Data driven update to industry Life-Saving Rules

Mariana Carvalho is the Occupational & Process Safety Manager for the IOGP. Having started working for IOGP 8 years ago supporting its safety work, Mariana has managed the publishing process, organised external events and is closely involved with the global safety data collection process. In her current role she is responsible for all health and safety projects and coordinates two standing technical committees and all related subcommittees and task forces. She has been instrumental in coordinating Project Safira, which aims to eliminate fatalities in the upstream industry through work in four areas: Life-Saving Rules, aviation, process safety and motor vehicle crashes. Mariana holds a Chemistry Degree from Imperial College London and a Masters in the Technology and Analysis of Archaeological Materials from UCL.

Kirsty Walker is the global Operational Performance Systems Project Manager – HSE at Schlumberger. She has over 25 years of experience in health, safety and environmental management in the upstream oil and gas industry. She has worked closely with IOGP for the past 15 years, having chaired their Safety Data Sub-Committee since 2010. This group produce annual reports on upstream lagging safety, process safety and motor vehicle crash data. She has also authored technical papers on identifying trends in this data and learning from the data, presented at SPE and Energy Institute technical conferences. She also chaired the 2008–2011 IOGP Task Force to develop the initial upstream industry Life-Saving Rules and was vice chair of the Task Force to update the Life-Saving Rules during 2017–2019. She has also participated in the UK StepChange for Safety Human Factors group and the 2013–2014 review of the OPITO Minimum Industry Safety Training Standard for offshore workers. She is a regular Safety Committee member for SPE HSSESR regional and global technical conferences. Kirsty received her BEng in Minerals Engineering from the Camborne School of Mines and her PhD from the School of Chemical Engineering University of Birmingham, UK.

Odunlami (Abbey) Adeogun has over 20 years of practical experience starting with service organisations before moving to the oil and gas industry. He has worked in various capacities as a safety professional both in projects and operations. His focal areas include industrial hygiene, risk assessment, management system, standard and program development. Abbey worked in both offshore and onshore environments in Nigeria and in corporate offices in the USA. He currently works in the corporate office of Husky Energy as Safety Specialist looking after Life-Saving Rules and Human Factors. Abbey holds an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Lagos, an MSc in Occupational Safety & Health from the Columbia Southern University (USA) and an MBA in Health & Safety from the University of Fredericton (Canada). He is a Certified Safety Professional and an active member of Canadian Society of Safety Engineering. Abbey served in the first IOGP Life-Saving Rules Task Force transitioning 18 Life-Saving Rules into the current nine. He is a member of the current IOGP Life-Saving Rules Implementation Task Force. He also served on the Energy Safety Canada Task Force on Line of Fire and is currently serving in the Task Force on Dropped Objects.

Melissa Mark has 20 years of hands-on experience in the oil and gas industry serving in Operations and HSE leadership roles. Melissa has worked in both offshore and onshore operations in the Gulf of Mexico, North Sea UK and Trinidad in roles of Facilities Engineer, Operations Team Lead, Operations Manager, SEMS Program Manager and HSE Manager. In her current role as Life-Saving Rules Program Manager, Melissa is leading BP Upstream’s implementation of the IOGP’s Life-Saving Rules. Melissa holds a BSc in Chemical and Process Engineering from the University of the West Indies, a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, Certified Safety Professional (CSP) accreditation and is a member of IOSH. Melissa is deeply passionate about the promotion of STEM education in young women and deepening the impact of the HSE discipline in the workplace. As a result, she is Chair of the Women’s Energy Network Young Women Energized Program, a BP STEM Ambassador and a member of the ASSP Membership Development Committee.

Olav Skår was seconded from Shell to IOGP as Safety Director in 2019. He brings some 30 years of experience, mainly focused towards well activities in diverse and challenging environments. He has held roles from the purely technical through site, team and broader leadership in countries like The Netherlands, UK, New Zealand, Thailand, Norway, Syria, Algeria and Qatar and is now in London. On safety specifically, he believes that systems and tools designed to manage risks are most effective when complemented with respect, care, inclusion and excellence in the planning and execution of our operational tasks. Olav is proud to be a Visiting Professor with Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. He has contributed as a Trustee with the International Well Control Forum, served on the advisory panel of the International Association of Drilling Contractors and chaired the Oil and Gas UK Wells Forum. He is a longstanding member of the SPE.