Host Organisation

SPE International Conference and Exhibition on

Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Social Responsibility
SUSTAINING OUR FUTURE THROUGH INNOVATION AND COLLABORATION
11–13 April 2016 / Stavanger Forum, Stavanger, Norway / www.spe.org/events/hse

CE LE B R ATI N G 25 Y E ARS
CALL FOR PAPERS
Abstract Submission Deadline: 27 July 2015

In Collaboration With Endorsing Organisations

Letter From the Chair

Dear Colleague:

On behalf of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and the Conference Programme
Committee, I invite you and your colleagues to participate in the 2016 SPE International
Conference and Exhibition on Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Social
Responsibility. It takes place 11–13 April 2016, in Stavanger, Norway.

This edition of the oil and gas industry’s premier HSE event celebrates its 25th year. It
brings together experts from all over the world to share new ideas, process improvements,
technological advancements, and innovative applications to enhance HSE performance.
It also provides a neutral forum where a wide range of perspectives from a variety of
stakeholders can be explored.

Themed ‘Sustaining Our Future Through Innovation and Collaboration,’ this biennial
conference welcomes to Stavanger more than 1200 health, safety, security, environment,
and social responsibility leaders and professionals working in and beyond the oil and gas
sector. Our theme reflects the opportunity we all have to collaborate and contribute to our
global success. It also captures the global imperative in today’s climate to maximise our
HSE programmes in order to achieve the objectives of our shareholders and stakeholders.

Our goal is to reach beyond the industry by introducing presentations, special topical
sessions, and networking opportunities unavailable anywhere else. Our technical
programme will reflect the diverse perspectives and concerns of our attendees.

The conference provides an excellent opportunity for professionals to share experiences

with colleagues and build fruitful relationships with stakeholders.

Please give others the chance to learn from your experiences, ideas, and best practices—
submit a paper proposal by 27 July 2015. A list of technical categories is shown in this
brochure, and the full list is available on the event website, www.spe.org/events/hse.

Join us in making this a memorable conference!

Trey Shaffer
2016 SPE International HSE Programme Committee Chairperson
Global Reach
Since its inception in 1991, this event has been held in venues all over the world.

1991 The Hague, The Netherlands 2004 Calgary, Canada

1994 Jakarta, Indonesia 2006 Abu Dhabi, UAE
1996 New Orleans, USA 2008 Nice, France
1998 Caracas, Venezuela 2010 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2000 Stavanger, Norway 2012 Perth, Australia
2002 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2014 Long Beach, California, USA

Who Should Attend Paper Proposals Sought From

~~ C
 ompany HSE managers, ~~ H
 SSE-SR executives, directors,
leaders, and professionals managers, and leaders
~~ C
 ompany operations ~~ Compliance officers
management and leadership ~~ Educators
~~ Service providers ~~ Environmental professionals
~~ Consultants ~~ H
 ealth, safety, and environment
~~ NGOs engineers and specialists
~~ Government regulators ~~ Inspectors
~~ P
 rofessionals from other industries and
government officials concerned with
health, safety, or the environment
~~ Safety and operations managers
~~ Scientists
~~ Drilling HSSE-SR professionals
2016 Conference Topics
The 2016 Programme Committee invites paper proposals for the following topics.
Authors are encouraged to consider developing papers featuring multidiscliplinary
approaches that highlight HSE benefits such as innovation, collaboration, and value
creation. Additionally, authors may consider proposing papers that feature these HSE
benefits within specific elements of the oil and gas sector value chain. The conference
also features a special drilling track, and the programme committee invites authors to
indicate if their abstract relates specifically to drilling.

Health in Communities and the Working Environment

Health in Communities
~~ C
 ollaboration With Agencies, ~~ Health Impact Assessment
Government, or Other Stakeholders ~~ Infectious Diseases
~~ Community Health Outreach ~~ Product Stewardship
~~ G
 lobal, National, and ~~ W
 hat Should Be the Role of the Oil
Regional Partnerships and Gas Industry in Communities?

Health in the Working Environment

~~ Extreme Environment
~~ Fatigue Management
~~ Fitness for Duty
~~ Health Emergency Response
~~ Health Performance Measures
~~ Health Risk Communication
~~ Health Strategy
~~ Industrial Hygiene
~~ Infectious Diseases
~~ Physical Fitness Programs
~~ Preventative Medicine

Occupational and Process Safety

Occupational Safety
~~ Behavioural Safety: Human Factors ~~ M
 anaging Major Incident Risks and
~~ Human Performance Response/Media Response

~~ Journey Management ~~ Safety Leadership

~~ T
 ransport Safety: Land/Air/Marine/
Equipment/People
Process Safety
~~ Assessing Supply Chain Safety Risk
~~ Barrier Identification
~~ Human Factors
~~ M
 anaging Process Safety in Company/
Asset Acquisition
~~ Operational Risk Management
~~ Operational Safety
Sustainability
~~ A
 ccelerating Integration of
Sustainable Development Factors
in Executive and Operations
Decision Making
~~ Climate Change
~~ Collaborating to Achieve Local Content
HSE Management
~~ A
 lignment/Harmonisation of
Standards and Practices
~~ Audit and Assurance Programs
~~ Bridging Documents
~~ Chemical Inventory Management
~~ C
 ollaboration With Contractors,
Partners, and Other Stakeholders
~~ C
 ontractor and Sub-Contractor
HSE Management
~~ Cutting Costs, Not Corners
~~ Cyber Security
~~ High-Reliability Organisations
~~ HSE Culture
~~ Joint Venture Management
~~ Predictive Analytics
~~ Process Safety/Asset Integrity
~~ Reporting Challenges and Successes
~~ Safety in Projects
~~ U
 nderstanding Hazards Associated
With the Use of Procured
Critical Controls
~~ Well Operations Safety
~~ Diversity
~~ Leveraging Technology
~~ P
 ublic Acceptability and the
Rational Middle
~~ Sustainable Operations in the Arctic
~~ Leadership / Accountability
~~ Learning Organisations
~~ Management of Change
~~ Operational Excellence
~~ P
 reserving Maintenance and Safety in
a Low Cost Environment
~~ S
 afety and Environmental
Management Systems (SEMS)
~~ Technology and Systems
~~ Training and Competency
Environment
~~ Air Emissions and Flaring
~~ B
 iodiversity and
Sensitive Environments
~~ Chemical Risk and Well Stimulation
~~ C
 ollaboration With Regulators,
Partners, or Other Stakeholders
~~ Decommissioning Legacy Assets
~~ D
 evelopments in International
Guidance and Best Practice
~~ Ecosystems Services Management
~~ G
 reenhouse Gas Management
(Including Carbon Trading and
Energy Efficiency)
Social Responsibility
~~ C
 ollaboration With Communities,
Partners, or Other Stakeholders
~~ Ethics and Human Rights
~~ F
 resh Water, Major Resource
Utilisations, in Heavy Security
Areas, etc.
~~ Indigenous People, Grievance and
Claims Management, Resettlement
~~ Integrating Social Responsibility
Into Management Systems to
Mitigate Risks
~~ Impact Assessment and
Risk Management (including
environmental, cultural, and
cumulative impacts)
~~ M
 onitoring, Reporting, and
Stewardship for Environmental
Performance Improvement
~~ Regulatory Changes / Challenges
~~ S
 pills Prevention, Control,
Countermeasures, and
Emergency Response
~~ Unconventional Oil and Gas
~~ Waste Management
~~ W
 ater Management (Including
Produced Water and Water Use)
~~ Interaction of Social Responsibility
Issues With Other Aspects of
Environment, Safety, Security, Health
~~ P
 ublic Consultation, Engagement of
Stakeholders, Conflict Management,
Community Outreach
~~ S
 ocial Impact Assessment
and Management
~~ S
 ocial Performance Indicators /
Reporting for Greater Transparency
~~ Supply Chain
General Guidelines
Abstract Submission Deadline: 27 July 2015 Changes, Cancellations, and Withdrawals
1. O
 btain necessary clearance and travel approval SPE and the Programme Committee consider an
from your management. accepted abstract as a commitment to present.
If extenuating circumstances prevent the author
2. T
 he paper proposal should be formatted into
from making the presentation, it is that author’s
four specific paragraphs. The combined word
obligation to find an alternate presenter and
count must be between 225 and 450 words
notify their SPE Programme Lead and their
in length. Visit www.spe.org/events/hse for
session chair(s), if applicable. Withdrawals must
more information
be made in writing to the SPE office as soon as
3. P
 lease summarise experience that qualifies you possible. Under no circumstances can a submitted
to present this abstract at the conference in the abstract be changed once it has been submitted.
Novel/Additional Information section. The failure of SPE conference authors to have at
4. The paper proposal must be received by 27 July 2015. least one designated individual present the paper
at the conference will result in the conference
5. S
 ubmit your paper proposal online
paper being permanently withdrawn from the
at www.spe.org/events/hse.
SPE technical paper archive on OnePetro.org.
6. D
 o not include title or author names in Cancellations, particularly after a paper has
the body of the abstract. Title and author been accepted and publicised, are viewed by the
information will be requested separately Programme Committee as highly unprofessional.
through the submission system.

7. P
 lease note that, if accepted, your paper A Word About Commercialism
proposal may be published, as submitted, in
SPE has a stated policy against use of commercial
conference information media, including the
trade names, company logos, or text that is
SPE website.
commercial in tone in the paper title, text, or
8. A
 uthors whose paper proposals are accepted slides. Use of such terms will result in careful
will be required to provide a manuscript for scrutiny by the Programme Committee in
inclusion in the conference proceedings. evaluating abstracts, and the presence of
Authors who do not submit a manuscript commercialism in the paper may result in it being
and the associated publication forms by the withdrawn from the programme.
manuscript due date will be withdrawn from
the programme and will not be allowed to A Word About Plagiarism
present. Manuscripts will be due at SPE no later
We expect authors to credit all sources used in
than 30 November 2015.
their writings and not to represent work of others
as their own. We take plagiarism very seriously.
Copyright Please refer to SPE’s plagiarism policy at
All authors of papers presented at the conference www.spe.org/authors/policies/plagiarism.php.
will be required to complete and submit a
copyright release form to SPE or submit the
copyright exemption form where applicable.

Executive Committee
Co-Chairs
Trey Shaffer, ERM
Øystein Arvid Håland, Statoil
Steve Kropla, IADC
Members
Ian Bailey, ERM
Carlos Chalbaud, GDF Suez
Jan Roar Drechsler, Statoil
Michael Engell-Jensen, IOGP
Emmanuel Garland, Total
Claudine Gorman, ExxonMobil
Kerry Ground, Acorn International
Irene Hamre, Baker Hughes
Jack Hinton, Baker Hughes
Dave King, BP
Tom Knode, Consultant
Roland Moreau, Consultant
Charles ‘Buzz’ Morris, Chevron
Odd Oeen, Schlumberger
Kate Simpson, ConocoPhillips
Sarah Smith, Halliburton
Sue Staley, Shell
Sandy Stash, Tullow Oil
Brian Sullivan, IPIECA
Terry Thoem, Thoem
& Associates
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Co-Chairs
Knut Jørgen Arntzen, Statoil
Linda Battalora, Colorado
School of Mines
Johana Dunlop, Schlumberger
Ann Flowers, Oxy
Laura Johnson, ExxonMobil
John Karish, ENSCO
Paul Krishna, XTO Energy
Steve Kropla, IADC
Dina Kuykendall, Baker Hughes
Steve Laking, ERM
Krish (Ravi) Ravishankar, Oxy
Luciano Scataglini, Eni
Paul Shone, Chevron
Don Smith, Eni
Jonathan Smith, Maersk Oil
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