HSEQ and Best Practice
HSEQ is a critical part of all of the work we do here at APT and we are committed to managing the integrity of our operations and business activities in a responsible manner.
We do this by taking careful consideration of the health and safety of all of our staff, our external stakeholders and the environment in which we operate.
The quality of our work underpins who we are at APT and we are focused on providing the highest quality products whilst conforming to the latest Certified Standards.
Attention on HSEQ is incorporated in all operational procedures, both offshore and onshore, and is a natural part of the company’s safe working philosophy. The company’s HSEQ policy is based on Norwegian authorities’ guidelines and utility company requirements for HSEQ and internal control. Its application in APT’s operations is described in the HSEQ manual distributed to all employees of APT.
APT HSEQ
APT endeavours to create a safe and healthy working environment for our employees through our HSEQ objectives:
- We avoid causing harm to any stakeholders involved in our business activities
- We preventing pollution and are careful to minimise the impact of our business on the local and wider environment
- We are proud to comply with all applicable legal and regulatory requirements
- APT will implement HSEQ-systems that meet the requirements of laws and regulations in all areas the company operate
- APT's HSEQ processes will include activities that ensure continuous efforts to improve our HSEQ performance
- APT is committed to prevent and avoid injury, to preserve the health and safety of its employees and any other persons whom may at any time be affected by its activities
- APT is committed to execute projects in a way ensuring optimal protection of the environment
- The company will provide training to all employees to enable them to protect their health, to work safely and to preserve the environment
Best Practice
APT endeavours provide consistency high quality work through careful consideration of our Best Practice guidelines.
It is APT’s philosophy to supply data and services according to requirements in established industrial standards and to the full satisfaction of our clients demands and expectations. All projects or services performed in APT’s laboratories or by APT’s personnel shall be handled in a orderly and safe way according to work instructions and operational procedures without unnecessary use of resources. Throughout any services performed by APT maximum efforts shall be made to ensure that the client receive a correct and a high quality product. APT is complying with the following Norwegian and International standards ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018.
In general the goals of the QA philosophy are:
- Precision
- Data report delivery on planned time
- Minimal deviation from planned time to actual time of delivery of first draft interpretation report
- Economic projects results according to plan
- Continuous monitoring of customer satisfaction
All of our Best Practice documents can be viewed in our interactive Glossary area. Please contact us to discuss anything covered here.
Certification
As part of our commitment to our customers and global sustainability we strive to continually improve we work and are certified according to the international standards, ISO 9001:2015, 14001:2015 and 45001:2018.
Standards according to demands
APT is registered with the Achilles database for suppliers to the oil and gas industry (JQS ID: 24956). Through this service, our clients are able to obtain statements about our financial situation, HSE procedures and QMS.
APT complies with the guidelines for use of the Norwegian standards NSO-1, JR-1 and SR-1. Through this our samples are checked to ensure high quality and consistency; at least every 10th sample, plus 1 sample immediately prior to and immediately after each batch of analyses / project.
Regular testing is also undertaken through the “Norwegian Geochemical Standard Sample Project" which utilises a set of reference samples to ensure continued high quality. If any results fall outside the permissible range, our instruments are recalibrated and the batch reanalysed.
We are also proud to meet the preferred standards of each of our clients and will work with you to ensure you are satisfied with the outcome. If results from a standard at the end of a batch do not fall within your "permissible range", then the results for the whole batch will be discarded and the samples will be re-run.
In addition to following well established and documented procedures, the geochemical analyses follow guidelines as described in the internationally approved and applied standard “The Norwegian Industry Guide to Geochemical Analyses” (NIGOGA), 4th Edition (2000), and references therein. NIGOGA can be downloaded free of charge from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s web site for references.
- The link for NIGOGA is:
https://www.npd.no/en/regulations/reporting_and_applications/wells/geochemical-analyses-guide/
For most geochemical analyses the set of Norwegian Geochemical Standard (NGS) are used in order to verify accuracy and reproducibility of the analysis. These standards, two source rocks and one oil sample, were established by the Norwegian oil industry in the late 1990’s and approved as reference samples among oil companies and service companies, not only in Norway, but also throughout Europe and in other parts of the world. Permissible range and most likely values for these standards have been established through an extensive inter-laboratory comparison managed by the NPD. The standards are:
NGS Svalbard Rock -1 (SR-1) was collected from the southern side of Teistenberget Hill, Eastern Spitsbergen, Svalbard. About 400 kg was taken from a horizon with relatively low TOC content in the Anisian Middle Triassic Botneheia Fm. and homogenised. The sample has a mean vitrinite reflectance of 0.41 % and a mean TOC content of 2.17 %.
NGS Jet Rock-1 (JR-1) About 200 kg of the organic rich, black shale was collected from the Port Mullgrave area, Yorkshire, NE England and homogenised. The Jet Rock is classified as a member of the Toracian Whitby Mudstone Formation. The sample has a mean vitrinite reflectance of 0.47 % and a mean TOC content of 12.4 %.
NGS North Sea Oil-1 (NSO-1) is an oil (1000 litres) collected from the Oseberg Field located in block 30/9 in the Norwegian North Sea. The oil was homogenised and tapped into 12.5 litre aluminium flasks and stored at -20°C. The oil has a mean API gravity of 32.9°, a mean C15+ fraction of 77 % and a total asphaltene content of 1.9 % of the total crude.