This paper looks at the efforts of the seismic geophysical industry to continually improve it's health, safety and environmental performance, and in particular to improve the HSE behaviour and understanding of individuals within the industry. Specifically it deals with Ihc HSE training and assessment of competence of individuals in relation to their job responsibilities, based on best industry practice

This paper was selected for presentation by an SPE ProgramCommittee following r6wlew of mformat(on conlamed m an abstract submmed by the author(s). Contents 01 the paper, as presented, have not been rewewed by the Scciety of Patroleum Engmears and are sutjacted to correctlm by the author(s) The materml, as pfesenlad, does not n.scessartly reflect any posmn of the Soc!ety of Petroleum Eng[neers, IIS Office(s, of memb.ws Papers presented at SPE maelmgs are subfect to publ@l/On rewew by EdNorM CommIrrees of the %iety o! Petroleum Engmears Permwon 10 coPy IS restricted to an abalract of not more than 300 words llluslratIons may not be cop!ed The abstract should contain conspicuous acknowledgement of where and by whom tha paper was plesented Write Llbranan, SPE, P O BOX 833836 Richardson, TX 75083-3636, U S A , faX 01214952-9435. AbstractA directory of data for usc in risk assessments has frccn developed by the Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) Subcommittcc of The Oil Industry International Exploration and Production Forum (E&P Forum). The directory provides readily available benchmark data and references for common Incidents analyred in upstream production operations.The directory is intended tor estimating screening level and order of magnitude incident frequencies.Its primary uses are for reviewing cx[crnal risk assessments and evaluating risk in QRAs and qualitative assessments. The project was carried out as a QRA Subuommiuec activity to take advantage of [he pooling of knowledge and expertise between participants rcprcscnting various major E&P companies and other E&P Forum members. Sources for the data include information a}a]lablc to [hc public and industry such as may bc oblained from industry projects and the literature. Typical incidents analyzed in E&P risk assessments were identified and divided Into four major categories: accident data, event data, safety syslcms and vulncrahili[ics. Twenty six intiividual dalashccts were developed. Each datasheet contains incident frequency, population and causal data, along with a discussirm of the data sources, range, availability and application.