The operator´s association for emergency response

In order to close the gap between emergency response plans and the way tasks are carried out in real life, far more factors and aspects must be mapped and included in the planning, Riana Steen believes. In a new research paper written in collaboration with the Operator's Association for Emergency Response (OFFB), she explains how this can be done.

Today, on January 28, OFFB conducts a full-scale exercise, based on a hypothetical security incident at the heliport in Florø in Vestland county. A wide range of companies and authorities are collaborating in the drill.

OFFB had its busiest year ever in 2020. Managing director Ole Jacob Haug expects this positive trend to continue in 2021.

INEOS Oil & Gas Norway is preparing to spud its ‘Fat Canyon’ wildcat in the summer of 2021. Together with OFFB, the company is rehearsing its emergency response system. “It is essential to go up routines and brush up on our knowledge,” says general manager Erik Magnesen.

Når kriser oppstår må kriseledere fatte beslutninger, ofte under tidspress og stor grad av usikkerhet. 15. september utfordret beredskapslederne Geir Haakonsen og Bjørn Stein masterstudenter i samfunnssikkerhet ved Universitetet i Stavanger.

A close dialogue, a focus on details and the ability to improvise were some of the key factors in the handling of the COVID-19 outbreak on board the West Phoenix drilling rig in the beginning of August 2020.

EPIM JQS, som er en del av Norsk olje og gass, har også gjennomført en revisjon av beredskapsorganisasjonens kvalitetssystemer.

-I den utfordrende tiden olje- og gassindustrien nå er inne i spiller kanskje OFFB en viktigere rolle enn noensinne