Resilience based Safety Management and Monitoring for petroleum exploration and production in the Arctic

The project will carry out research relating to prevention of major accidents and development of proactive safety performance indicators in petroleum-related activities in the Arctic. Particular attention is given to next generation work processes and the operational concepts of Integrated Operations in a new and demanding context, incorporating a multitude of contractors. The primary objective is to develop new knowledge for safety management of petroleum installations based on emerging resilience think ing in terms of a new concept of organisational resilience and proactive safety indicators in a globalized context, comprising (e.g.) international management practices and Norwegian safety regulations and tri-partite regimes. The concept of organizatio nal resilience aims to explore hitherto unresolved challenges of resilience by putting emphasis on the need for concerted and mutually responsive interaction across a diversity of decision contexts. ReSMaM is a joint international project with lead ing French and Norwegian research scientists and professors, combining knowledge from case studies within the chemical and petroleum industry. Priority is given to address interdisciplinary safety research challenges where researchers from soft and hard d isciplines contribute. The project will be carried out in close cooperation with ENI Norge using the development of the Goliat field as case studies. Norwegian authorities have stated very strict safety and reliability requirements for petroleum producti on in the northern region. More knowledge on the technological, human and organisational factors influencing safety performance may be an important prerequisite for further activities in northern regions.