IAGC Paper Available on Worldwide Regulatory Trends on Marine Life and Sound
On 18 March 2014, Nikki Martin, IAGC Director of Regulatory and Legal Affairs, presented a paper at the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Health, Safety and Environment conference. The paper,...
View ArticleIAGC Successful in Obtaining Extension for Comment Period of Draft Seismic...
The Environmental Management Authority (EMA) of Trinidad and Tobago is developing new guidelines addressing the management and mitigation to marine life from offshore seismic surveys. On 20 April, a...
View ArticleIAGC Presents at NOIA Annual Meeting on Atlantic PEIS
On 9 April, IAGC participated in the 2014 NOIA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. Walt Rosenbusch (IAGC VP- Projects & Issues) and NOIA staff organized a panel of speakers for NOIA’s Geological...
View ArticleIAGC and OGP to Develop Guidelines for Personnel Transfer at Sea
A workgroup comprising IAGC and OGP members is developing guidelines addressing personnel transfer at sea. Jess Yeates (Polarcus) and John Barrett (BHP) are Co-Chairs of the workgroup and will hold...
View ArticleUS Fish & Wildlife Service Publishes Final Rule on Lesser-Prairie Chicken
On April 10, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published the final listing of the species as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), as well as a final special rule under section 4(d)...
View ArticleNOAA Fisheries Extends Comment Period for Proposed New Jersey Seismic Survey
On 17 March 2014, NMFS announced notice of a proposed issuance of an Incidental Harassment Authorization (Authorization) to the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory in collaboration with the National...
View ArticleIAGC Companies Present 2013 Safety Statistics
IAGC has collected and compiled land and marine safety statistics since 1998. The objective of collecting the data is to encourage all members to continually improve their safety performance. The data...
View ArticleIAGC Continues Efforts to Improve Proposed Wyoming SHPO Policies
As reported in aprevious update, IAGC is providing comments to the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office (WYSHPO) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on behalf of the geophysical industry...
View ArticleIAGC and OGP Hold Another Successful HSE & Security Forum
The spring IAGC/OGP Joint HSE & Security Forum was held 15th and 16th April 2014 in Houston, Texas. The Forum was hosted by Chevron. There were more than 100 participants – great attendance from...
View ArticlePhase 3 of the E&P Sound and Marine Life Joint Industry Program (JIP) Commences
The E&P Sound and Marine Life Joint Industry Program (JIP) is an international consortium drawn from the geophysical and oil and gas industries, which includes IAGC. The consortium is organized by...
View ArticleIAGC Paper Available on Worldwide Regulatory Trends on Marine Life and Sound
On 18 March 2014, Nikki Martin, IAGC Director of Regulatory and Legal Affairs, presented a paper at the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Health, Safety and Environment conference. The paper,...
View ArticleIAGC President Comments on the Release of the Atlantic Programmatic...
Chip Gill, International Association of Geophysical Contractors President, today issued the following statement regarding the Department of the Interior’s Atlantic OCS Programmatic Environmental...
View ArticleAustralia – NOPSEMA-Issues Final Amendments to the Environment Regulations
Effective 28 February 2014, the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) was endorsed as the primary regulator for petroleum activities in Australia...
View ArticleIAGC Submits Comments on Trinidad & Tobago – Draft Seismic Survey Guidelines
On 16 May, IAGC filed formal comments on draft guidelines from the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) of Trinidad and Tobago addressing the management and mitigation to marine life from offshore...
View ArticleGisiner Named IAGC Director of Marine Environment Science and Biology
Dr. Robert “Bob” Gisiner will join the IAGC staff in Houston, TX US as Director Marine Environment Science/Biology 1 July 2014. He will be support IAGC’s strategy to address critical science and...
View ArticleIAGC Global HSSE Committee Has New Leadership
Chris Griffin (Polarcus) was unanimously elected as Chairman at the recent Global HSSE Steering Committee meeting. Also elected were Scott Platz (Seabed Geosolutions) as 1st Vice Chairman and Jean...
View ArticleIAGC Releases the First of One-Minute Videos for Public Use
IAGC has released the first of three one-minute videos to provide overview of seismic operations. The video, Seismic Operations Overview, may be used at public meetings, with elected officials or...
View ArticleIAGC Files Comments on IFC Draft Revised Noise Guidelines for Offshore Oil...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the branch of the World Bank that works with the private sector, is in the process of revising its Offshore Oil and Gas Development Guidelines. The...
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