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 s … –…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: Unique HSE search engine Information on authorities & contact persons, HSE research projects and relevant 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!