Plans and Procedures

Purpose

To translate standards (Element 2) and risk controls (Element 5) into planned, executable procedures and contingency arrangements that can actually be used to do the work — across every function. MoC is not housed here; it is a risk-control act and lives in Element 5.

The challenge it forces

"The trap in this element is procedure inflation: thousands of pages, none used in the field. A procedure that does not name the standard it implements (Element 2) and the risk it controls (Element 5) is not a procedure — it is documentation theatre."

What lives here

·Engineering execution plans (Engineering Management Plan, Project Engineering Execution Plan, Basis of Design Procedure)
·Department procedures (Recruitment Procedure, Tendering Procedure, Drilling Programme, Field Development Planning)
·Interface and document control procedures (Engineering Interface Management, Document Control)
·Discipline procedures
·Contractor management procedures (Contractor Engineering Management, Contractor Mobilisation)
·Contingency, emergency response, crisis and continuity plans

What does not live here

→The standards being implementedE2 Policies
→The risk-control logic the procedure inherits — including MoCE5 Risk
→The act of executing the procedureE8 Execution

Upstream O&G expectations (5)

7.1Plans and procedures are established, documented and maintained across all functions, in line with risk level.
7.2Plans and procedures and revisions are subject to approval at an appropriate level of authority.
7.3Guidance and training support effective implementation by competent resources.
7.4The latest approved version is available at point of use.
7.5Contingency, emergency, crisis and continuity plans are in place with regular tests and drills.

Upstream O&G adaptation notes

Status:Same as IOGP, applied at full enterprise scope

The company applies this element to every function's procedures — operations, engineering, HR, finance, legal, commercial. One framework, one approval discipline.

·MoC is not in this element. Aligning with IOGP base, MoC sits in Element 5 as a risk-control act. Operators frequently misplace MoC procedures here; the company's framework explicitly does not.

Framework comparison — IOGP 510 base · Upstream O&G adaptation

IOGP 510 base expectations

1.Plans and procedures are established, documented and maintained in line with risk level.
2.Plans and procedures (and revisions) are subject to approval at an appropriate level of authority.
3.Supported by guidance and training to enable effective implementation by competent resources.
4.Latest version is available at point of use.
5.Contingency, emergency, crisis and continuity plans are in place with regular tests and drills.

Upstream O&G adapted expectations

1.Plans and procedures are established, documented and maintained across all functions, in line with risk level.
2.Plans and procedures and revisions are subject to approval at an appropriate level of authority.
3.Guidance and training support effective implementation by competent resources.
4.The latest approved version is available at point of use.
5.Contingency, emergency, crisis and continuity plans are in place with regular tests and drills.