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The Energy Institute
Working with energy professionals,
serving the global energy community
Overview of the Energy Institute
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Royal Charter professional membership organisation
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Independent scientific and technical organisation
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Licensed by the EC (UK) to register engineers and
engineering technicians
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Registered charity with a £4.5m turnover
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Almost 12,000 individual members
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400 company members
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18 branches including Houston, Netherlands,
Ireland, Switzerland, Hong Kong and India
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Scope: energy in all its uses and applications
Objectives of the Energy Institute
Purpose
The promotion of the safe, environmentally responsible and
efficient supply and use of energy in all its forms and
applications
Vision
A community – a home for energy professionals and an
intellectual reservoir for industry
Values
Independence, integrity, sound science, customer focus,
professionalism, inclusiveness, quality and value for money
Benefits and services
• Professional recognition
• Free monthly magazine and discount on other publications
• Discounted rates to EI conferences and training courses
• Expert advice on Professional Development and careers
• Branch membership
• Networking opportunities
• Technical and scientific research, publications
• Contribution to policy debates and consultations
• Awards for individual and organisation-wide achievement
Individual Membership Grades
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Fellow (FEI)
Member (MEI)
Associate Member (AMEI)
Technician Member (TMEI)
Graduate Member (GradEI)
Affiliate
Student
Professional Recognition
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Chartered Engineer (CEng)
Chartered Petroleum Engineer
Chartered Energy Engineer
Chartered Scientist
Incorporated Engineer (IEng)
Engineering Technician (EngTech)
Technical Programme
Providing industry with cost effective value added
scientific and technical knowledge on key current
and future issues
Modus Operandi:
• Carrying out specific projects overseen by the
Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC)
• STAC members consist of Technical Committee
chairs, EI Partners representatives and
representatives from industry trade bodies
• STAC meets three times a year – spring, summer
and autumn
What is the Technical
Programme?
Primary purpose is to promote self-regulation
–Development of publications to improve
health, safety, environmental performance,
quality and quantity control
–Fundamental research into issues of
importance to industry
–Review of technical aspects of emerging
regulations
EI acts as honest broker between the industry
and the regulator
Current Partners
•BP
•Shell
•ExxonMobil
•Chevron
•ConocoPhillips
•Talisman
•Kuwait Aviation
International
•Maersk Oil Ag
•Total
•Murphy Petroleum
•Nexen
•Statoil
•ENI
•BHP Billiton
•BG Group
Technical - Organisation Chart
SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
HEALTH
Occupational
Health and
Hygiene
ENVIRONMENT
Oil Spills
Microbiology
SAFETY
Aviation
Filtration
DISTRIBUTION
& MARKETING
HYDROCARBON
MANAGEMENT
Service Station
Panel
Cargo
inspection
Road Tanker
Panel
Marine
transportation
STANDARDS
Test
Methods
Fuels
Electrical
Soil/Waste
Groundwater
Emissions
Refineries
Distribution
& Marketing
Safety
Lubricants
Marketing &
Distribution
Bitumen
Analysis
Air Issues
Refinery Safety
Oil & Water
Liaison Group
Fire Forum
Human Factors
Hazard
Management
Offshore
ISO
CEN
API
ASTM
BSI
SUPPORT
Current work programme - Safety
• Updating UKCS Pipeline and Riser Loss of
Containment (PARLOC) database
• Developing new ‘introductory’ guidance on effective
workforce involvement
• Developing new guidance on addressing human
factors aspects of accident/incident investigations
• Updating Offshore Technical Guidance Catalogue
with Specific relevance to Major Accident Hazards
http:www.energyinst.org.uk/offshorecatalogue
• Researching the technical basis of some aspects of
IP 15 (Area classification code for installations
handling flammable fluids).
Current work programme - Safety
(cont.)
• Updating CMPT Guidelines for the Avoidance of
Vibration Induced Fatigue Failure of Process
Pipework (JIP)
• Developing a Maintenance Management Capability
Maturity Model (C4M) (JIP)
• Revising UKOOA Guidelines for the Management of
Safety Critical Elements
• Revising IP/UKOOA Guidelines for the Management
of Integrity of Bolted Pipe Joints
Current work programme - Health
• Health Technical Committee provides technical input
to UKOOA medical guidelines
• Also specific research projects including:
– Fitness capability assessments (with OLF,
NOGEPA)
– Ageing workforce
– Epidemiology study (workers exposed to benzene)
– Legionella guidance
Current work programme Hydrocarbon management
• Management of Measurement for Emissions Trading
• Management of Measurement for Upstream
Operations
Future working method
• Moves to involve EI in ‘Science Council’ to help
secure industry input to prioritising HSE’s offshore
research programme
• Existing EI model of prioritising research programme
welcome
Future work programme
• Fire and blast technical catalogue (with OGP and
UKOOA)
• Mothballing/abandonment
• Procuring failure data to feed into predictive tools
• Ageing workforce/ergonomic re-evaluation of
workplaces
Energy Institute
Working with energy professionals, serving the
global energy community
- www.energyinst.org.uk