BP, Shell veteran Iman Hill replaces Gordon Ballard as head of IOGP
Iman Hill, an industry veteran of 30 years, has replaced Gordon Ballard as executive director of the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP).
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Oil boss says industry must ‘avoid annihilation’ as climate change debate heats up
The oil and gas sector needs to “avoid annihilation” in the climate change debate and stop apologising for its products, an industry veteran said yesterday.
Offshore fatalities down but fatal incidents up, IOGP report finds
The latest safety report from the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP) has announced a 36% drop in fatal accidents offshore, yet also found a slight increase in incidents resulting in fatalities for 2017.
Industry stalwart expects to see innovation across all sectors at ONS
With the ONS Innovation Awards 2018 fast approaching, executive director of the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) and panel judge at this year’s event, Gordon Ballard caught up with Energy Voice to discuss what he hopes to see in Stavanger, Norway.
Opinion: Oil’s search for simplicity
In the upstream oil and gas industry, standardisation has long been an effective way to make operations safer and more sustainable. Increasingly, the principle of establishing global standards to all aspects of operations – including purchasing – is helping to tackle the universal problems of escalating project costs and expanding schedules.
IOGP appoints industry stalwart as executive director
The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) has appointed Gordon Ballard as its new executive director.