Energy Industry Leaders Mobilize Executive Task Force

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Oct. 7, 2015) - The oil and gas industry has taken another step towards its goal of having zero work-related incidents or injuries. Enform and six associations of the upstream oil and gas and pipeline transmission sectors have convened leaders to create the first Executive Task Force on Safety Culture (Task Force).

At a recently-held inaugural meeting, the 13-member task force agreed to a shared mandate that would foster a collaborative approach to advancing and strengthening cross-industry safety culture. The Task Force membership includes presidents, chief executive officers and vice- presidents from key industry associations as well as businesses across industry sub-sectors.

"A strong safety culture begins at the top. Executives play a critical role in ensuring that a positive safety culture is driven throughout an organization," says Cameron MacGillivray, President and CEO of Enform, and chairman of the Task Force. "Companies in our industry have been evolving their safety systems and their safety performance for decades. As an industry, we're well- positioned to lead the charge on safety culture. As our industry continues to evolve, leadership is required to create a broad, unified strategy on safety culture. This Task Force will also serve as the forum for communication and alignment between industry, regulators and other stakeholders."

The Task Force will be supported by a Technical Committee on Safety Culture (TCS) established by Enform in the summer of 2015. The TCS has been working with the industry to understand the effectiveness of safety culture tools that assess current safety systems and to provide a recommended approach for improvements.

"As industry representatives we are aligned in our view that strengthening safety culture is a key element to improving the performance of our industry, the safety of workers and of the communities in which the industry operates," adds co-lead of the Task Force steering committee, Jim Donihee and Chief Operating Officer at the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA). "We believe this kind of broad leadership will go a long way in helping to change attitudes, behaviours and thoughts about the overall safety and performance of our industry. As leaders in the industry, we have a profound opportunity to advance the conversation about safety culture towards actionable next steps that will improve our performance."

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TASK FORCE BACKGROUNDER

• The Executive Task Force on Safety Culture was first announced in April 2015 at the annual Executive Summit on Safety.
  
  
• Members include senior executives from each of the six industry associations - Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), Canadian Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA), Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC), Canadian Association of Geophysical Contractors (CAGC), Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (CAODC), Explorers and Producers Association of Canada (EPAC), as well as senior representatives from companies in the pipeline, drilling services and oil and gas producing sectors
  
  

Task Force Chair
Cameron MacGillivray*
Task Force Members
Mike Doyle	Canadian Association of Geophysical Contractors (CAGC)
Tim McMillan*	Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP)
Mark Scholz	Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (CAODC)
Jim Donihee*	Canadian Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA)
Gary Leach	Explorers and Producers Association of Canada (EPAC)
Mark Salkeld	Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC)
Wes Morningstar	Centrica Energy
Ken Lueers	ConocoPhillips Canada
Ross Pickering	Precision Drilling
Cynthia Hansen	Enbridge Pipeline Inc.
Dan Dooley	Seismic Equipment Solutions
Dave Reed	Weatherford International
Alex MacAusland	Western Energy Services
*Steering Committee Members