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2008 Features

The 2008 Standard Offshore Forum

The growing difficulty in recruiting people with the necessary skills was cited as the biggest challenge facing the offshore oil sector in a poll of delegates attending the annual Standard Club offshore forum in London on 29 October.  The event, a gathering of the Club’s offshore members from around the world, included a debate regarding the risks faced by the sector. Afterwards, 61% of the 55 people taking part cited the numbers of suitable personnel in a vote as to the biggest challeng facing the sector. Shortage of personnel came well ahead of geopolitical issues with 17%.  Asked to predict what would be the biggest risk in ten years time, personnel again came top with 35%. However, environmental issues came a close second with 33%, reflecting concern at the increasingly remote and hostile geographical locations where oil exploration is taking place.  The Forum also included presentations by Alistair Groom, Chief Executive of the Standard Club, on the Club’s performance over the past 12 months, and by Andrew Iyer, head of the global Energy and Offshore Group at lawyers Ince and Co, on the topic of consequential loss clauses in offshore contracts. Copies of their presentations are below.

Alistair Groom - Review of the Year

Andrew Iyer - Consequential Loss

Andrew Iyer - Consequential Loss paper

 

Standard Bulletin - Offshore Special Edition

Standard Bulletin - Offshore Contracting special edition

2007 Features

The 2007 Standard Asia Offshore Forum

The second Standard Asia Offshore Forum was held on Thursday 6 December in Singapore.    Please view the presentations from this year's Forum

Welcome and opening comments and Review of the Year – Robert Drummond
Pre-production insurances for FPSOs - Robert Dorey and Nick Sansom
Club cover for towage by an entered ship – Robert Dorey
Pollution in the context of offshore units – Barbara Jennings
Risk management in the offshore industry presentation and discussion paper  - Tony Concagh

A practical view of marine risks - Bob Spearing

Workshop – Issues and solutions in offshore contracting
Common contractual problems – Wendy Ng and Barbara Jennings
Contractual problems – George Horsington

The 2007 Standard Offshore Forum

The seventh Standard Offshore Forum was held on Tuesday 6 November in London. The main topic this year were an examination of global risk management for the offshore industry, looking at the various regulatory and operational issues which arise in different regions and how these can best be managed.  Please view the presentations from this year's Forum
Review of the year – Jeremy Grose
Maximising cover for construction and installation risk - David Sharp and Robert Dorey
Global risk management for the offshore industry

Violent and political risks - Simon Sole
Assessment of risk - Marcus Jones
Operational risks – Paul Wittber

 

Standard Bulletin 2007

LLOYDS LIST 18 October 2007, Oil giants explore new areas of risk

THE offshore oil industry faces new risks as it ventures into geographical locations that would once have been out of bounds, writes Barbara Jennings.

 

2006 Features


Standard Bulletin Special Edition - Towage by an Entered Ship

Please read the special edition of the Standard Bulletin

 

Standard Asia Offshore Forum 2006

Please view the presentations from this year's Forum.

Overview of Standard Offshore and specialist covers- John Reily

Current offshore market and Standard Reinsurance programme - Barbara Jennings
Conversion contracts for FPSOs - - Paul Aston
Conversion contracts for FPSOs Paper

Principles of ‘Knock-for-Knock’ - - Wendy Ng
Contingency planning and response to oil spills from FPSOs - Alexander Nicolau
Contracts and Indemnities - Brian Glover
FPSOs and the law- - Haridass Ajaib
FPSOs and the law Case Law 1

FPSOs and the law Case Law 2

 

Offshore Forum 2006

Please view the presentations from this year's Forum
Review of the year and current situation report – Alistair Groom
Standard Offshore - Where are we now? – Robert Dorey
New Lift for Heavy Cargoes - Grant Hunter

Managing a major casualty offshore, the Club approach - Sharmini Murugason
Contingency and Response considerations - Alex Hunt, ITOPF
Operational challenges of spill response into developing areas - David Salt, OSRL
Legal issues to be considered - David Hoyes, Hill Dickinson

Legal issues to be considered - Discussion Paper  - David Hoyes, Hill Dickinson

 

All the extended covers needed by operators of specialist craft in the offshore environment in one clear and unified package.

 
  • Oil Spills from FPSO's
    Oil Spills from Floating Production & Storage Craft: Contingency & Response Considerations
  • Standard strives to keep feeling mutual
    Shipowners, oil companies and contractors jostle around liability cover in a choppy energy sector, reports James Brewer- Thursday January 12 2006 , Lloyds List Article

 

2005 Features

 

2004 Features

  • CMA Djakarta - Offshore Implications
    Marine Matters, June 2004

  • Clarity is the Key for Offshore Insurers
    Recent trends are making offshore insurance arrangements more complicated and difficult to understand - there is a real need for clarity and communication between insurers and insureds (Article by Charles Hedgcock, published in 'Lloyd's List' and Marine Matters February 2004)

2003 Features

  • Cover for Additional Assureds
    Offshore - Marine Matters, November 2003

  • Offshore Forum 2003
    (Presentations from this year's event - November 2003)

  • "Offshore Contracts"
    Presentation given by Charles Hedgcock and Barbara Jennings to brokers and members on 17th June 2003

  • "Advice to cut the cost of insurance"
    Lloyds List Article featuring Charles Hedgcock, Release Date: Tuesday May 20 2003

  • "Paying over the odds"
    The offshore oil industry is failing to buy and structure its insurance efficiently.
    (Article by Charles Hedgcock, published in the 'Lloyds List' Supplement, March 2003)


  • "Taking a chance on risk"
    Varying approaches to risk management in the industry are creating uncertainty and pushing up costs.
    (Article by Barbara Jennings, published in the 'Lloyds List' Supplement, March 2003)

2002 Features


2001 Features

2000 Features

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