More than 500 oil and gas industry professionals took part in the webinar on Process Safety Fundamentals, organized by Arpel’s Environment, Health and Safety Committee in collaboration with IOGP. The event, held in early December, featured speakers from BP, PAE, and ENAP.

Between 2007 and 2024, IOGP members reported 175 fatalities across 86 Process Safety Events (PSEs). To address this situation, the association developed the Process Safety Fundamentals (PSFs) with the aim of reducing—and ultimately eliminating—incidents with fatal or high-severity consequences.

Designed for operations, maintenance, and well activities personnel, the PSFs are based on industry data and highlight the situations most likely to lead to serious incidents. Their purpose is to strengthen awareness, safe behaviors, and operational discipline across the industry.

The webinar hosted by Arpel began with a theoretical presentation of the PSFs delivered by IOGP member companies, which demonstrated how the fundamentals can be integrated into daily operations through safety talks, pre-job planning, last-minute risk assessments, field observations, interventions, and post-task reviews.

Implementation resources—such as guide cards, posters, videos, and translated materials—were also presented to facilitate organizational adoption.

The core message was that the consistent application of the PSFs can significantly reduce the likelihood of fatal events, strengthening a safety culture grounded in clear and concrete actions.

Later, speakers from BP, PAE, and ENAP explained how they have practically implemented the PSFs in their Upstream and Midstream operations. They shared their company-specific journeys and the concrete steps taken to integrate these fundamentals, thereby improving their safety performance.

Link to the recording: https://youtu.be/yTd5W7_pIJ4?si=2rp4a3sXVE_kMXBJ