11-12 NOGEPA Newsletter

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Jelto TerpstraNOGEPAs Media Campaign

Scenario: Aer a detailed review of the

incident itself, the queson of whether this

accident could happen in the Netherlands

is raised. In brief, Jan de Jong of the State

Supervision of Mines (SODM) states that the

situaon in our country is not comparable

due to operaonal and environmental

dierences and emphasises the excellent

Dutch regulaons and procedures. Finally,

he expounds the good cooperaon between

all Dutch E&P pares involved in the process

and resulng in the posive outcome of the

various working groups.

Several graphics illustrate the dierences

between operaons in the Gulf of Mexico

and the North Sea. Nevertheless, the E&P

industry has taken its responsibility seriously.

All recommendaons from the working

groups are explained, including training and

competence, technical standards, clear acon

roles and procedures in case of an accident

and more.

The December 2011edion of Aardgas

Update is dedicatedto the lessons learned

from the Gulf ofMexico incident and

explaining the ndingsand outcomes of

the various workinggroups.

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NOGEPA: the recognized voice of the DutchOil & Gas Exploraon and Producon Industry

stringent safety standards, and to seek any

improvements that may prove necessary.

The second focal point is the role of natural

gas in the energy mix and its contribuon to

society. I believe that more aenon should

be paid to the important role that natural

gas plays in our economy. Natural gas is the

cleanest fossil fuel, an important contributor to

our energy mix and an indispensable transion

fuel as we move towards renewable energy.

Promong our industry through construcve

and proacve communicaon and engagement

with the Dutch government, the State

Supervision of Mines, NGOs, and the general

public is very much on my list of priories.

The third focal point for NOGEPA will be

the Dutch governments Small Fields Policy

and, more specically, how we can maintain

an aracve investment climate in the

Netherlands to ensure we can explore and

produce Dutch gas for many more years to

come. As an industry organisaon, we are

parcipang in an acve dialogue with the

Ministry of Economic Aairs, Agriculture and

Innovaon, TNO and EBN to look at ways to

provide a further smulus for exploraon,

marginal eld development and tail-end

producon. We are also looking into how we

can ensure public support for our acvies,

which will prove essenal for doing business in

our highly populated country.

NOGEPAs success depends on the eorts and

the commitment of its member companies. We

will focus on construcve, open, transparent

and proacve communicaon on all aspects of

our acvies.

During the next years, I very much hope I

can contribute towards securing NOGEPAs

excellent reputaon as a strong, visible and

reliable industry organisaon.


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Gert-Jan Windhorst

New Safety Standards proposedby European Commission foroshore oil and gas operaons

These new rules will create a European

standard for the oshore oil industry in

all member states of the EU. In terms of

substance, a lot of maers proposed are

already in place in accordance with the local

regulaons imposed by member states withoperaons in the North Sea, and further

improvements originang from the post-

Macondo invesgaons are also being

implemented.

By proposing a regulaon rather than a

direcve, the industry fears that the carefully

developed HSE framework currently in

place could be damaged and replaced by a

rigid onesize-ts-all soluon. It should be

remembered that the tailor-made naonal

soluons developed over the years have

contributed greatly to the high standards in

place. At the moment, the various industry

associaons are studying the proposals toassess whether the new bureaucrac burdens

imposed will build on the current safety

standards present in the North Sea, and not

merely replace the current good pracce.

NOGEPA is also taking part in this dialogue,

both directly with the State Supervision of

Mines (SODM) and the Ministry of Economic

Aairs, Agriculture and Innovaon, but also

in Brussels through OGP, the Internaonal

Associaon of Oil & Gas Producers.

The latest edion of NOGEPAs Aardgas-Update is fully dedicated to the lessons

learned from Macondo.

Please visit www.aardgas-update.nl.

In order to reduce therisk of accidents likehappened with the

Macondo well in theGulf of Mexico, the

European Commissionhas proposed newlegislaon in the form

of a regulaon.

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NOGEPAs Media Campaign

Willy Oude Essink (NAM Schoonebeek

simulator) explains in detail the training

course. Ben Waardenburg (GDF SUEZ) refersto the standardisaon of guidelines and

well design. Aer stressing the need for

exercises, Cees van Oosterom wraps-up with

the connued need for cooperaon between

operators and contractors to ensure a high

level of safety standards in the North Sea.

www.aardgas-update.nl


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Cees van Oosterom

NOREX Large ScaleEmergency Exercise

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Our industry has a long-standing pracce

of conducng emergency exercises with

the Dutch Coastguard, State Supervision of

Mines (SODM), Rijkswaterstaat North Sea

Directorate and numerous other pares who

would normally provide assistance in the

event of an oshore emergency.

The NOREX table-top emergency exercise,

jointly organised by the industry and the

authories and conducted on 17 November,added another dimension to it as it involved

mobilising the following pares:

GDF SUEZ Emergency Response Team

Dutch Coastguard

RBN (Regionaal Beheersteam

Noordzeerampen Regional North Sea

Emergencies Management Team)

Rijkswaterstaat North Sea Crisis Team

GDF SUEZ volunteered to host the exercise.

The oshore oil and gas producer and the

three other organisaons listed would haveto deal with a major emergency involving

the Dutch oshore industry. Holding joint

exercises is essenal as the various pares

need to learn what they can expect from each

other. As each of these four players operates

from their own locaons, opmisaon

of communicaons and communicaon

resources is an important aspect.

The exercise involved a large tanker loaded

with heavy crude oil deviang from its course

and colliding with an oshore drilling rig,which at the me was tesng a gas discovery.

The disaster included: a damaged tanker

spilling crude oil, a damaged drilling rig, a

damaged gas well which is no longer under

control, people in the sea needing rescue and

injured people.

The resulng acons included:

Rescue of people and provision of medical

treatment

Having to deal with a gas well which was

on re

Having to deal with media and relaves

To give an extra dimension to the process

of tackling a well which is no longer under

control, Nobel Drilling and Wild Well Control

also played an acve part in the exercise.

Overall the exercise went well and numerous

lessons were learned. Because people and

organisaons change over me, it is important

that such exercises are repeated regularly to

ensure that any oshore emergency is dealt

within in the best way possible.

The plan to put what was learned from thedesign of a live oshore emergency exercise

into pracce is scheduled for June 2012.

Always being preparedfor the unexpected is

part of the culture in theoil and gas producingindustry. The lessons

from the Macondo wellaccident in the Gulf of

Mexico only reinforcedthis.



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liable for any inaccuracies, omissions, or errors whether in respect of the informaon provided in the e-mail newsleer. The informaon

in the newsleer may only be used by readers for their own purposes. Permission must be obtained from NOGEPA for any other use.

John McGrane

NOGEPA recognizeddoctors list 2012-2015

The NOGEPA recognized doctors list

includes the names of 250 doctors across

four countries: the Netherlands, Germany,

Belgium and the United Kingdom. A

signicant number of the doctors onthe list have their pracces at sea ports,

including Den Helder and Roerdam in

the Netherlands, as well as Hamburg,

Antwerp and Southampton. However, the

inland areas are also well represented with

pracces in all twelve Dutch provinces.

As menoned at the annual NOGEPA doctors

meeng, NOGEPA conducts a review every

three years of the doctors recognised to

carry out medicals for personnel working on

oshore mining installaons. The present

three-year recognion period ends on

31 December this year. A majority of the

doctors on the list have re-applied and are

in the process of receiving their leer ofrecognion and a new personal stamp with

a new number for the coming period which

runs from 01-01-2012 ll 31-12-2014.

If you would like to re-apply, please consult

our website www.nogepa.nl and in the

Health secon, you will nd the applicaon

forms both in Dutch and English, or send

your applicaon, which you received by

e-mail to [email protected].

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