... Environmental Health and Safety Audit Privilege Act, provide management and owners with an appraisal of potential environmental liabilities and recommendations for managing compliance risk. EPA has also developed a specific audit policy for new owners of assets who want to make a "clean start" at newly acquired...

.... Critical aspects include: Developing sustainable building specifications to meet internal company requirements for new construction. Identifying energy improvement opportunities through energy audits and use of best management practices for facility retrofits. Conducting equipment life cycle...

..., and auditing. An analysis of the contractor HSE audits, to validate the questionnaire over a two year period, identified limitations in the process and instances of inaccurate reporting by the contractor. Those inaccuracies were attributed to question phrasing, perceived question threat, lack of understanding...

... as auditing tools to implement corrective actions in addition to scheduled activities, creating an upward spiral of continuous improvement facilitating operational risk management across the enterprise. As a startup drilling contractor, implementing a management system and defining a corporate culture can...

... of the site location. The compliance program includes: 1) determining if a site(s) is currently in compliance with applicable air regulations, permits or permit exemptions, including aspects related to preplanning and scope, whom to involve, audit privilege, and disclosure; 2) bringing a site into compliance...

... requirement upstream oil & gas epis global environmental perfomance indicator implementation indicator incident report compliance environmental incident information summary report schlumberger ltd incident audit society of petroleum engineers spe 93800 consumption resource consumption...

... Abstract Over the past 25 years, oil companies have been implementing environmental, health and safety (EHS) auditing and review programs which have resulted in positive benefits, but have required continual revisions to adapt to changing needs. Industry's EHS parameters and major incidents...

... in Colombia. alignment spe 66552 drilling fluids and materials lead contractor waste management operation total fluid management colombia waste christopher greave performance measure audit contractor upstream oil & gas benchmark tfm supervision drilling fluid management...

... was developed for location personnel to use when conducting these audits. The protocol was designed so that personnel completely unfamiliar with environmental, safety, and business requirements would be able to conduct knowledgeable inspections and assist in making rational decisions. When the user...

.... Specifically, it will explain the various kinds of detailed auditing procedures that must be done prior to the transfer of facilities or property. Such auditing not only includes the historical and document searches, but also and more importantly, the actual physical auditing and in most cases sampling...

... Minimization Program has been developed for application at Mobil's sour gas plants in Western Canada. The Program consists of a multi-phased approach where the primary focus is on the Waste Audit which is the first step in reducing waste. The paper will provide an overview of the various phases of the program...

... ABSTRACT In the early spring of 1990, the management of Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) issued a directive to the six operating units of the corporation to begin a program of audits to assure compliance with all applicable environmental, health, and safety (EH&S) regulatory requirements...