ISO action plan to help prevent oil spills

2011-07-25

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has announced the development of an action plan on international standards that could help the oil and gas industry prevent disasters like oil spills. Drawing on lessons learned from the Gulf of Mexico spill in 2010 and the Montara spill off the coast of Western Australia in 2009, the action plan includes an inventory of relevant standards and proposes a program for developing new ones or updates to existing ones.

The plan was developed by ISO technical committee ISO/TC 67, which helps develop drilling, well construction and well operations standards. The Standards Council of Canada regularly announces opportunities to participate in standards development committees through its website.

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