| The IADC HSE
Case Guidelines for both offshore and onshore drilling rigs
have become increasingly popular with drilling
contractors in many areas around the world. The Guidelines
provide a framework for developing an integrated health,
safety and environmental management system for use in
reducing the risks associated with offshore and onshore
drilling activities.
The Guidelines provide the worldwide drilling industry with
a means of harmonizing global health, safety and
environmental principles applicable to drilling units into a
single methodology tailored to the drilling contractor
community. This framework will greatly assist regulatory
bodies, drilling contractors, and oil and gas producers in
achieving higher degrees of personnel safety and
environmental protection worldwide.
The Guidelines are gaining
worldwide acceptance and exposure not only in Northwest
Europe and Australia, but also in Cuba, Canada, Angola, South
Africa and Trinidad and Tobago (see chart
below). As large, multinational oil
and gas operators acknowledge the importance and benefits of
the HSE Case Guidelines, their use may expand to other oil
and gas provinces around the world.
As currently implemented,
this safety management system represents a voluntary, core
set of principles which can be applied to any drilling unit
regardless of geographic location. As such, use of the
Guidelines can assist regulatory authorities when evaluating
drilling contractors’ safety management programs, providing
them assurance that the program encompasses a series of best
industry practices designed to minimize operating risks.
In December 2007, IADC received the Carolita
Kallaur Award for Outstanding International Safety
Leadership, presented by International Regulators Forum (IRF).
The award recognized IADC’s contribution to improving safety
in drilling operations, through the development of the HSE
Case Guidelines. |
