International Association of Oil and Gas

OGP (2003) Environmental Aspects of the Use and Disposal of Non Aqueous Drilling Fluids Associated with Offshore and Gas Operations, International Association of Oil and Gas Producers, London, pp. 114. 

The American Petroleum Institute (API) reference listed in ZlO s Appendix K gives guidance on how to implement a contractor safety and health program. The International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (OGP) publication provides guidelines on working together in a contract environment. 

International Association of Oil and Gas Producers. 2011, November. Process safety— Recommended practice of key performance indicators. Report No. 456. http //www. ogp.org.uk/publications/safety-committee/pro cess-safety-recommended-practice-on-key-performance-indicators/, downloaded May 14, 2014. 

International Association of Oil and Gas Producers, retrieved on May 11, 2015 from website https //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intemational Association of Oil %26 Gas Producers (last modified on December 2,2014). 

The International Association of Oil Gas producers (OGP) is a unique global forum in which members identify and share best practices to achieve improvements in every aspect of health, safety, the environment, security, social responsibility, engineering and operations. 

In 1985, the international association of exploration and production oil and gas companies started to collect international accident-related data from its member companies [1]. Initially, 22 companies submitted their data, and the number has grown over to 49 companies located around the globe [2]. The definitions of terms and the type of data to be collected were agreed upon in the committee meetings. The members of these committees represented a wide spectrum of companies from various countries [1]. 

The starting point for this database was the formation of the Wells Conunittee of the International Association of Oil Gas Producers (lOGP). The main objective of this committee was to highlight areas for improvement and then focus on these areas for strengthening the long-term health of fhe oil and gas industrial sector across the entire cycle of well planning, construction, operation, and abandonment. Some of the objectives of this committee were as follows [3] ... 

Despite such improvements, exploration remains a high risk activity. Many international oil and gas companies have large portfolios of exploration interests, each with their own geological and fiscal characteristics and with differing probabilities of finding oil or gas. Managing such exploration assets and associated operations in many countries represents a major task. 

A study was made of gas decompression failures in elastomeric seals using a fracture mechanics approach with considerations of gas permeation. An equation is proposed for the tearing energy associated with crack growth from internal gas bubbles in a finite thickness elastic media. The effects of gas pressure, temperature, rate of decompression and mechanical strain were studied for a range of elastomers used in oil and gas sealing applications. A theoretical treatment is presented based on a fracture mechanics criterion for fracture from an internal disc shaped flaw in a thick elastic medium. Permeation theory provides a quantification of the amount of gas available internally to initiate failures. 21 refs. 

Shah Deniz is an offshore non-associated gas/condensate field, which is being developed primarily to supply natural gas to export markets in Turkey - and associated liquids to international markets via the crude oil pipeline systems. Production will be brought ashore at Sangachal, where a major gas terminal is to be constructed. In November 2002, the agreement was reached with BOTAS, the Turkish state-owned gas company, for the sale of Shah Deniz gas to Turkey with deliveries commencing in August 2006. 

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