NOPSEMA & standards

Cameron Grebe – Head of Division, EnvironmentNERA Standards Showcase – Perth, 22 November 2018

Introducing NOPSEMA

• An independent statutory regulatory authority

• Established under the Commonwealth Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse gas Storage Act 2006

• Created in 2005 with additional functional areas added in 2011 (Well Integrity) and 2012 (Environment).

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Who we are

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What we regulate

FacilitiesSafety

WellsIntegrity

ActivitiesEnvironment

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How we work

Assess Permissioning documents

Inspections

Permissioning document

commitments

Incident investigations

Enforcement

Promote

Advise

Cooperate

Report

NOPSEMA & Standards

• Objective based– reduce risk to a level that is ALARP (and acceptable for EPs)

• Permissioning documents– Safety Cases, Environment Plans, Well Operations

management Plans

– Content requirements prescribed

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Regulatory Regime

• Technical focus

• Underpinning ALARP arguments

• Throughout project lifecycle

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Industry’s use of standards

High Risk

Low Risk

Concept

Design

Construct, Install, Operate, Modify, Decommission

• Process/methodology focus

• Good industry practice

• Promote in publications:– Guidance notes

– Information papers

– Regulator

– Alerts

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NOPSEMA’s use of standards

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Promotion of standards*

* NOPSEMA promotes a range of publications (including standards, guidelines recommended practices etc) that NOPSEMA considers represent good industry practice.

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Coverage by discipline23 NOPSEMA Publications66 Cited Publications114 Citations

Safety

WellIntegrity

Environment

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Well integrity study

• IRF research project into well related standards

• Identified gaps, lack of clarity, inconsistencies etc

• Opportunities for improvement e.g. in:– Drilling

– Cementing

– Well Barriers

– Suspension & abandonmentThe Regulator Issue 2: 2017

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• Improvements in Safety, Well Integrity and Environmental Management

• Industry leadership

• A collaborative approach

• Industry recognition of the potential gains from adopting a common set of standards

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So what is required?

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