1. Industry Response - Deepwater Horizon
UNH Oil Spill Response Forum:
Oil Spill Response 25 Years after the Exxon Valdez and in the Wake of Deepwater Horizon
I am pleased to present an overview of a new industry organization
Industry Response - Deepwater Horizon
October 28, 2014
Charlie Williams, Executive Director

2. Deepwater – Industry / Focus Approach
Well Containment & Intervention Capability
Prevention & Industry Drilling Standards
Spill
Response
Capability
Joint Industry Task Force Groups Formed After Macondo
Offshore Equipment
Offshore Procedures
Subsea Well Control & Containment
Oil Spill Preparedness & Response
Safe Drilling Operations

7. Safe Work Practices and Operating Procedures
Safety & Environmental Management Systems
Goal: Safe & Reliable Operations / Operational Integrity
SEMS is a key mechanism to reduce the likelihood of major incidents
SEMS
Technical Standards /
Safe Work Practices and Operating Procedures
Skills and Knowledge
Safety Values / Human
behaviors +
Why is the focus on SEMS? Because slips and falls do no result in major incidents. Failures in Safety Management do.
Here is a simplified version of the SEMS elements. When SEMS is combined with a good safety cutlure it is the best barrier to a major incident.
Safety Culture is the corporate culture is what enables staff compliance with your SEMS system. Also an effective SEMS helps develop a good Safety Culture
Operating Processes /
Decision
Making + +
Charlie Williams, Executive Director

8. Bow Tie Approach Top Event Major Hazard Threat Consequence Prevention
Barriers
Mitigation
Why is the focus on SEMS? Because slips and falls do no result in major incidents. Failures in Safety Management do.
Here is a simplified version of the SEMS elements. When SEMS is combined with a good safety cutlure it is the best barrier to a major incident.
Safety Culture is the corporate culture is what enables staff compliance with your SEMS system. Also an effective SEMS helps develop a good Safety Culture
Charlie Williams, Executive Director

9. Industry Standards & Business Environment
Company
Contractor
Contract Interface Documents Work Plan
Company Tasks
Contractor Tasks for Company
Contractor Tasks for Others

10. Data Collection, Analysis & Reporting Assistance & Good Practices
COS Core Functions
Data Collection, Analysis & Reporting
Assistance & Good Practices
Accreditation, Certification, &
Auditing
The core functions of COS are
It is important to understand that despite the initial focus on SEMS auditing – the core function of COS is the collection and analysis of SEMS and safety performance data for the purpose of identifying gaps. The gaps will be closed by developing good practices or by development of standards and RP’s thru API.
COS will have an on-going mission of communication with key stakeholders including the regulators.
COS will always have a focus on delivering and maintaining SEMS auditing tools as well as auditing the audit service providers
Charlie Williams, Executive Director

11. Leadership Site Engagement Safety Performance Indicators
COS Activities
Leadership Site Engagement
Safety Performance Indicators
Improving Industry Learning Capability
Verification of Contractor Skills & Knowledge
Here are the current activities of COS.
Ldrshp is our first good practice. It is a good practice on how ldrs can conduct site visits in a manor that improves safety culture and SEMS effectiveness. It also is technique for how ldrs can use these same visits to observe SEMS effectiveness in their organizations
SPI’s are what has been called leading indicators. COS has 50 person team that includes BSEE and the Coast Guard to develop these SPI’s. They will be the key indicators for the industry on whether they have healthy and effective SEMS systems.
Lrng is focused on what are near misses of major incidents and how we can learn from these and other safety indicator data.
KM is our data backbone for storing and analyzing all the collected data
Charlie Williams, Executive Director

12. Thank You
Questions