Health, Safety & Environmental Management
System
According to the E&P Forum (1994)
"a HSE-MS is the company
structure, responsibilities, practices, procedures, processes
and resources for implementing health, safety and environmental
management".
In 1994 the E&P Forum developed HSE-MS Guidelines and a
Model HSE–MS. Since then there has
been considerable uptake of this approach by the oil and gas
industry.
Although there are important differences in the detailed
handling of safety and environmental issues, safety and
environmental management are tending to converge towards the
system model of ISO 9000. Many E&P Forum members operate joint
Health, Safety and Environment Management Systems and the
American Petroleum Institute (API) has issues recommended
practices, such as RP 75, to assist those developing Safety and
Environmental Management Programs (SEMP) in the offshore oil
industry.
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The Abu
Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) requirements for the
oil and gas industry include EIA, HSE-MS, environmental
auditing, environmental discharges and emissions
monitoring and reporting and corporate environmental
reporting. These requirements currently go beyond the
formal regulatory requirements, as the Federal
Environmental Law has not been developed to the regulation
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The requirements of health, safety and of
environmental protection are not always in
harmony. However, joint consideration of health
and safety and environmental matters provides a
framework within which such issues can be
resolved, and an appropriate balance struck (E&P
Forum, 1994)
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