SPE/APPEA International Conference on Health, Safety and Environment in Oil & Gas Exploration and Production

The 2012 SPE/APPEA International Conference on Health, Safety and Environment in Oil & Gas Exploration and Production will be held from 11-13 September at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre. The theme of the conference is ‘Protecting People and the Environment - Evolving Challenges’.

This is the first time the event will be held in Australia. It will be co-organised by the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA), the national body representing the collective interest of the upstream oil and gas exploration and production industry. Chevron Corporation is the host organisation for the event.

The opening session will feature opening addresses by senior government officials; welcome addresses by Ganesh Thakur, 2012 SPE President, together with David Byers, APPEA CEO; and a keynote address by Melody Meyer, President of Chevron Asia Pacific Exploration and Production Company and Executive Committee Chairperson.

The technical program will feature over 140 papers in 53 technical and knowledge-sharing sessions over three days, covering key topics of health, safety, environment, social responsibility and HSE management. The program will also include three plenary sessions on the topics of ‘Earning and Protecting our Licence to Operate’, ‘HSE Competencies and Resources Management’, and ‘HSE Challenges in Emerging Frontiers and Technologies’.

12 extensive panel sessions will also be featured. The panel session topics are:

• Global environment and social performance standards
• Global leadership game changers for the next decade
• Safety lessons from high-reliability industries
• Offshore decommissioning
• Water resource management
• Delivering the raised bar of global HSE competency
• Frameworks on business and human rights: recent developments and implementation issues
• Strategies to achieve Contractor Competency Assurance
• Are you fit to work?
• Social responsibility new frontiers and challenges: unconventional resources
• HSE management and oversight during offshore drilling operations
• How can you manage health?

Special sessions covering the topics of ‘HSE aspects of offshore drilling’, ‘The challenges of getting to zero’, and ‘Hydraulic fracturing’ will also be included.

A technical exhibition will be held in conjunction with the conference, allowing professionals to see the latest innovative technologies and processes being used by the industry.