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<strong>IRO</strong> Personnel Services Group (IPSG)<br />
The IPSG only came together once in <strong>2010</strong> on 14 October at VMW Taxand. At this<br />
meeting VMW Taxand gave a presentation on ‘general terms and conditions for the<br />
supply of personnel’.<br />
<strong>IRO</strong> Safety and Training Group (ISTG)<br />
Two ISTG meetings were held in <strong>2010</strong>. On 20 March <strong>2010</strong> and 4 November <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
The main subjects of the ISTG meeting were adaptations in the NOGEPA training manual;<br />
E- learning; training of offshore wind personnel; the Industry day and falling objects.<br />
<strong>IRO</strong> Well Services Group (IWSG)<br />
The First IWSG meeting was held on 21 April <strong>2010</strong> at Baker Hughes in Den Helder.<br />
Main subjects dealt with in this meeting were the ‘Schietmeester’ course; Industry<br />
Bridging Document and Subcontractor management. A second <strong>IRO</strong> Well Services Group<br />
was hosted by Atlas Services Group on 9 December <strong>2010</strong> in the boardroom of the AZ<br />
soccer stadium in Alkmaar. The participants of the <strong>IRO</strong> NOGEPA Industry Day cluster<br />
‘Drilling and Wells’ were also present at this IWSG meeting. Presentations were given<br />
by Kees Tinga of Atlas Services Group; by Dave McKellar of Dana Petroleum on the<br />
Medway project marginal field; by Jan de Jong of State Supervision of Mines on<br />
measures taken in the Netherlands after the Deepwater Horizon blow-out in the Gulf of<br />
Mexico. Finally George Galloway, the IWSG chairman, gave an update on the Industry<br />
Day <strong>2010</strong> follow up activities.<br />
<strong>IRO</strong> decommissioning seminars<br />
On 22 April <strong>2010</strong> an <strong>IRO</strong> decommissioning seminar was held. Though not a formal<br />
<strong>IRO</strong> Working Group, <strong>IRO</strong> regularly organizes seminars on decommissioning as it is<br />
expected this will be a multi billion Euro business in the near future. It is stipulated by<br />
law that all idle offshore oil and gas facilities have to be removed. The seminar focused<br />
on Decom North Sea, a Scottish initiative to unite forces to tackle the huge North Sea<br />
decommissioning challenge. The programme consisted of a presentation by Heerema<br />
Marine Contractors Nederland, who gave an update on their decommissioning activities.<br />
Another presentation was given by Allseas on the Pieter Schelte, a vessel for single-lift<br />
installation and removal of large offshore oil and gas platforms, and installation of oil<br />
and gas pipelines. About 60 <strong>IRO</strong> members attended the seminar. In <strong>2010</strong> <strong>IRO</strong> exchanged<br />
memberships with Decom North Sea in order to foster cooperation with regard to<br />
decommissioning. <strong>IRO</strong> attended two Decom North Sea activities in <strong>2010</strong>. To get more<br />
Dutch companies involved, Decom North Sea events will be organized in the Netherlands<br />
in 2011. <strong>IRO</strong> also endorsed a decommissioning conference organized in Aberdeen by Eye<br />
for Energy on 16 and 17 November <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
16 <strong>IRO</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2010</strong>
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