Photos of damage to IAGC offices from Hurricane Ike - 13 September, 2008
Photos of damage to IAGC offices from Hurricane Ike - 13 September, 2008
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2008 09 Ike - IAGC Houston Office Damage
Photos of damage to IAGC offices from Hurricane Ike - 13 September, 2008
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2008 Sporting Clays Tournament
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Current Office Pictures
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2009 IAGC Annual General Meeting
held at the Marriott Houston Westchase hotel Feb. 19, 2009
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2009 IAGC Annual World Geophysical Open
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2011 Annual Meeting - Houston
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Project December 2010 - 7 Cable Vessels manufactured within 17 weeks -> Destination -> Nigeria.
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Commercial
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Government Information / Guidance (by Country or Region)
Related documents and URL links are provided to the various regulatory websites for areas that have either implemented or are establishing mitigation guidelines/requirements specifically related to seismic operations and marine life such as marine mammals and turtles.
- Australia
- Brazil
- Current Guideline / Regulation
- Draft Guideline released for comment November 2007
- Background / Archive
- Canada
- Current Guideline / Regulation
- Background / Archive
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Step Change in Safety Initiative
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Marine Step Change
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Global HSE & Security Steering Committee Overview
HSE is a cornerstone of IAGC, a reality which is reflected in IAGC’s Mission and Vision, both of which are institutionalized in IAGC's Bylaws.
IAGC's Global HSE & Security Steering Committee manages IAGC's HSE agenda, initiatives, communications, etc.
- High Potential Incidences / Safety Alerts
- Aide Memoir
- Safety Manuals
- HSE - Geophysical Operations - OGP/ IAGC Documentation
- Issues and Activities
- Sub-Committees
- Workgroups
- Associated References
- HSE Committees at IAGC
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Marine Step Change Steering Committee Members
This Steering Committee was initally formed to ensure marine operations participation in the Marine Step Change Initiative. This involvment is enacted through the Party Cheifs and Captains Network (PCCN). As participation and attendance at their bi-annual meetings has been strong, the Steering Committee itself has not been reconstituted. Should a time come when interest or involvment in the PCCN wains, the Committee will again be formed to enforce Marine Step Change action.
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Safety Manuals and Updates
The HSE Steering Committee is responsible for reviewing and revising the HSE Manuals on a regular basis. Manuals are used by both IAGC and OGP members.
The manuals are available to the public as listed below.
- Electronic versions are available for free download - below.
- Hard copy booklets can be ordered through this website.
- Manuals are available in various languages/versions as listed below.
- Suggested modifications will can be submitted for discussion and approval.
- Interim updates can be found on this website.
- New versions are released when signficant changes are approved.
Safety Manuals - Free view and download:
- Edition 10
- Edition 9
Safety Manuals - Order hard copies:
- English, Edition 9 Land
- English, Edition 9 Marine
- Spanish, Edition 9 Land
- Spanish, Edition 8 Marine
- Russian Version 8 Land
- Russian Version 8 Marine
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IAGC Current Members
Core Members
| Company | Contact | Web URL |
| BGP International | Jianguo Zhao | www.bgp.com.cn |
| CGG | Colin Murdoch | www.cgg.com |
| Dawson Geophysical Company | Steven Jumper | www.dawson3d.com |
| Dolphin Geophysical AS | Tim Wells | www.dolphingeo.com |
| FairfieldNodal | Roger Keyte | www.fairfieldnodal.com |
| Geokinetics Inc | Jim Bogardus | www.geokinetics.com |
| ION Geophysical Corporation | Tim Rigsby | www.iongeo.com |
| JEBCO Seismic LP | D. Wayne Turner | www.jebcoseis.com |
| Petroleum Geo-Services - PGS | Magne Reiersgard | www.pgs.com |
| Polarcus DMCC | Rolf Ronningen | www.polarcus.com |
| Seabed Geosolutions | Hans Meyer | wwww.seabed-geo.com |
| SeaBird Exploration | Graham Stark | www.sbexp.com |
| TGS-NOPEC Geophysical | Robert Hobbs | www.tgsnopec.com |
| WesternGeco | Carel Hooykaas | www.westerngeco.com |
| Company | Contact | Web URL |
| Acorn Geophysical | David Hicks | www.acorngeophysical.com |
| Acoustic Geophysical Services | Allan Sander | www.acousticgeo.com |
| Adrok | Gordo Stove | www.adrokgroup.com |
| Alliance Geotechnical Services LLC | Don Archer | www.alliance-geotech.com |
| Alpha Seismic Compressors, LLC | Fred Pfaffle | www.alphaseismiccompressors.com |
| American Seismic | Leroy Lee | www.americanseismic.com |
| ARIS Geophysical | Igor Schwartz | www.arisgeo.com |
| ARKeX Ltd | John Siegfried | www.arkex.com |
| Asian Geos Sdn Bhd | Mazlan Bin Mustapha | www.asiangeos.com |
| Austin Exploration Inc | Tom Austin | www.austinex.com |
| Austin Powder Company | Samuel Hughes | www.austinpowder.com |
| Baird Petrophysical Group, Inc | Ralph Baird | www.bairdpetro.com |
| Bell Geospace, Inc | Scott Hammond | www.bellgeo.com |
| Benchmark Geophysical Consulting Ltd | Richard Llewellyn | www.benchmarkgeo.com |
| Bertram Drilling Inc | Ken Brew | www.bertramdrilling.com |
| Bird Seismic Services | Kenneth Berstein | www.birdseismic.com |
| Blueline Geo, LLC | Austin Jennings-Ralph | www.bluelinegeo.com |
| Breckenridge Exploration Company Inc | Randall Bridges | www.breckex.com |
| CJSC Irkutsk Electroprospecting Company | Yuri Agafonov | www.ierp.ru |
| Clean Harbors Exploration Services Inc | Jim Holt | www.cleanharbors.com |
| Cougar Land Services, LLC | Bruce Fulker | www.cougarlandservices.net |
| CSA International, Inc | Andy Brown | www.conshelf.com |
| Dana Geophysics | Mohsen Daneshkhah | www.danaenergy.ir |
| DANK Scientific - Industrial Firm LLP | Janseitov Yerden | www.dank.kz |
| DGS Seismic Division of GEOTEC SpA | Luigi Di Marzo | www.geotecspa.com |
| Diversified Land Management, Inc | Jack Tate | www.dlminonline.com |
| DJ Environmental Inc | Tom Hare | www.djenviron.com |
| DMNG - Dalmorneftegeophysica JSC | Edward Kropp | www.dmng.ru |
| DMT GmbH & Co. KG | Rene Pool | www.dmt.de/en/home |
| Downunder Geosolutions Pty Ltd | Matthew Lamont | www.dugeo.com |
| ECCO Exploration | Ted Cox | |
| EDCON-PRJ, Inc | Frank Miller | www.edcon.com |
| Edison Chouest Offshore | Louis Schneider | www.chouest.com |
| EGS (Asia) Ltd | Kobi Braendli | www.egssurvey.com |
| EMGS | Ketil Skjeggedal | www.emgs.com |
| Energy Quest Sdn Bhd | Dimyati Mohamed | www.orogenicgroup.com |
| Exploration Support Services Inc | Morten Lamoey | www.essmarine.com |
| Explorer Geoscience Sdn Bhd | Mohd Ariff Wazir | www.explorergeo.com.my |
| Fairfield and Woods PC | Harlan Pelz | www.fwlaw.com |
| Faucheux Services Inc | Derrick Faucheux | |
| Forthwave Sdn Bhd | Rudi Nazaruddin | |
| FrontierMEDEX | Mark Hutchings | www.frontiermedex.com |
| Fugro Survey Ltd | Phil Meaden | wwww.fugro.com |
| Gardline Marine Sciences | Steve Urry | www.gardline.co.uk |
| Geocam Seaworks Sdn Bhd | Frederick Cornas | www.geocamgroup.com |
| Geoespectro SAS | Narciso Chiquillo | www.geoespectro.com |
| Geofizyka Kraków Sp. z.o.o. | Marek Mackiewicz | www.gk.com.pl |
| Geofizyka Toruñ S.A. | Jerzy Trela | www.geofizyka.torun.pl |
| GeoGolbAll | Alexander Makhorin | www.geogloball.com |
| Geoken LLP | Bisenbay Shagirov | www.geoken.com |
| Geomahakarsa Ltd | Michael Kasli | |
| Geophysical Institute of Israel | Uri Picciotto | www.gii.co.il |
| Geophysical Pursuit, Inc | Jeff Springmeyer | www.geopursuit.com |
| Geophysical Services Ltd | Dr. Istvan Kesmarky | www.ges.hu |
| GeoTheme Survey Sdn Bhd | Cheah Soon Hin | |
| Geotrace Malaysia Sdn Bhd | Mark Robinson | www.geotrace.com |
| Glacier Exploration Surveys USA Corp | Jesse Siegers | www.glaciersurveys.com |
| Global Geophysical Services, Inc. | Richard White | www.globalgeophysical.com |
| Great Lakes Geophysical, LLP | Randy Bridges | www.gl-geo.com |
| Green River Energy Resources Inc | Ray Mays | www.greenriverenergy.com |
| Greyco Seismic Personnel Services Inc | Paul Mitcham | www.greyco.net |
| GW Marine Consultants Pty Ltd | Larry Williams | |
| Hind Offshore Pvt Ltd | M.C. Kshirsagar | www.hindoffshore.com |
| Hurricane Geo Inspection Survey Sdn Bhd | Nazmi Zainal | www.ombak-marine.com |
| Ikon Science Limited | Steve Hunt | www.ikonscience.com |
| Ikon Science Malaysia Sdn Bhd | Stuart David Flett | www.ikonscience.com |
| Ince & Co LLP | Clare Kempkens | www.incelaw.com |
| Indel-Davis Inc | Julie Low | www.indel-davis.com |
| Inland Geoservices | David Hennig | www.inlandgeoservices.com |
| Interdevelop | Didier Boutin | www.interdevelop.fr |
| Jaguar Exploration, Inc | Julio Jimeno | www.jaguarexp.com |
| JGI, Inc | Masazumi Onishi | www.jgi-inc.com |
| LandOcean Energy Service Co Ltd | Sun Gengwen | www.ldocean.com.cn |
| Liquid Robotics Oil & Gas | Brian Anderson | www.lrog.com |
| MicroSeismic, Inc | Peter M. Duncan | www.microseismicinc.com |
| MultiClient Geophysical AS | Jeroen Hoogeveen | www.mcgeophysical.no |
| NCS SubSea Inc | Curtis Sims | www.ncs-subsea.com |
| New Seismic | Jakub Olejniczak | www.newseismic.com |
| Nordic Geo-Services Ltd | Morten Innhaug | www.nordic.com.sg |
| Octio AS | Bjarte Fagerås | www.octio.com |
| Ocean Technologies Geomatics Sdn Bhd | Tai Foi Chong | www.oceantechgeo.com |
| Offshore Geo-Surveys Sdn Bhd | Ahmad Zawahir Zulkhairi | www.offshoreworks.com.my |
| Omni Energy Services | Brian Recatto | www.omnienergy.com |
| Optica Marine | Colin Carter | www.opticamarine.co.uk |
| ORG Geophysical AS | Geir Drivenes | www.o-r-g.no |
| Orica USA Inc | Richard Randall | www.orica.com |
| Orogenic GeoExpro Sdn Bhd | Kok Keong Lim | www.orogenicgroup.com |
| Pathfinder Navigaton, Inc | Murray Clift | www.pathfindergeo.com |
| Petroleum Geophysical Services Ltd | Oguz Kilic | |
| PetroMarker AS | Bernard Gloux | www.petromarker.com |
| Polaris Geophysical, Inc | Bill Mooney | www.polarisgeo.com |
| Poseidon Offshore (Safety & Health) Ltd | Paul Burridge | www.poseidon-offshore.co.uk |
| Precision Permit Services, LLC | Jim Quintanilla | |
| Proforma Safety International | Mike Arnold | www.proformasafety.com |
| Prospectiuni SA | Gehrig Schultz | www.prospectiuni.ro |
| PT Quest Geophysical | Melvyn Meeds | www.quest.co.id |
| RemoteMD Medical Services | Kelly Kittok | www.remotemd.net |
| Reservoir Exploration Technology AS | Jon Byers | www.rxt.com |
| Reservoir Geophysical Corp | Alton L. Warren | www.reservoirgeophysical.com |
| RPS Environmental | David O'Hara | www.rpsgroup.com |
| SAExploration | Loyd Maher | www.saexploration.com |
| Scanseis Consulting Group | André Tørring | www.scanseis.com |
| Schlumberger Wellog (M) Sdn Bhd | Mohd Iwan Jefry Abdul Majid | www.slb.com |
| Searcher Seismic Pty Ltd | OddArne Larsen | www.searcherseismic.com |
| SEICHE Measurements | Bernard Padovani | www.seiche.eu.com |
| Seismic Exchange, Inc | Eric Schuster | www.seismicexchange.com |
| Seismic-Offshore | Yuri Roslov | www.seismoshelf.com |
| Seitel, Inc | Kevin Callaghan | www.seitel-inc.com |
| Senergy International Sdn Bhd | Phil Mollicone | www.senergyworld.com |
| SFF Services Ltd | Derek Duthie | www.sff.co.uk |
| Sinopec Geophysical Co, Ltd | Tian Xinqi | www.sipsc.com |
| Sohsafe Consulting LLC | Steven Sohrenssen | |
| Sound Oceanics | Tor Haugland | www.soundoceanics.com |
| Spectraseis | Olav Malvik | www.spectraseis.com |
| Spectrum Energy Management LLC | Kathy Vaughan | www.spectrumenergymgt.com |
| Spectrum Geo Inc | Joe Erickson | www.spectrumasa.com |
| SR2020 inc | Leticia Rocha | www.sr2020inc.com |
| SWCA Environmental Consultants | Scott Slessman | www.swca.com |
| Teranov | Paul Bonnetblanc | www.teranov.com |
| TerraSond Ltd | Jim Nash | www.terrasond.com |
| Tesla Conquest | www.tesla-conquest.com | |
| Texas Institute of Science | Olah Laslo | www.txis.us |
| Threadgold Safety Management | Ian Threadgold | www.threadgoldsafetymanagement.com |
| Trigstation Sdn Bhd | Rudin Mamat | www.trigstation.com |
| UTEC Survey Asia Pte Ltd | Sean Fowler | www.utecsurvey.com |
| Waveney Insurance Brokers (Norwich) Ltd | Peter Westgate | www.waveney-insurance.co.uk |
| WGP Exploration Ltd | Mark Burnett | www.wgeo.co.uk |
| Wireless Seismic, Inc | Travis Ohnesorge | www.wirelessseismic.com |
| Xtreme Drilling, LLC | Mike Murray | www.xtremedrilling.com |
| ZPEB Geophysical Company | www.zpebint.com |
| Richard C. Anderson | |
| Pierre Benichou | |
| Canadian Association of Geophysical Contractors (CAGC) | www.cagc.ca |
| Charles F. Darden | |
| Decker L. Dawson | |
| J. Hugh Frasher | |
| J.K. Krater | |
| P.C. Havens | |
| W.E. Laing | |
| Robert H. Lane | |
| Steve Ludlow | |
| DeWitt Morris | |
| Scott Petty Jr. | |
| Jim M. Proffitt | |
| Charles H. Ritchie |
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High Potential Incident Reports
| Here are some recent general HiPos for your information. Land and Marine specific HiPos can be found on their respective pages. | Aide Memoir |
Click here to go to Safety Manuals page.
Click here for Marine & Land HiPo and Alert templates
Link to a Step Change database called SADIE. SADIE - the Safety Alert Database and Information Exchange -is a free web-based service jointly sponsored by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) andthe UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA).Although conceived primarily as a safety tool for the offshore industry, the database is freely availableto anyone who feels they might benefit from access to the information.
*We are currently in the process of updating both our website and the submission and posting method for HiPo Alerts.. alerts presented at thePCCN and Crew Managers meetings will be loaded to their respective pages for the time being*
General High Potential Incident Reports
| Incident | Reference Date |
| General Security Advice | |
| West Nile Virus | August 2002 |
Land | Marine |
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Aide Memoir for Geophysical Risk Assessors
What:
A call for support and information: A simple database of fatalities that have occurred in world wide Geophysical operations.
Risk management has to be experience-based, and hence needs a “memory function.” Risk assessments for low frequency, high potential incidents (fatalities) need to be done on the basis of collective industry experience. With the great crew-change that is occurring today, to an extent this memory is being lost.
To help address this situation, IAGC and the OGP Geophysical HSE Subcommittee are assembling a simple database of fatalities from geophysical operations that have previously occurred. We believe this important project will improve the industries’ HSE management of geophysical operations. The database would serve this purpose and furthermore:
To help address this situation, IAGC and the OGP Geophysical HSE Subcommittee are assembling a simple database of fatalities from geophysical operations that have previously occurred. We believe this important project will improve the industries’ HSE management of geophysical operations. The database would serve this purpose and furthermore:
- Provide essential training material for the new generation of professionals.
- Knowledge of what has gone wrong in the past.
- Avoid re-inventing of the wheel the hard way.
- Help answer the question: “Has this happened before?”
- Provide completeness checks on hazard registers and HSE guidelines and manuals.
- Provide further statistical insight on the risk pattern and profile for Geophysical operations.
- Enable the use of the full industry experience, rather than the limited experience of a single company or individual.
What has been done so far?
Sources so far used have been OGP annual reports, IAGC, CAGC and Step Change (SADIE) databases and reports from a number of companies and experienced individuals. To date from these sources we have captured the following, all of which is available by downloading this spreadsheet. Information on 550 fatalities, from 348 accidents in Geophysical operations.
- In addition, we have included 324 fatalities from 221 accidents that happened in other E&P operations, but could have easily happened in Geophysics.
While we believe this is far more than just a tip of the iceberg, we are convinced that a lot more fatal accidents have happened than what we have so far captured (and from which we all could learn a lot more).
Please have a look at the database structure and content and send us any further information you may have related to fatal accidents on which you or your company have direct information.
How can you help?
We request that companies and/or individuals send us information on additional incidents not yet collected in our database.
NEW - We have added a User Manual (first draft) to help one use the database and in providing additional items to the database. [Thanks to Eelco for preparing this!]
Details:
- Information should be sent to IAGC's Tim Fransioli or to the OGP via Mr. Eelco Sixma.
- The database is kept fully anonymous, with no country, company, contractor or victim information. Only the year of the accident is recorded, to reduce the possibility of entering duplicate events.
- We are not asking for formal accident reports (although those would be best). In fact, we accept data from “memory,” provided the source has first hand knowledge of the event, i.e. we must avoid “hear say.”
- We have now also included the vehicle incidents from the source data bases.
- In due course, we plan to package this as a joint OGP / IAGC report.
- The spreadsheet database will also be made available to the industry via the web (see links).
- We intend to periodically update the database.
- Follow this link to a September 2007 PowerPoint presentation by Mr. Eelco Sixma to the IAGC/OGP Global HSE Forum for more background and analysis.
We all owe it to the victims of these tragic accidents that we do remember what happened and prevent this from happening again. Please help your industry do this!
With special acknowledgment and profound thanks to Mr. Eelco Sixma for his passion for making geophysical operations safer, and for his foresight, initiative and significant efforts in getting this important project up and running.
:last updated: 18 September 2012 |
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ASA Plans to Develop Towed PAM Standard
The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) has requested support to prepare an American National Standard Institute (ANSI) standard on towed cabled passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) systems for monitoring and mitigation purposes. If this moves forward, IAGC will have a role on the working group.
The ASA PAM standard would cover requirements and recommendations for initial planning (including guidelines for when PAM is not appropriate for a planned field operation), hardware, software, training, real-time mitigation procedures, and performance validation, but would not cover operational shutdown decision criteria, sound source verification, or how to establish the required detection range of the system.
ASA’s motivation for developing this standard is that several regulatory agencies recommend using towed PAM for real-time mitigation and monitoring during seismic surveys and in some instances, require its use. However, to date, no specific guidelines have been developed or implemented.
ASA proposes that the working group would include representatives of a major oil company, an acoustic consulting company, IAGC, and each US federal organization that has an interest in supporting the standard.
As part of its 2013 work, the IAGC Sound & Marine Life (SML) Workgroup will be developing a PAM guidance document for IAGC members. The SML Workgroup will ensure that this guidance document is in alignment with proposed ASA standard.
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Land & Marine Safety Manuals Version-10 Printed
The latest versions of the land and marine safety manuals (English only) have been printed by the publisher. Orders should be placed now for earliest delivery.
As noted in a previous newsletter article, IAGC will have a limited number of both manuals (600 marine and 400 land) delivered via air freight, which we are expecting to receive in late January. The remainder of the manuals will be shipped via sea/land and will arrive in Houston late February or early March.
The cost of printing and shipping has increased since the last versions of the manuals were published, so the cost per manual for the Version-10 land and marine safety manuals will be more. Land and Marine safety manuals will cost USD 15 for members and USD 18 for non-members. If you would like to place an order for safety manuals, please contact Tim Fransioli (IAGC Website and Data Base Administrator), and when the manuals arrive in Houston, your order will be processed.
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Spring 2013 IAGC / OGP Joint HSE & Security Forum – Save the Date!
Mark your calendar and plan on attending the Spring 2013 IAGC/OGP Joint HSE & Security Forum, which will be held in Oklahoma City, OK, USA, on the 23rd& 24th of April.
Dawson Geophysical is hosting the Forum at the Cox Conference Center. Vicki Huebler – ION (HSE & Security Steering Committee Chair) will be meeting with Randy Ingram – ExxonMobil (OGP HSSE Geophysical Subcommittee Chair) and Mark Nelson – Dawson Geophysical later this month to finalize the agenda for the Forum, which will include company presentations of high potential incidences, case studies highlighting best practices, as well as updates from IAGC and OGP member company representatives on the various HSE & Security related activities occurring within the two Associations. Vicki, Randy and Mark will be identifying topics and speakers over the next few weeks to fill out the agenda. If you have any suggestions, you are encouraged to contact Vicki, Randy, Mark or Walt Rosenbusch (IAGC). A draft agendawill be made available on the IAGC website in February.
Dawson has made arrangements with the Renaissance Hotel (located across the street from the Cox Convention Center) to set aside 45 rooms at a special rate for Forum attendees. Special rate reservations must be made by close of business Friday, 22 March 2013. Be looking in February for an announcement in your e-mail inbox notifying you that registration is open.
If you have any questions, please contact Walt Rosenbusch – VP, IAGC.
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