During
the 2007 International Regulators’ Offshore Safety Conference,
regulators and industry representatives discussed management practices
critical to maintaining safe operations on offshore oil and gas
facilities worldwide. Leading government and industry experts from 20
nations shared their best practices for safe exploration and
production of offshore oil and gas at the conference December 3-6 in
Miami, Florida.
Conference
discussions focused on offshore oil and gas structures and facilities,
aging infrastructures, maintenance, verification, workforce competency
and safety management systems.
During the conference, the Carolita
Kallaur Award for Leadership and International Safety Achievement was
presented to the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC),
the Netherlands Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Association (NOGEAPA),
and Petrobras.
![Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne addresses the conference delegates.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090114043332im_/http://www.mms.gov/International/Assets/Photos-Originals/500IMG_4407.jpg)