Building safety by resilient organization – A case specific approach

• Main Authors: Guedes Soares, F. Størseth, R. K. Tinmannsvik, K. Øien
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Barents Sea
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.165.9170; http://www.sintef.no/project/Building%20Safety/Publications/ESREL%202009%20St%C3%B8rseth%20Tinmannsvik%20%C3%98ien.pdf

ABSTRACT: The paper presents key findings from the research project “Building Safety”. Building Safety aims to generate knowledge for building resilient operational organizations for petroleum production in the northern regions. The results of the study should serve as input for Eni Norge, in their current preparation for petroleum production at the Goliat field in the Barents Sea. The paper presents how resilience was operationalized and empirically tested in a case study of successful recovery of incidents. Based on theoretical contributions on resilience and Resilience Engineering (RE), the following ‘Contributing Success Factors ’ (CSFs) were operationalized and examined: CSF1 Risk Awareness, CSF2 Response Capacity, and CSF3 Support. The paper concludes with case specific advice for building a resilient organization: (1) apply scenario analyses, (2) prepare for successful improvisation, (3) assess IO (Integrated Operations) effects on resilience attributes, (4) ensure awareness of ongoing work processes at all levels, and (5) share risks and objectives. 1