Shell Commends Efforts Towards Regional Action Plan For Safe Helicopter Services

Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) has welcomed efforts to promote safe helicopter services across Africa in a proposed Regional Action Plan.

A press statement issued on Friday by Communications Manager, Gladys Afam-Anadu, said the plan was the highlight of a workshop organised in Lagos this week by the Aviation subcommittee of the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP) in partnership with London-based safety advocacy group, HeliOffshore.

It added that the two-day Offshore Helicopter Industry Safety Workshop with the theme “Developing a Regional Action Plan,” followed on from a similar session last year which SNEPCo sponsored.

It also provided administrative and logistical support for this year’s conference, which was sponsored by ExxonMobil. SNEPCo, which pioneered Nigeria’s deepwater production at Bonga in 2005, relies on helicopter shuttles for operations and supports the workshop as part of its contributions towards safe services in Nigeria.

In an address at the opening session delivered by General Manager Contracting and Supply Chain, Charles Oranyeli, Managing Director SNEPCo, Ronald Adams said: “By developing a regional action plan, we can move beyond dialogue to alignment, ensuring that the safety leadership, industry standards, and collaborative approaches championed last year are embedded in a common roadmap for collective improvement. The most effective solutions will come not from isolated efforts, but from partnership, standardisation, and coordinated action across the region.”

According to the statement, the workshop was attended by more than 80 representatives from oil and gas companies, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA),…