World-wide standards of Good Oilfield Practice - The impact of the blow-out, deaths and spill at the BP Macondo well, MC 252/1-01, US Gulf of Mexico
Article from: OGEL 2 (2013), in Risks and Responses to Risk in the Energy Sector
Introduction
According to the Petroleum Submerged Lands Act of South Australia 1982, the legal definition of Good Oilfield Practice, GOP (best capitalised at all times) is ... ... all those things that are generally accepted as good and safe in the carrying on of exploration for petroleum, or in operations for the recovery of petroleum, as the case may be ... In other words the adage GOP provides a set of rules by which petroleum professionals self-regulate the conduct of petroleum operations on a day-by-day basis. It has been described ...