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Re g ula to ry Ada pta tio n to E me rg ing T e c hno lo g y a nd Pra c tic e s in Oil a nd Ga s Pro duc tio n A Pro je c t o f the I nte rstate Oil and Gas Co mpac t Co mmissio n E ne rg y Re so urc e s, Re se a rc h a nd T e c hno lo


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Re g ula to ry Ada pta tio n to E me rg ing T e c hno lo g y a nd Pra c tic e s in Oil a nd Ga s Pro duc tio n

A Pro je c t o f the I nte rstate Oil and Gas Co mpac t Co mmissio n

E ne rg y Re so urc e s, Re se a rc h a nd T e c hno lo g y Co mmitte e T

  • m Willia ms, Cha ir

| Sc o tt Da wso n, Vic e -Cha ir Re po rt: Oc to b e r 4, 2016 – L ittle Ro c k, AR

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Study F inding s

 Re sponsive ne ss and

Appr

  • pr

iate Re ac tion

 Re gulator

y F le xibility

 Communic ation and

E duc ation

 Sc ie nc e - base d Re gulation  Risk Analysis and Risk

Communic ation

 Data De ve lopme nt and

Inte gr ation

 Re gulator

y and Polic y E xc hange : T

  • war

d Continuous Re gulator y Impr

  • ve me nt

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Dra ft Re c o mme nda tio ns

  • 1. Ide ntifying Issue s and Compiling Re sponsive T

e c hnic al Infor mation

 Re c omme ndation: T

he IOGCC should c oor dinate with Ame r ic an Pe tr

  • le um Institute (API), Inte r

national Assoc iation

  • f Dr

illing Contr ac tor s (IADC), Ame r ic an Ge ologic al Institute (AGI), Soc ie ty of Pe tr

  • le um E

ngine e r s (SPE ) and othe r s as appr

  • pr

iate , to de ve lop a str uc tur e d pr

  • c e ss to aid in

ide ntifying and tr ac king high le ve l c hange s in te c hnology or

  • pe r

ational pr ac tic e s that have the pote ntial to le ad to signific ant r e gulator y c hange s.

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Dra ft Re c o mme nda tio ns

  • 2. Chie f T

e c hnology Offic e rs

 Re c omme nda tion: Sta te oil a nd g a s r

e g ula tor y a g e nc ie s should de ve lop a c e ntr a lize d pr

  • c e ss for

tr a c king ne w a nd e me r g ing te c hnolog ie s a nd ope r a tiona l pr a c tic e s. In some sta te s, the r e g ula tor y a g e nc y should e sta blish a position for a Chie f T e c hnolog y Offic e r , whose ma in func tion is to tr a c k a nd a na lyze e me r g ing te c hnolog ie s a nd pr a c tic e s.

  • 3. Re gulatory E

xc e lle nc e Ac ade my

 Re c omme nda tion: T

he IOGCC in c oor dina tion with its sta te a g e nc y me mbe r s should de ve lop pr

  • c e sse s or

ve nue s tha t a llow hig he r

  • le ve l r

e g ula tor y offic ia ls pr

  • fe ssiona l de ve lopme nt
  • ppor

tunitie s to sha r e le ssons le a r ne d fr

  • m r

e g ula tor y a da pta tion e ffor ts a ssoc ia te d with ne w te c hnolog ie s or

  • pe r

a tiona l pr a c tic e s.

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Dra ft Re c o mme nda tio ns

  • 4. State Oil and Gas Re gulatory E

xc hange

 Re c omme nda tion: IOGCC should find sour

c e s of funding a nd suppor t to c onduc t a dditiona l c onsulta tions, pe e r r e vie w pr

  • g r

a mma tic a sse ssme nts a nd suppor t a c tivitie s for sta te oil a nd g a s r e g ula tor y pr

  • g r

a ms. We r e c omme nd tha t IOGCC e xplor e wa ys to involve r e pr e se nta tive s fr

  • m industr

y, the public , a nd g ove r nme nt a g e nc ie s othe r tha n “oil a nd g a s” a g e nc ie s to a dvise r e g ula tor s in the pe e r r e vie w a sse ssme nt pr

  • c e sse s.
  • 5. Inspe c tor Profe ssional Inte rac tion and T

raining

 Re c omme nda tion: We r

e c omme nd IOGCC c ontinue a nd e xpa nd its suppor t of tr a ining pr

  • g r

a ms like the IOGCC Inspe c tor F

  • r

um a nd T OPCORP, se e king funding a nd suppor t fr

  • m a dive r

sity of sour c e s.

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Dra ft Re c o mme nda tio ns

  • 6. Non- r

ule making Polic ie s

 Re c omme ndation: We r

e c omme nd that IOGCC de ve lop a list of infor mal and se mi- for mal polic y tools (othe r than r ule makings and de c isions in c onte ste d c ase s) that ar e available to administr ative age nc ie s, gathe r ing and analyzing e xample s unde r diffe r ing r e gulator y r e gime s.

  • 7. Data De ve lopme nt and E

valuation

 Re c omme ndation: We r

e c omme nd that IOGCC suppor t c ontinue d de ve lopme nt of r

  • bust data manage me nt

syste ms like RBDMS that inc lude c apabilitie s that e nable asse ssme nt and e valuation of e me r ging te c hnologie s and pr ac tic e s.

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Dra ft Re c o mme nda tio ns

  • 8. Risk Communic ation and Sc ie nc e E

duc ation

 Re c omme nda tion: We r

e c omme nd tha t IOGCC suppor t mor e c ompr e he nsive a nd inte g r a te d e ffor ts to impr

  • ve public

unde r sta nding of ba sic sc ie nc e s a nd te c hnolog y a nd oil a nd g a s e xplor a tion a nd pr

  • duc tion ope r

a tions, a nd to inte g r a te those e duc a tiona l e ffor ts with impr

  • ve d r

isk c ommunic a tion skills a t the sta te r e g ula tor y a g e nc y le ve l.

  • 9. T

e c hnology T ransfe r

 Re c omme nda tion: We r

e c omme nd tha t IOGCC, pe r ha ps thr

  • ug h the E

RRT Committe e , c onsult with RPSE A a nd PT T C r e g a r ding the most e ffe c tive wa ys to fa c ilita te te c hnolog y tr a nsfe r for the r e g ula tor y a udie nc e , a nd he lp c onve ne a nd sponsor

  • ppor

tunitie s a s a ppr

  • pr

ia te . We fur the r r e c omme nd a spe c ific foc us on te c hnolog y tr a nsfe r

  • f fe de r

a lly funde d r e se a r c h to sta te a g e nc ie s.

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