................................... 351 Abderrahmane Boukoftane

SPE 111545 The Other Infectious Diseases of Concern ............................................................. 356 Jean-Marie Moreau, Marci Z. Balge

SPE 111546 Sound and Marine Life: An International Joint Industry Programme for Research and Development ..................................................................................................... 377 M. Smies, J.V. Young, R.L. Gentry, J. Campbell

SPE 111549 EPRA—A Tool for Integrated HSE/ISR Risk Management in Early Project Phases ................................................................................................................................ 380 Sigurd Juel Kinn, Odd Thomassen, Kevin Kinsella, Gareth Roberts

SPE 111550 ROSA Project: SIMOPS and HSE Management ...................................................... 387 Howell Glyn Jones

SPE 111553 Effective HSE Shutdown Management in the World’s Largest Gas Plant.................................................................................................................................................. 393 John Duplessis, Semih Kutlay, Saleh Zaid

SPE 111557 Breaking the Glass Ceiling in Human Safety Behaviour Awareness ................... 412 D. Hildebrandt, F.M. van der Wilt

SPE 111558 Arctic Bivalves as Indicators of Environmental Variation..................................... 417 Michael L. Carroll, Stanislav G. Denisenko, Andrey Voronkov, William G. Ambrose Jr., Gregory C. Henkes, Steingrim Bosheim, Bjørge Fredheim, Trond R. Gulbrandsen

SPE 111560 “Shadows”, A Dynamic Safety Initiative ................................................................. 428 Jean-Michel Genevois, Michel Bouillet, Torgny Nilsson, Jean-Louis Bergerot, Jean-Claude Vidal

SPE 111561 Improving Accuracy in Calculating NOx Emissions From Gas Flaring............... 443 Jørn Bakken, Øyvind Langørgen, Geir Husdal, Tonje S. Henriksen

SPE 111562 Investigation of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) in Oil Fields and Oil Lakes in Kuwait ................................................................................................ 456 F.H. Abdullah, H.R. Saad, A.R. Farhan, M.M. Sharma

SPE 111563 Technology and Innovations Contribute to Safety and Efficiency in Storm Disaster Recovery ............................................................................................................... 462 J.F. Mailey

SPE 111564 Whenever Disaster Strikes... Major Risk Anticipation by HSE and Medical Joint Engineering: The Kharg Island Case Report........................................................ 478 T. Lentz, G. Benard

SPE 111565 Getting Risk/Impact Assessment Right—The Most Critical Tool to Incident Reduction.......................................................................................................................... 482 F.L. Grant

SPE 111566 Haze Hazard and Emergency in the Oil and Gas Industry .................................... 486 Devan Kumarasamy, Srinivasa Karthikeyan

SPE 111567 Health of Health Providers........................................................................................ 509 Anil Mehra

SPE 111568 Hazard and Risk Register for Management of Major Upstream Hazards ............................................................................................................................................ 517 Robin Pitblado, Tracy Whipple

SPE 111573 The Integration of High Performance Work Systems and Workplace Safety in the Oil and Gas Industry ................................................................................................ 526 J. Barling, K.E. Dupré, J.M. Kavanagh, S. Kenny, F. Khan, B. Veitch

SPE 111574 Using Accelerated Learning to Engage Employees and Deliver Results ............................................................................................................................................. 538 F.L. Grant

SPE 111575 Engaging Employees in Safety ................................................................................ 545 Janey Featherly

SPE 111578 Monitoring Bioremediation in Oil Contaminated Soils Using Toxicity Analysis ........................................................................................................................................... 549 Nayef Z Al-Mutairi, Majed S Al-Mutairi

SPE 111580 The Risk Management Process–An Overview........................................................ 556 F. Khalaf, M. Abu El Ela

SPE 111581 Managing HSE Performance in Difficult Work Environments: The Approach of a Major Oil & Gas Producing Company in Nigeria ................................................ 566 Jude Ijenyo

SPE 111582 Implementation of Environmental Performance Rating for Business Program (PROPER) As Environmental Compliance Tool for Upstream Oil and Gas Industries ......................................................................................................................................... 572 B.B. Edvantoro, D. Sumaljo

VOLUME 2 SPE 111583 Managing Explosion Risk in Arctic Areas............................................................... 582 Stian Høiset, Ingar Fossan, Øyvind Kaasa

SPE 111584 Fugitive Emissions Management Through Infra Red Monitoring—Full Scale Field Application................................................................................................................... 596 S. Plisson-Saune, S. Suripno, B. Pradier, A. Cramer, H. Pramono, R. Camps, H. Lacamoire

SPE 111586 Holistic Environmental Management of Discharges From the Oil and Gas Industry—Combining Quantitative Risk Assessment and Environmental Monitoring........................................................................................................................................ 606 Ingunn Nilssen, Ståle Johnsen

SPE 111588 Health Plan Engineering: For E&P Operations....................................................... 615 G. Steenman, J.P. Gardair, S.A. Holding

SPE 111589 A Comparative Study of HSE Culture on the Norwegian and UK Continental Shelves........................................................................................................................ 624 Jorunn-Elise Tharaldsen, Kathryn Mearns, Knud Knudsen

SPE 111590 Integrating Systems Approach in Accident & Incident Investigations ................ 637 G. Unni Krishnan, Ameena Rajab

SPE 111596 Getting Grips on Individual HSSE Compliance Globally....................................... 650 Dick Nijen Twilhaar, Wouter de Gier

SPE 111597 MISS: Report an Incident Using a Mobile Phone.................................................... 654 Wouter de Gier, Dick Nijen Twilhaar

SPE 111598 Effective Contract Management—A Key for Better HSE Performance ................ 657 Ali Al-Failakawi, Nandkumar Aravind, Mohammad K.S. Mohiuddeen

SPE 111599 Sustainability at an E&P Company in Europe—OMV Austria Exploration & Production GmbH................................................................................................... 671 Jan Paul, Reinhart Samhaber

SPE 111601 Safety and the Value of Partnering .......................................................................... 679 G.J. Windhorst, F.M. van der Wilt

SPE 111603 Management Team Role in Safety Performance Improvement............................. 683 Daniel R. Arias

SPE 111604 Managing Environmental Incidents at Oil and Gas Facilities Before They Happen.................................................................................................................................... 692 T.W. Lee, N.S. Othman

SPE 111606 Improving Environmental and Occupational Health Performance Through a HSE Management System—A Seven-Year Case Study ........................................... 700 Arthur J.J. Leuterman, John Candler, Stephen Rabke, Roberto F. Ceron

SPE 111607 Multiple Barriers Thinking—A Road to a Proactive Culture.................................. 713 Dagfinn Steinsvik, Anne Vegge

SPE 111609 A Model for Environmental Risk Assessment for the Construction of Oil/Gas Processing Facilities in Coastal Areas ........................................................................... 720 Ahmed H. Elsherbiny, Tarek A. Adly

SPE 111612 Innovative Methodology for Cleaning Pipes—Key to Environmental Protection ........................................................................................................................................ 730 Luiz Otávio Soranço Buzelin, Cláudio Benevenuto de Campos Lima

SPE 111613 Hearing Loss: A Case Study on the Burden of the Oil Industry ........................... 739 John J. Zambrano Celly

SPE 111615 Challenges for Realization of Health, Safety and Environment into Detailed Design in Onshore EPC Projects ................................................................................... 747 K. Tanigawa, K. Kobayashi

SPE 111616 Health Risk Register.................................................................................................. 753 Saleem Anwar, Safdar Nensey, Irfan Khalid Sohail

SPE 111617 Incidence of Kidney Stones Among Oilfield Workers in the Republic of Yemen .......................................................................................................................................... 761 Lajos Sellei, Li Ren Feng

SPE 111619 Gas Leak Detection Through Infrared Camera ....................................................... 765 A. Kabadeh, A. Al Kamali

SPE 111620 Bioremediation—The Journey From Hazardous to Green .................................... 769 Leila H. Hamza, Tarek A. Adly, Sameh Afifi

SPE 111621 Corporate Social Responsibility History Case: Solidarity Program Associated With the Touat Project of Gaz de France in the South West of Algeria ................ 779 Antoine Augustin, Michel Leblanc

SPE 111622 Work-Related Disorders and Personal Injuries in the Norwegian Petroleum Industry: Achieving a Broader Picture by Combining Data Sources ..................... 784 Tommy Haugan, Fred Størseth, Elisabeth Lootz, Hanne Weggeberg, Sigvart Zachariassen

SPE 111623 Institutional Capacity Building for Creating Health System Governance and Sustainable Development................................................................................. 804 Angelo Madera, Stefano Cianca, Filippo Uberti, Ali Abushawashi, Ahmed I. Elbousify, Mohamed Swehli

SPE 111624 Energy Companies are Adopting Emerging Industry Best Practice: Integrated HSE Management Information Systems for Sustainability ...................................... 849 Don McIntyre

SPE 111626 Measuring the Worldwide Standard Compliance Level With a QuantifiedGap Analysis.................................................................................................................. 859 Maurice Guirguis

SPE 111627 Industry and Community Working in Partnership to Provide Waste Solutions.......................................................................................................................................... 864 M. McKay, I. Sheills, Dan Taylor

SPE 111629 Techniques for Monitoring the Recovery of Deep, Cold-Water Habitats Following Physical Disturbance From Drilling Discharges ........................................ 867 Daniel O.B. Jones, Iain F.J. Park, Andrew R. Gates

SPE 111631 Capturing Management Information in the Oil and Gas Industry......................... 874 G.W. Sortland, M. Madaboosi, S.E. Fox

SPE 111632 eXpLore Leadership Programme—HSSE Training Specific to the Needs of Exploration Leaders ....................................................................................................... 880 Kurt Gerber, Michael Naylor, Ruth Berry, Doug Sheperdigian, Darren Rudkin

SPE 111633 Ready for R.E.A.CH.?—A Service Company Approach to REACH Sustainable Solutions..................................................................................................................... 886 A. Castanares, J. Sanders, R. Pongratz

SPE 111637 Microwave Treatment of Oil-Contaminated Drill Cuttings at Pilot Scale ................................................................................................................................................. 899 John Robinson, Sam Kingman, Colin Snape, Michael Bradley, Steven Bradshaw, Dominic Thomas, Paul Page

SPE 111638 Benchmarking Lifting Equipment Surveyors’ Competencies Using a Competency Model: A Major Step in Reducing Lifting and Handling Incidents in Nigeria .............................................................................................................................................. 906 J. Ologe, Y. Kue

SPE 111639 Conservation Partnerships in Peru: The Key to Developing a Biodiversity Action Plan in a Highly Sensitive Tropical Environment ...................................... 915 A. Alonso, L. Salinas, D. Mansell-Moullin

SPE 111640 Stakeholder Influence on Social and Environmental Performance Metrics for Petroleum Companies................................................................................................. 921 Jay B. Clare, Pablo Päster

SPE 111641 Lessons From Our Global Emergency Response System.................................... 928 Deena L. Buford, Glen A. Douglas, Leba G. Shallenberger

SPE 111642 HSE Considerations During Land Acquisition and Design and Construction of New Facilities ...................................................................................................... 935 Bruce Adams

SPE 111643 Beyond Information: Using Social Marketing Techniques to Promote the Adoption of Protective Travel-Health Behaviors................................................................... 947 L.G. Shallenberger, D.L. Buford, G.A. Douglas

SPE 111645 To Share Findings and Challenges in Conducting Health Impacts Assessment in Remote Geophysical Locations in the Third World Countries ........................ 956 Wadzir Majid

SPE 111646 Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Drilling Mud in Arid Area: Evaluation of Specific Fate Factors of Toxic Emissions to Groundwater ................................................... 968 Malika Ghazi, Gaetana Quaranta, Joelle Duplay, Mohamed Khodja

SPE 111665 Saipem Sustainability Talent—Speaking With Our Local Stakeholders.................................................................................................................................... 982 Daniela Mauri, Andrea Forzan, Sabatino De Sanctis

SPE 111666 Zero Harmful Impact From Drilling Discharges: Where are the Limits? ............................................................................................................................................. 988 U.E. Moltu, L. Pinturier

SPE 111669 Wellsite Operations With Seismic Air-Guns—The Potential Killer..................... 1003 J.R. Tulett, M. Clark

SPE 111670 The Application of Inherently Safer Design Principles to the Design of a New Offshore Gas Processing Platform ............................................................................. 1020 M.M. Oakden, M. Eades

SPE 111672 The Use of QRA to Inform the Design of a High Pressure Onshore Pipeline .......................................................................................................................................... 1030 Stacy Nelson, Margaret Caulfield, Andrew Cosham

SPE 111673 Managing Chemical Risk at the Point of Procurement—Simple Tools for Efficient Chemical Risk Reduction........................................................................................ 1047 Y. Gilbert, P.J. Raahauge, T. Raivio

SPE 111677 Framework for the Environmental Impact Factor for Drilling Discharges—A Proposed Tool for Risk Reduction, Management and Regulation of Drilling Discharges ................................................................................................................... 1056 M.G.D. Smit, T.K. Frost, S. Johnson, O. Follum, H. Rye, I. Singsaas, K. Bakke, M. Buffagni, L. Falcao-Veiga, E. Garpestad, U. Moltu, I. Skare

SPE 111679 Challenges of Waste Management in Environmentally Developing Countries ....................................................................................................................................... 1068 Wendy Paton, Paul Fletcher

SPE 111681 Planning and Executing EIA Baseline Studies in Remote and SocioEconomically Complex Regions With Potential for Uncontacted People: Practical Guidelines From Working in Northern Peru............................................................................... 1076 M. Rodríguez Achung, A. Sambartolome, A.D. Rawa, F.D. Rodriguez

SPE 111684 Complex Problems—Simple Solutions: GIS Application to a Socially Responsible Hydrocarbon Development in Colombia.............................................................. 1088 J.C. Mejía, K. Ravishankar

SPE 111688 Executing Corporate Responsibility Projects in Remote Delta Areas: Health and Safety Lessons Learned From Working in the Orinoco Delta, Venezuela....................................................................................................................................... 1096 F.D. Rodriguez, D. Vilera

SPE 111691 Environmental Risk Management in the Barents Sea: Contribution to a Scientific Based Approach for Defining Acceptance Criteria for Operational Activity in the Barents Sea........................................................................................................... 1103 L. Pinturier, L. Bracco, U.E. Moltu, M. Buffagni, S. Bamber, S. Sanni

SPE 111695 Hearts and Minds to Hands and Feet .................................................................... 1117 Peter Ifechukwude Egbumokei

SPE 111699 Integration of HSE Tools Leading to Better Leadership Action and System Improvements.................................................................................................................. 1127 W.T. Peuscher, M.D.C de Wit, R. Bryden

SPE 111702 Use of Risk-Based Business Approach for Characterization of Environmental Remediation Liabilities in Upstream Oil and Gas Production Facilities......................................................................................................................................... 1135 John A. Connor, Krish Ravishankar, Juan Carlos Mejia

SPE 111704 Environmental Considerations for Transferring Offshore Facilities to National Oil Company Operators ................................................................................................ 1157 Louis Armstrong, Jody L. Edmunds, Jay B. Clare

VOLUME 3 SPE 111705 Creating a “Sustainability-Minded” Worldwide Environmental Workforce ...................................................................................................................................... 1165 Louis Armstrong

SPE 111707 A Laboratory Study on Increased Assurance and Understanding Storage Mechanisms of E&P Waste Injection into an Unconsolidated Formation ................ 1168 John D. McLennan, Quanxin Guo, Cong Wang, Thomas Geehan, J. Wesley Martin, James Marquardt

SPE 111709 Old Carbon vs. New Carbon in Climate Change .................................................. 1179 Ben Ebenhack, Daniel Martinez

SPE 111710 Implementing Vector Control Programs in Limited Geographic Areas for Malaria Control ........................................................................................................................ 1187 Richard O. Dockins, Jerry R. Sellers

SPE 111712 Compliance With the Equator Principles: What Does It Mean For Oil and Gas Companies? ................................................................................................................... 1199 Courtney Lowrance

SPE 111715 The Corporate Response to HIV/AIDS: A Comparison Between the Global Fortune 100 and the Oil and Gas Industry ..................................................................... 1204 J. McCashin

SPE 111716 Food Safety Management ....................................................................................... 1210 Eldar Yarmammadov, Oleg Minkin

SPE 111721 Integrating HSE in the Business ............................................................................ 1237 Khadejah Saleh

SPE 111724 Delivering Social Performance During Appraisal: The Case of Royal Dutch Shell’s Grosmont Venture in Northern Alberta, Canada ............................................... 1243 Titus Fossgard-Moser

SPE 111725 Sources of Hydrocarbon Leaks and Spills in Upstream Oil Industries, Its Potential Reasons and Preventive Measures ....................................................................... 1256 Fares Al Mansouri, Mohammad Aftab Alam

SPE 111728 Health Risk Assessment: Improving Quality and Cost Effectiveness by Leveraging People, Processes, and Tools............................................................................ 1264 K. Niven, G. de Jong, C. Pedersen, Gerda Leefers

SPE 111729 Value Added Health Management —A Model to Measure Realized Benefits .......................................................................................................................................... 1275 R. Donnelly, C. Pedersen, G. de Jong, K. Niven

SPE 111730 Improving the Quality of the Medical Emergency Response (MER) in Global Exploration and Production Operations ........................................................................ 1281 Will Ponsonby, Eelco Sixma, Faiyaz Bhojani

SPE 111731 Fitness Parameters Recorded at the Annual Health Review of a UK Offshore Workforce: Are These Parameters Predictive of Sickness Absence? .................... 1287 Will Ponsonby

SPE 111733 HSE Philosophies Innovative Approach to Project Design ................................ 1300 Mohammed A. Al Nakib, Christopher Jackson

SPE 111734 Methodology of Health Impact Assessments in Development Projects: Getting it Right at the Front End ................................................................................. 1306 Mark Divall

SPE 111737 Using Past Experience to Optimize Environmental Monitoring in the North Sea ....................................................................................................................................... 1316 S.S. Bach, M. Robson

SPE 111739 Upgrading Passive Fire Protection for Offshore Facilities ................................. 1327 D. Henderson, T.J. Weir, S.D. Thurlbeck, R. Schneider

SPE 111745 A Role for SPE in Meeting Vital Human Needs..................................................... 1341 Mary Jeanette Ebenhack, Ben W. Ebenhack

SPE 111747 Waste Management in a Desert Environment, Yemen......................................... 1351 Krish Ravishankar, Mark William Thurber, Rick Allan Brower, Jon McClurg

SPE 111748 Traveling Healthy is Traveling Safely .................................................................... 1357 Heather Young

SPE 111749 Assessing Potential Health Risks for Expatriate Assignment............................ 1362 G. Sue Iha, S.A. Frangos

SPE 111750 Waste Management Standards Enhance Environmental Performance ............. 1374 D.L. Conrad, R.E. Hoffmann, S. McHugh

SPE 111751 The Design and Value of a Medical Fitness-for-Duty Program........................... 1379 Stephen Frangos, Trevor Bardarson, Richard Bunch

SPE 111758 Fatigue Risk Management in a Major Airline ........................................................ 1387 A. Holmes, S. Stewart

SPE 111760 Use of Habitat Equivalency Analysis (HEA) to Determine the Environmentally Superior Project Alternative ........................................................................... 1393 W.R. Gala, R.W. Hill, L.A. Hostetter

SPE 111761 Enhancing Decision Making in Critical Operations ............................................. 1402 Rhona Flin

SPE 111762 Influence From the Top: Senior Managers and Safety Leadership .................... 1408 H. Reid, R. Flin, K. Mearns, R. Bryden

SPE 111763 Shifting Focus in Workplace Healthcare Service Delivery Strategy: The Experience of Chevron Nigeria ............................................................................................ 1413 O.A. Fagade, P.A. Ajayi, S.A. Okegbemiro, O.T. Fadeyi

SPE 111765 Risk Focused and Evidence Based Medical Surveillance (MS) Evaluation Program for Global Use ............................................................................................ 1419 Faiyaz A. Bhojani

SPE 111766 Real Time Journey Management............................................................................ 1426 David Allison, Derek Tate, Shahar Hashim

SPE 111769 Meeting the Challenge of Technology Advancement: Innovative Strategies for Health, Environment and Safety Risk Management.......................................... 1435 J.M. Bruney, D.W. Jones

SPE 111770 Chevron Global Upstream Environmental Management System ....................... 1442 Steve McHugh, Mike Slovacek, Stacey Offner

SPE 111771 Establishing an Environmental Performance Standard and Waste Management Toolbox for Offshore Drilling Discharges ........................................................... 1447 Andrew Glickman, Catalin Ivan, William Piper

SPE 111775 Promoting Health Awareness Among Employees and Families by Partnering With NGOs—The Schlumberger India Success Story ........................................... 1453 Jim Akaya

SPE 111777 Working in a Contractual Environment, “Pathways to a Common Goal”............................................................................................................................................... 1459 Patrick Toutain

SPE 111779 Effective Employee Communications for HS&E Campaigns .............................. 1468 Ruth Hay

SPE 111781 Pipeline Hydrotest Water Management ................................................................. 1473 William Boulton

SPE 111786 Cabinda Fisheries Assessment: Stakeholder Engagement and Capacity Building.......................................................................................................................... 1482 Gary Wolinsky, Preciosa Fançony, Alan Abel, Emanuel Leopoldo

SPE 111788 Using Internal Video Projects To Share Lessons Learned ................................. 1489 Clay Reavis, Pete Douzenis, Nick Bourdoumis

SPE 111789 SERPENT of the Deep—Research, Monitoring and Partnerships for a Deepwater Well off Atlantic Canada............................................................................................ 1493 Andre d’Entremont, Janne Kaariainen, Krista Baker

SPE 111791 High Performance Safety Culture .......................................................................... 1501 Clay Reavis, Pete Douzenis, George Fournier, Tim Griffiths, Mosley Andre’ Momie

SPE 111800 Improving Road Safety in Corporate Fleet Settings—Engaging Technology, People, Government Organizations (Police) and Non Government Organizations (NGOs)................................................................................................................... 1507 Osama F.A. Al Kurdi, Abdulla Al Marzooqi, Abbas Yousef Ahmed, Mohamed A. El Farmawi

SPE 111801 Safety Interventions—A Status Challenge for Managers and Supervisors ................................................................................................................................... 1514 Tanja Pullwitt, Kathryn Mearns, Kristina Lauche

SPE 111803 HSE Performance Measurement and Proactive Reporting System Within In Amenas Operations...................................................................................................... 1524 Farid Bouacha

SPE 111804 Sustainable Development: End Game Is Good Governance .............................. 1531 Carolyn A. Ristau, Bill Knight

SPE 111807 Environmental Performance in the E&P Industry—2006..................................... 1544 J.A. Campbell, W. Poore

SPE 111809 Health Impact Assessment in the Business Process .......................................... 1551 Filippo Uberti, Guillermo Gomez, Angelo Madera

SPE 111810 Tangguh Responses on the Sensitive Environment ........................................... 1560 Lidia Ahmad

SPE 111812 Preparing for Implementation of New International Chemical Regulations: REACH in the European Union and CEPA 1999 in Canada ............................... 1570 Irena E. Witt, Golchehreh Salamat

SPE 111813 The Evolution of a Driving Simulator Program..................................................... 1583 D. Meade, D. Tate, D. Bouwkamp

SPE 111814 Integrated Implementation of a Management System in Qatar: An Innovative Approach Towards a Sustainable Performance Excellence ................................. 1588 Juan Carlos Lopez, Pierre Lafargue, Ahmed Gaafar, Hamed Al-Sheibani, Roberto Nazareno, Jerry Kurinsky

SPE 111815 Testing the Effectiveness of Risk Perception Training ....................................... 1599 T. McGrath, S. Dennon

SPE 111816 The APPEA and NOPSA Model for Achieving Continuous Improvement in Health & Safety Performance “Working Together for Safety” ..................... 1610 Tim McGrath, Simon Schubach, Peter Bell

SPE 111819 e4w Technique: Stepping Ahead From Traditional Safety.................................. 1616 Horacio Haag, Rod Ritchie, Georg Wachtel

SPE 111820 Strategic Framework: A Key To a Successful Comprehensive and Sustainable Response To HIV/AIDS Epidemic .......................................................................... 1624 B. Fakunle, A. Imam, C. Hamelmann

SPE 111821 Protection of Biodiversity in the Caspian Sea—Oil and Gas Development in Kazakhstan ........................................................................................................ 1627 G. Mutysheva, C. Walker

SPE 111823 Risk-Weighted Safety Culture Profiling................................................................. 1638 M. Dominic Cooper

SPE 111824 Policy Options in the EU for Regulating Carbon Capture and Storage ............. 1645 David J. Williamson, Paul Zakkour

SPE 111827 Uncertainty and Accuracy of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Estimation for Oil and Natural Gas Operations ......................................................................... 1658 Karin Ritter, James Keating, Miriam Lev-On

SPE 111828 The “Science” Behind a Spillage Reduction Success......................................... 1666 Ana Sanchez-Thorin, German Garcia-Perdomo, Edgar Perez-Velasco

SPE 111830 Commonality in EDF................................................................................................ 1672 Yves Garcier

SPE 111831 Developing Global Oil Spill Preparedness and Response .................................. 1679 Bernie Bennett, Cassie Richardson, Yvette Osikilo

SPE 111837 Evaluation of Portable Mercury Vapor Monitors and Their Response to a Range of Simulated Oil Processing Environments............................................................ 1683 K.J. Grice, L.D. Van Orman, L.A. Young, C.R. Manning

SPE 111838 Tailoring Implementation for Standardized Processes ....................................... 1701 Taco Franssen, Bruce Hogge

SPE 111839 Implementing the Social Dimension of ESHIA at Chevron ................................. 1705 Jonathan Lilien, Nadeem Anwar

SPE 111842 NORM Management in the Oil and Gas Industry.................................................. 1711 Michael Cowie, Khalid Mously, Osama Fageeha

SPE 111843 HNS Contingency Plans in Compliance With the OPRC-HNS Protocol............. 1729 Alexander Nicolau

SPE 111845 Our Sustained Efforts—“Hand and Finger Campaign” ....................................... 1741 Rune Hobberstad, Jan Erik Eriksen

VOLUME 4 SPE 111848 Improving HSE Culture Through the Human Element......................................... 1751 Karim A. Pachiyannakis, Moussa Al Hajri, Easa S. Al Sarka

SPE 111852 Building a Safety Culture—Our Experience in Saudi Aramco ............................ 1772 Ahmad S. Al-Kudmani

SPE 111856 ADNOC’s Air Quality Monitoring and Management System ............................... 1781 Hazem Abuahmad

SPE 111857 Employee Competency Development and Engagement: The Surprising Impact on Sustainability, HSE Performance and Financial Results..................... 1785 David Demski, Kenneth Arabie

SPE 111859 Effective Implementation of Behavior-Based Safety in the Unique Petroleum Industry ....................................................................................................................... 1801 Scott Walker

SPE 111866 HSSE Regulatory Compliance, Challenges and Solution ................................... 1811 Khurram Ahmed Khan, Safdar Nensey; Carl Dawburn

SPE 111873 Efficiency of Remote Sensing for the Environmental Management of Seismic Surveys in Desert Exploration Areas ........................................................................... 1818 Jérôme Xavier, Philippe Jean, Jean-Claude Setier, Roger Camps, Jean-Louis Jousseaume, Benoit Mouly

SPE 111879 The Strategic Value of Defining the Local Business Enabling Environment .................................................................................................................................. 1821 Robert Sherman

SPE 111880 Sustainable Development and Change Management .......................................... 1825 Robert Sherman

SPE 111881 HSE, A Way of Living .............................................................................................. 1829 J. van der Wal

SPE 111925 Major Risks Analysis With a Scenario Based Methodology ............................... 1834 Alain Chetrit

SPE 111928 Health and Safety for Families, Youth, and Community...................................... 1839 T. McTague, S. Mitchell, M. Brice, K. Costelloe

SPE 111929 Raising Awareness Among and Training Contractors ........................................ 1847 V. Calvo, C.Violini

SPE 111930 Technological Risks Management Principles....................................................... 1855 Denis Duval, Jean Pierre Zundel

SPE 111933 The Resource Calculator—A Tool Driving Improvement .................................... 1860 Kenny Lang, Sam Long

SPE 111935 A Compliance Focused Health, Safety, Security and Environmental Management System is a Key to Safe and Green Operations ................................................. 1869 Yuliy Y. Zaytsev, Rebecca Heath

SPE 111936 Assessment of a Bioremediation Process for Hydrocarbons Polluted Soil.................................................................................................................................................. 1875 J.C. Setier, S. Ouvrard, C. Schwartz, P. Faure, S. Guimont, J.C. Renat, J.L. Pornain, F. Perié

SPE 111937 Saving Energy in the Oil and Gas Industry........................................................... 1881 Dominique Chauvin, Sophie Depraz, Hannah Buckley

SPE 111938 Partnerships in the Oil and Gas Industry: An IPIECA Perspective .................... 1891 Richard Sykes, Sophie Depraz, Hannah Buckley

SPE 111939 Reduction of Malaria Incidence Among Workers on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea ......................................................................................................................... 1901 Luis Benavente, Brian Linder, Immo Kleinschmidt

SPE 111940 Chad-Cameroon Oil Development and Pipeline Project—Contribution to Local Company Success ......................................................................................................... 1908 Jacky Gruat, Bichara Mahamat

SPE 111941 Drilling Waste Management Plans for Exploration and Production Operations in Iran ......................................................................................................................... 1912 M. Kalhor Mohammadi, K. Tahmasbi

SPE 111942 Using Technology to Eliminate Drowsy Driving................................................... 1918 Jochen Heinzmann, Derek Tate, Robert Scott

SPE 111943 Health Circles—A Tool for Work Place Health Promotion in the Oil Industry .......................................................................................................................................... 1926 Susanne Schunder-Tatzber, Werner Unterberger

SPE 111946 Risk-Based Environmental Aspects Assessment................................................ 1940 H. Rodger Melton, Nina K. Springer

SPE 111949 Methamphetamine: A Blight on Society................................................................ 1946 Amy Mifflin, Eddie Hill, Dave Searle, Scott Scheffler

SPE 111950 E&P Industry’s Challenges With Managing Mitigation Guidelines for the Protection of Marine Life During Marine Seismic Operations ........................................... 1953 Sarah L. Tsoflias, G.C. “Chip” Gill

SPE 111953 Harmonizing Efforts to Evaluate Contractor HSE Performance: The API PIDX Revision of RP 76 ......................................................................................................... 1961 J. Schey, T. Knode, F. Simon, E. Ring, T. Elsen, D. Campbell, M. Carter, M. Bell, R. Light

SPE 111955 Risk Assessment for Livestock in the Oriente Region of Ecuador .................... 1964 M. Pattanayek, S.J. McMillen

SPE 111956 Development and Deployment of a Contractor Safety Management Program for Chevron Environmental Management Company ................................................. 1979 Tony Zamora, Raoul Martin

SPE 111957 Minimizing Environmental Impacts in the Arctic: 30 Years of Oil Development on the North Slope of Alaska ............................................................................... 1987 Janet D. Platt

SPE 111959 A New Monitoring Tool for Assessing Environmental Impact of Offshore Drilling Activities: Benthic Foraminifera .................................................................... 1992 G. Duchemin, M. Mojtahid, E. Bicchi, M. Gaultier, F.J. Jorissen, Ile d’Yeu; J. Durrieu, F. Galgani, L. Cazes, R. Camps

SPE 111960 Sustainable Water Management in the Oil and Gas Industry: Use of the WBCSD Global Water Tool to Map Risks............................................................................. 2004 J.J. Dell, S. Meakin, J. Cramwinckel

SPE 111961 Human Factors in Drill and Well Operations—The Drillers’ Work Situation......................................................................................................................................... 2018 Hilde Heber, Siri Wiig, Arne M. Enoksen

SPE 111963 The TOTAL Group and the Local Economic Development of the Lacq Basin............................................................................................................................................... 2027 Claude Arquizan, Jean-Claude Charbonnel, Renaud Noël

SPE 111964 Energy Efficiency Assessments—Just a Paper Exercise? ................................. 2034 K.A. Speirs

SPE 111965 A Successful Stakeholder Partnership—The Dolphin Energy Experience Coral Reef Habitats of the Arabian Gulf ................................................................. 2039 Marwan Y. Alkendi, Marcus Chandler

SPE 111967 Europ Assistance’s New Approach of Clinic and Patient Management Tools: An Integrated Solution...................................................................................................... 2048 P.A. Belliard

SPE 111968 Sustaining Community Education on Road Safety.............................................. 2053 Syed Mahmood Ali Kazmi, Safdar Hussain Nensey

SPE 111972 Pilot Project on Rehabilitation and Protection of Tugai Forests ........................ 2058 Faig Askerov

SPE 111973 Emerging Issues in Produced Water Management: TOTAL E&P NORGE’s Approach ...................................................................................................................... 2061 Pierre Goud, Stig Helland, Alexandre Goldszal, Ulf E. Moltu, Laurence Pinturier

SPE 111975 Sustainable CSR Activities in Uganda .................................................................. 2073 G. Brunton, M. Early

SPE 111977 Meeting Expectations: A New Model for a Just and Fair Culture ....................... 2079 Patrick Hudson, Margot Vuijk, Robin Bryden, Dominika Biela, Charles Cowley

SPE 111978 Carriage of Drilling Fluids and Brines—Implications for the Offshore Industry .......................................................................................................................................... 2091 Kirsty Walker, David MacRae, Paul Ronald

SPE 111980 Sustaining an Excellent Workforce ....................................................................... 2102 Euan J. Thompson

SPE 111981 Environmental Projects for New Projects: Systematic Processes and Performance Requirements Driving Better Environmental Outcomes ................................... 2113 E. Rogers, S. Spence

SPE 111982 Measuring Return on Environment........................................................................ 2120 Jessica M. Marshall, Mark A. Serwinowski, Thomas M. Duong, Gregory R. George

SPE 111983 Regulatory Compliance Challenges in Countries With Emerging Economies and Developing Legislative Systems ..................................................................... 2131 Yuliy Y. Zaytsev, Gregory A. Mattson

SPE 111984 HSE Holistic Approach to Azeri Chirag Gunashli PW Disposal in Azerbaijan ...................................................................................................................................... 2136 Roberta Wilson

SPE 111987 Using Saturation Campaigns to Effectively Communicate With Employees ..................................................................................................................................... 2146 F.L. Grant, R.K. Hay

SPE 111988 Screening for Human Factors in Process Safety and Technical Integrity .......................................................................................................................................... 2151 Ron McLeod

SPE 111998 IMO-IPIECA’s Global Initiative Managing and Implementing a Regional Oil Spill Preparedness and Response Programme for Central & West Africa (GI WACAF) ........................................................................................................................ 2157 Dirk Martens, Philippe de Susanne

SPE 112002 Keeping the License To Operate Through Sustainable Community Environmental Education and Relationship Building Within the Oil and Gas Industry .......................................................................................................................................... 2169 Karen Ragoonanan-Jalim, Tyrone Kalpee

SPE 112004 Environmental Performance Reporting: From a Laborious Data Collection To a Fully Integrated System..................................................................................... 2176 Bernard Pradier

SPE 112007 HRA Exercise—PETRONAS Experience in Sudan............................................... 2180 N. Mydin, A. Zainudin, M.H. Usul Hj

SPE 112009 Gas Pipeline Maintenance: Safety and Environmental Issues for Operations in Highly Sensitive Ecosystems .............................................................................. 2193 Carla Strappa, Eduardo Tapia Garzon

SPE 112010 Hydrocarborn Seepage in Former Drilling Mud Pits............................................ 2201 Elena Luisa Vicente, María del Rosario Rosso, Julio Fuchs

SPE 112011 Coaching Safety Leadership Using the Situational Leadership® Model .............................................................................................................................................. 2220 Ana Brasher

SPE 112013 Managing Major Incident Risk—Balancing Key Drivers of Success.................. 2225 Bela Cseh, Christophe Prajer, Peter Solomon

SPE 112019 The Shell Frequent Business Traveller Program: A Risk-Based Approach ....................................................................................................................................... 2234 J.K. Wendt, J. Berg, S.A. Hinitt, R.P. Donnelly

SPE 112020 Using the Last Several Years of HSEQ Data to Improve the Next Several Years of HSEQ Performance.......................................................................................... 2240 Joe Stough, Rod Ritchie

SPE 112025 Stress Resilience: A Joint Accountability............................................................. 2248 Patricia Ferris, Michelle Colleton

SPE 112026 Security and Human Rights Training: One Company’s Central African Experience........................................................................................................................ 2267 Adel Chaouch, Charles Curlee, Bernard McCabe, Ima Turner

SPE 112027 Prevention and Management of Food and Waterborne Diseases ...................... 2272 Eva Elizabeth Lund Shammus, Marci Z. Balge, Gary R. Krieger

SPE 112028 Creating a Sustainable Step Change in Safety From an Innovative Self Evaluation Programme ......................................................................................................... 2277 D. Allan, Kenneth A. Lang

SPE 112029 Praising for Safety: The Next Step in Behavioural Safety................................... 2282 Kathryn Breitsprecher

SPE 112030 The Journey Towards World Class Safety Performance—bpTT ........................ 2296 Tyrone Kalpee

SPE 112036 Our Safety Culture: Our Behaviour is the Key...................................................... 2301 A. Hayes, E. Novatsis, R. Lardner

SPE 112296 Tetrapal—A New Technique for Malaria Drug Testing in Urine .......................... 2309 T. Fusaï, T.A. Eggelte, J.M. Moreau, J.M. Lichtenberger

SPE 112861 OGP Exploration and Production Waste Management Guidelines .................... 2315 E. Garland, J.M. Kerr, K.J. Mundy, M.J. Mason, S. Young, S.R. Pegors, E. Sedlock, J. Barrett, J. Campbell, C. Eygun

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