Created in 1991.

The work of this Committee cuts across upstream and downstream operations and is centered on occupational health and prevention of accidents in the workplace, on the integrity of operations, and on the continuous improvement of environmental management performance - with special attention to oil spill preparedness and response.

Its focuses on identifying new issues and challenges regarding health, safety and environment, working together to assess potential impacts on the industry and developing regional strategies to address them. Additionally, the Committee develops and promotes best practices in management systems, contributes towards the required training and compiles annual statistics on safety performance, and prepares a full environmental benchmarking report for its members.

• “Our participation in this committee benefits us from many points of view. One of them is that while there are several international sources of materials, manuals and guides for the O&G industry , by participating in this Committee we may share experiences on their actual implementation in this field of Latin America and the Caribbean. Both the traditional subjects and emerging issues related to environment, health and safety are discussed openly, in all cases looking for the implementation of international best practices.”

  Carlos Videla, Member of the Executive Board of the Committee on Environment Health and Safety