the icrard web site
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The ICRARD web site. ”Sharing information – connecting people”. IRF meeting October 28 Sharon Buffington, Chief, ERB, Minerals Management Service (MMS). About ICRARD. The International Committee on Regulatory Research and Development - ICRARD - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The ICRARD web site
”Sharing information –
connecting people”
IRF meeting October 28
Sharon Buffington, Chief, ERB,
Minerals Management Service (MMS)
About ICRARD• The International Committee on Regulatory Research and
Development - ICRARD
• ICRARD is organized under the primary sponsorship of the • United States' Minerals Management Service (MMS) • Great Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) • Canada's National Energy Board (NEB) • Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA)
• Main goal is to coordinate research activities, exchange information and promote research cooperation between the member organizations
… but information is difficult
• Annually ICRARD meetings, – Minutes of meeting,
• A few e-mails …– …and then …
• Growing requirement: An ICRARD web site• Goal: Share information - connect people• The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway* has funded the costs
related to developing the web site * (Former: The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate - NPD)
• The PSA Norway is funding the two first years of management
The result: www.icrard.org
Unique HSE search engine
Information on authorities & contact persons, HSE researchprojects andrelevant links
Relevant news (Anyone interested may subscribe to ICRARD news)
Authorities & contact persons
Contact-info on each member country
HSE research and projects
List of projects– descr. and links
Relevant links
Overview on each member country
Unique Search Engine: • The Big Issue!
– International industry – common challenges
• Search selected web sites only• Automatically updated• Easy to use • Easy to add/remove relevant web sites• Ref. the ICRARD slogan:
“Sharing information– connecting people”
Search engine - Example 1: Search for ”pipeline + corrosion + fatigue”
2:Relevant?
- Part of the result:
Example - cont.
3: List of projects - ”Is this what I’m looking for?”
4: Fast check-out
List of relevant contact info, research description, the actual reports etc
>> EASY ACCESS TO RELEVANT INFO IN THE MEMBER COUNTRIES!
The future …• October: Officially launched at this IRF meeting!
– Press release sent from the MMS, HSE, C-NOPB and PSA
• November: Workshops - sharing info on operating the ICRARD web site – incl. MMS, HSE, C-NOPB and PSA
• Thereafter: – Continual publishing of updated info on relevant research/development
projects in the member countries (One can subscribe to news)– Offensive marketing
• International forums (IRF, NSOAF, relevant conferenses)• National forums (Relevant milieus/organisations – industry – research –
authorities etc.)– Involving other ICRARD member countries
Thanks!