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Opinion

Thought Thought ThoughtStream

Scott Tessier, Chair and CEO, C-NLOPB

Offshore Safety

Demands Continuous Focus s the regulator for the Newfound- need for greater attention to preventative It is truly a global industry

A land and Labrador offshore oil maintenance, inspection and testing, and and we are constantly and gas industry, it should come as no corrective maintenance to ensure contin- surprise that everything we do at the ued asset integrity. Aging facilities can reminded of the risks and

Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador pose increased risks if preventative main- consequences associated

Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) tenance is not conducted regularly and if is seen through the lens of the 1982 corrective maintenance is not attended to with operating in a harsh

Ocean Ranger disaster, the 1985 Uni- in a prompt manner. environment. versal helicopter crash, and the crash

The fourth area is the need for

Piper Alpha of Cougar 491 in 2009. The improved information sharing on things

It is important that we share disaster and the Deepwater Horizon like incidents and accidents, including tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico were near misses. Operators and workers information, learn from also formative events in the world of need to learn from one another to pre- each other, and maintain offshore safety. vent making similar mistakes that can

The ensuing investigations and inqui- lead to serious injuries, or death. Safety continuous focus on improving ries into these events led to sweeping conferences and forums are useful in o