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Summary
Summary
This book evaluates and compares risk regulation and safety management for offshore oil and gas operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Norway and Australia. It provides an interdisciplinary approach with legal, technological and sociological perspectives on efforts to assess and prevent major accidents and improve safety performance. Presented in three parts, it begins with a review of the factors involved in designing, implementing and enforcing a regulatory regime for industrial safety. It then evaluates the four regimes exploring the contextual factors that influence their design and implementation, their reliance on industrial expertise and standards, and the use of performance indicators. Finally the book assesses the resilience of the Norwegian regime, its capacity to keep pace with new technologies and emerging risks, respond to near miss incidents, encourage safety culture, incorporate vested rights of labor, and perform inspection and self-audit functions. This book is relevant for those in government, business and academia, and anyone involved in offshore safety issues.
Table of Contents
1 A generic model for risk governance: concept and application to technological installationsOrtwin Renn |
2 Modes of risk regulation for prevention of major industrial accidentsMichael Baram and Preben H. Lindøe |
3 Values and norms - a basis for a safety cultureKathryn Mearns |
4 Optimising offshore health and safety inspections: how the markets could helpEmre Üsenmez |
5 Safety regulation on the Norwegian continental shelfKnut Kaasen |
6 Health and safety regulation on the UKCs: evolution and future prospectsJohn Paterson |
7 Preventing accidents in offshore oil and gas: the US regulatory regimeMichael Baram |
8 A new policy direction in Australian offshore safety regulationJan Hayes |
9 Safety indicators used by authorities in the petroleum industry of UK, US, and NorwayHelene Cecilie Blakstad |
10 Governmental enforced self-regulation: the Norwegiancase Paul Bang and Olaf Thuestad |
11 Contested terrains in risk regulation. Legitimacy challenges in implementation processesJacob Kringen |
12 Boxing and dancing: tripartite collaboration as an integral part of a regulatory regimeRagnar Rosness and Ulla Forseth |
13 Emergent risk and new technologiesOle Andreas Engen |
14 Near major accidents - a challenge for regulator and the regulatedOle Andreas Engen |
15 Inspections, independence and intelligenceHelge Ryggvik |
16 Advancing robust regulation: reflections and lessons to be learnedAndrew Hale |