IADC CONNECTION • WIRELINES
NSTA streamlines submission of supply chain action plans with new online portal
The UK North Sea Transition Authority
(NSTA) has launched a digital platform
that operators can use to submit and
update supply chain action plans (SCAPs)
containing important information about
their contracting activities.

Operators use SCAPs to demonstrate
that they are collaborating openly with
suppliers early in the project lifecycle,
including through the sharing of project
information and details of upcoming ten-
ders. SCAPs are also useful for the NSTA,
helping the group to monitor changes in
costs, find gaps in supply chain capability,
promote best practices and identify les-
sons learned.

SCAPs are required for all field develop-
ment and decommissioning projects on
the UK Continental Shelf. Since the NSTA
rolled out the process in January 2018,
more than 200 have been lodged.

Previously, submitting an SCAP using
a paper or electronic form required an
estimated eight hours of work by an E&P
company employee, with further updates
potentially requiring additional time.

Using the online portal, SCAPs can now be
completed in smaller, more manageable
steps as projects move forward.

The NSTA also removed the need to
include information that can already
be found in field development plans or
decommissioning programs. As such, the
NSTA said the process should now take
about four hours in total.

BSEE revises OCS decom
rules, signs collaboration
agreement on oil spills
» IADC’s VP of Policy discusses advocacy efforts
in D.C.

DC interviewed Joe Lillis, IADC’s recently named Vice President of Policy,
on 18 May at the 2023 Drilling Onshore Conference in Houston.

In the interview, Mr Lillis discusses initial impressions from his first six weeks on the job. He
also speaks about key takeaways from his meeting with the Energy Education Foundation,
as well as the importance of DRILLERSPAC, IADC’s political action committee.

Mr Lillis also talks about planning IADC’s next Washington, D.C., fly-in, which will allow
members to meet with Congress to discuss critical issues.

bit.ly/43LNk44 Halliburton, Oil States recognized with NOIA safety awards
Halliburton and Oil States International
were recently announced as winners
of the 2023 Safety in Seas Awards, held
by the US National Ocean Industries
Association (NOIA).

Halliburton received the NOIA Safety
in Seas Safety Practice Award, recogniz-
ing the company’s Risk Management
and 5 Checks to Go programs. Those are
part of Halliburton’s “Journey to ZERO”
44 vision of achieving zero safety incidents,
zero environmental incidents and zero
nonproductive time.

Oil States was recognized with the
NOIA Safety in Seas Culture of Safety
award for the company’s processes to
improve safety performance, including
executive monitoring, clear communi-
cation of vision, and implementation of
structured management systems.

In April, the US Bureau of Safety and
Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) pub-
lished a revised rule specifying decom-
missioning requirements for rights-of-use
and easement grant holders and formaliz-
es BSEE’s policies regarding performance
by predecessors ordered to decommission
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) facilities.

The final rule specifies right-of-use and
easement holders accrue decommission-
ing responsibilities in the same manner as
lessees, operating rights holders and right-
of-way grant holders. It also establishes
time frames for recipients of BSEE decom-
missioning orders to take organizational
measures and submit decommissioning
plans in response.

Separately in April, BSEE also signed an
agreement with the Alaska Department
of Environmental Conservation (ADEC)
focused on the agencies’ coordination
of oil spill planning, preparedness and
response offshore Alaska.

The agreement calls for BSEE and ADEC
to cooperate in carrying out their respec-
tive regulatory responsibilities and to
identify opportunities for innovative and
effective implementation of oil spill plan-
ning, preparedness and response monitor-
ing. Each agency must exercise its own rule-
making responsibilities independently
and in accordance with applicable laws,
but the two may coordinate on rulemak-
ing initiatives. In conducting drills, the
agencies will follow the objectives of the
National Preparedness and Response
Exercise Program.

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