Institutional co-operation between Petrovietnam and SFT

Introduction

The co-operation between Vietnam Oil and Gas Corporation (Petrovietnam), the Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) and SFT comprises of the development of Management Systems on Safety and Working Environment, and Pollution Control in the Vietnamese Petroleum Industry.

Background

This is the 2.nd phase of the co-operation between Petrovietnam, NCA and SFT. It has been based on phase 1 of the Vietnamese “Oil Spill Contingency Plan (OSCP)”. The second phase was initiated in September 2001 and covers the development of regulatory guidelines and manuals related to the implementation of the OSCP, training in the implementation of the OSCP and risk assessments, expansion of the geographical area covered by the OSCP, expansion of the Environmental Database and a Crude Oil Weathering Study.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has been involved in a related co-operation on Safety in the petroleumindustry.

Description

The goal of the cooperation has been to achieve ”a sustained process of further development of health, safety and environment management is established in the Vietnamese oil and gas industry so that major accidents and environmental damage is avoided”.

Purpose:

• Successfully implement and enforce the Safety Management Regulation and the accompanying Petrovietnam guidelines
• Enable Petrovietnam to further develop, implement, use and continuously improve health, safety and environmental management systems in Petrovietnam after the end of the project period
• Enable a selection of Petrovietnam employees to continuously build health, safety and environment competence in Petrovietnam after the end of the project period.

Outputs:

• Environmental Regulatory Development
• Expand the area for oil spill contingency

  Status
  
  The co-operation has had a steady progress, and was finalized in June 2006. The project was reviewed by an independent consultant in August-December 2007.
  

  A third phase of the co-operation is currently under planning.

  Contact Information
  
  Barbro Thomsen (Email: barbro.thomsen@sft.no Phone: +47 22 57 35 76)
  Norwegian Pollution Control Authority
  P.O.Box 8100 Dep
  Oslo 0032
  Norway
  Web: http://www.sft.no/english

  Last updated 26 February 2007