Element 03 · IOGP 510
Organisation, Resources and Capability
Purpose
To define who does what, with what authority, and with what capability — across every function. The organisation, role accountabilities, competence frameworks and resources required to deliver the management system, enterprise-wide.
The challenge it forces
"If competence frameworks exist only on paper and are not used to gate appointments or trigger development, this element is a fiction. Auditors and regulators look here first when an incident happens."
What lives here
- ·Organisation structures and reporting lines (Engineering Organisation Model, PSCM Structure)
- ·Role descriptions and accountabilities (TA Role Descriptions, Well Operator, Contract Holder)
- ·Competence frameworks and matrices (Discipline Competency Matrix)
- ·Appointment processes for critical roles (TA Appointment Process)
- ·Succession plans for critical roles
- ·Contractor and external-resource capability requirements
What does not live here
- →The behaviours those roles are expected to exhibitE1 Commitment
- →The standards those roles are required to applyE2 Policies
- →How those roles execute work day-to-dayE8 Execution
Upstream O&G expectations (6)
- 3.1Maintain an organisation with defined responsibilities, accountabilities and authorities across every function.
- 3.2Recruitment, deployment, career development, retention and succession plans are in place for all functional disciplines.
- 3.3A competence assurance process is established across the enterprise.
- 3.4There is a system to allocate appropriate and sufficient internal and external resources.
- 3.5The organisation has mechanisms for joint participation and management consultation.
- 3.6Where external resources are deployed, processes evaluate, select and perform assurance.
Upstream O&G adaptation notes
Status:Same as IOGP, applied at full enterprise scope
The company applies this element across every function — competence, organisation and capability for engineering, finance, legal, commercial, HR, subsurface, wells and operations are governed by the same expectations.
- ·Scope of application is enterprise-wide. Finance has competence requirements. Legal has competence requirements. Commercial has competence requirements. The same governance discipline applies.
Framework comparison — IOGP 510 base · Upstream O&G adaptation
IOGP 510 base expectations
- 1.Maintain an organisation with defined responsibilities, accountabilities and authorities.
- 2.Recruitment, deployment, career development, retention and succession plans are in place.
- 3.A competence assurance process exists.
- 4.There is a system to allocate appropriate and sufficient internal and external resources.
- 5.The organisation has mechanisms for joint participation and management consultation.
- 6.Where external resources are deployed, processes evaluate, select and perform assurance.
Upstream O&G adapted expectations
- 1.Maintain an organisation with defined responsibilities, accountabilities and authorities across every function.
- 2.Recruitment, deployment, career development, retention and succession plans are in place for all functional disciplines.
- 3.A competence assurance process is established across the enterprise.
- 4.There is a system to allocate appropriate and sufficient internal and external resources.
- 5.The organisation has mechanisms for joint participation and management consultation.
- 6.Where external resources are deployed, processes evaluate, select and perform assurance.
By department
Engineering
This element answers the only question that ultimately matters when something goes wrong: was the right person, with the right capability, in the right role, at the right time? For Engineering this is…
7 docs →
Operations & Maintenance
This element holds asset capability — the offshore/onshore organisation, the OIM accountability, technician and operator competence, and the contractor competence model.
9 docs →
HSSE
This element holds HSSE competence and critical roles — how HSSE-critical leaders are identified and assured, who holds statutory appointments, and how occupational health is resourced.
6 docs →
Commercial
This element holds commercial capability — PSCM organisation, the asset/corporate split, category management and the contract holder model.
4 docs →
Finance & Legal
This element holds the finance and legal capability — organisation, the controllership model, legal panel arrangements and professional certification requirements.
2 docs →
HR / People
This is the home of organisation design, role accountability and competence — the architecture that ensures the right people are in the right roles with the right capability.
6 docs →
Business Services
This element holds IT, information management and management system capability — the competence frameworks and focal-point roles that keep the system running.
2 docs →
Subsurface
This element holds subsurface capability — organisation, competence, TA, peer review panels and external specialist support.
2 docs →
Wells
This element holds wells capability — organisation, the well operator and well examiner roles, contractor capability and competence by sub-discipline.
2 docs →