Safer Offshore Energy Systems Grants
The Safer Offshore Energy Systems (SOES) Grants are an activity of the Gulf Research Program’s (GRP) Gulf Offshore Energy Safety (GOES) Board, which seeks to identify opportunities to reduce the systemic risk for offshore energy activities. Through these grants, the GOES Board aims to decrease overall risk, reduce the likelihood of a catastrophic accident occurring, and should an incident occur, lessen the severity of consequences to people and the environment.
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Description
The SOES Grants are intended to support activities that contribute to reducing or managing risks associated with offshore energy production and transportation. This includes identifying best practices and impactful activities, documenting and applying lessons learned from past incidents and near-misses, and encouraging collaboration among industry, regulatory, and academic communities to advance understanding and communication about systemic risk in the offshore environment. Through SOES, the GRP has supported 24 research grants over four cycles.
Related GRP and National Academies Activities:
- Consensus Study (In Development): A Report Series on Progress and Opportunities Toward Decreasing the Risk of Offshore Energy Operations
- Workshop Proceedings: Offshore Situation Room: Enhancing Resilience to Oil Disasters in the Gulf of Mexico
- Consensus Study: Evaluation of the Use of Chemical Dispersants in Oil Spill Response
- Consensus Study: High-Performance Bolting Technology for Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Operations
- Workshop Proceedings: The Human Factors of Process Safety and Worker Empowerment in the Offshore Oil Industry
- Consensus Study: Designing Safety Regulations for High-Hazard Industries
- Consensus Study: Beyond Compliance: Strengthening the Safety Culture of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry
- Consensus Study: Application of Remote Real-Time Monitoring to Offshore Oil and Gas Operations
- Workshop Proceedings: Application of Real-Time Monitoring of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations: Workshop Report
- Workshop Proceedings: Opportunities for the Gulf Research Program: Middle-Skilled Workforce Needs
- Consensus Study: Best Available and Safest Technologies for Offshore Oil and Gas Operations: Options for Implementation
- Consensus Study: TRB Special Report 309: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Offshore Safety and Environmental Management Systems
- Consensus Study: Macondo Well Deepwater Horizon Blowout Lessons for Improving Offshore Drilling Safety
Contributors
Staff
Jim Pettigrew
Lead
Fatu Jambawai
Major units and sub-units
Gulf Research Program
Lead
Gulf Research Program Executive Office
Lead
Gulf Offshore Energy Safety Board
Collaborator