Under the Patronage of
H.E Khalid Bin Omar Bin Said Al Marhoon
Minister of Civil Services, Sultanate of Oman
Event Overview
DROPS Oman Forum aims to bring awareness on the prevention of dropped object incidents at work place.
Dropped objects refer to any items or objects that have the potential or capability to cause harm or damage due its fall from height. Among the various hazards in a work environment, dropped objects from a height are critical aspects, causing risks to human workforce and process efficiency. These dropped objects are caused due to corrosion, vibrations, collisions, snagging, dislodging and various other factors that lead to serious injuries and equipment damages in day-to-day processes. The objects that commonly fall, range from drilling equipment, structural items, ancillary fixtures and fittings, tools and hardware.
Even in developed economies, dropped objects are still one of the top causes of fatality. With the probability of an incident so high, the risks must be controlled and managed.
This Forum is a prime opportunity to network and learn from other companies in the industry and share best practices in implementing a robust DROPS program - in particular how some of the top operators, drilling contractors and service companies in the industry are working together to create a collaborative vision in global DROPS practices.
DROPS Train the Trainer: 08 - 09 April 2019, Muscat
A modular and flexible cascade training package designed to raise awareness of dropped object prevention throughout the oil and gas industry and beyond. The Training focuses strongly on the basics of dropped object hazard identification, risk assessment and effective risk management. The programme is based upon Industry and DROPS Forum lessons learned and associated best practices. The training is suitable for offshore and onshore audiences and captures the best practice and lessons learned by the DROPS Workgroup and its members.
For more details and to register, please contact training@dropsonline.org or visit www.dropsonline.org
Key Highlights
Advisory Panel
Sulaiman Al Sulaimi
DROPS Oman Chapter
Sultanate of Oman
Arun Abraham
DROPS Oman Chapter
Sultanate of Oman
Allen Smith
Admin and Training
DROPS Global
United Kingdom
Allen Smith is an industry Focal Point on dropped object prevention and a DROPS Technical Authority and is actively engaged in DROPS education and initiatives worldwide.
Allen is the DROPS Training Director, providing familiarization and coaching for specialists, trainers and workforce and is instrumental in the development, validation and publication of DROPS Best Practice guidance and documentation.
Allen Smith
DROPS Global
United Kingdom
Dr. Ramesh Sivathanu
QHSE Executive Manager
Oman Society of Petroleum Services (OPAL)
Sultanate of Oman
His professional experience with a span of 28+ years involved working in India, UAE and Oman, specializing in Health, Safety and Environment.
- 1991 Started his career in Chemicals and plastics Limited, Sanmar group (India) as Asst Manager – Environmental Control; progressed on as below in his rank and career.
- 1993 SIV Industries Limited (India) as Deputy Manager – Environmental Control,
- 1997 GMR Vasavi MW Diesel Power Plant (India) as Plant Manager (W&WWTP),
- 1999 SIV Industries Limited (India) as Deputy General Manager – Environment,
- 2001 Madurai Diesel Power Plant (India) as Chief HSE Engineer,
- 2004 Punj Lloyd Limited (Oman) as Deputy General Manager – HSE/Environment, (working for PDO 48’ gas pipeline project Saih Rawl to Al Saleel Reserve, gas supplies to LNG train).
- 2006 TECTON Engineering (UAE) as HSE Manager,
- 2008 Al Safa Environmental and Technical Services (Oman) as Senior HSE Consultant and
- 2011 Rukun Al Yaqeen International (Oman) as Senior Manager – HSE
- 2014 OPAL as QHSE Executive Manager - current.
Job roles above involved leadership and commitment in setting business/execution plans to comply with HSE regulatory requirements, maintain health safety and environmental standards and controls in place, in the respective companies and projects. Liaison, training & awareness and employee participation are some of the major roles accomplished.
Dr. Ramesh had delivered HSE Competency Program in OPAL as a resource person since 2011.
He is a trained auditor in Integrated Management System and he has served Management Representative roles.
Dr. Ramesh Sivathanu
Oman Society of Petroleum Services (OPAL)
Sultanate of Oman
Martin Peters
BAPCO - Bahrain
Fahad Al-Mulaik
Manager, Southern Area Oil & Gas Drilling Department (SAO&GDD)
Saudi Aramco
Mr. Fahad Al-Mulaik, the Manager of the Southern Area Oil & Gas Drilling Department (SAO & GDD) in Saudi Aramco. Mr. Al-Mulaik is also the Chairman of the Drilling Health, Safety & Environmental Leadership Initiative (DHS&ELI) in Saudi Arabia. Mr. Fahad is the current Chairman of the DROPS Saudi Chapter, he has been a very active member and leader promoting DROPS awareness across the Saudi operations. His efforts had always been endless in every kind of way to improve the safety culture of our industry and enforce the prevention of dropped objects. As a leader of the chapter, he had always ensured the chapter has a clear vision and a game plan being pursued and shared within the Kingdom.
Fahad Al-Mulaik
Saudi Aramco
Keynote Speaker
Dr. John Malcolm
Managing Director
Oman Oil Company Exploration and Production (OOCEP)
Dr John Malcolm was appointed Managing Director of Oman Oil Company Exploration and Production (OOCEP) in 2015. In addition to his position at OOCEP, John is the Non-Executive Chairman of Lamprell Plc and Abraj Energy SAOC.
Prior to his present appointments, John has consulted for multiple energy industries since 2011. He has served as a Non-Executive Board Director of a Nasdaq listed company, as well as three other private companies in the renewables, engineering and construction fields of the upstream oil and gas sector.
Up until the end of 2010, John recorded an impressive quarter century of service with Shell International Exploration and Production. An engineer by trade, he has acquired experience from across the globe in Project Management, Research and Development and executive management in multiple developments built upon public-private partnerships.
From 2002-2010 John was positioned as the Managing Director of Petroleum Development Oman (PDO). He observed the firm achieve a total daily output in excess of 1 million barrels with an annual budget above USD $5 billion. PDO comprises a high activity land-based exploration and production with over 6,000 staff and 30,000 contractors.
Dr. John Malcolm
Oman Oil Company Exploration and Production (OOCEP)
Speaker Panel
Allen Smith
Admin and Training
DROPS Global
United Kingdom
Allen Smith is an industry Focal Point on dropped object prevention and a DROPS Technical Authority and is actively engaged in DROPS education and initiatives worldwide.
Allen is the DROPS Training Director, providing familiarization and coaching for specialists, trainers and workforce and is instrumental in the development, validation and publication of DROPS Best Practice guidance and documentation.
Allen Smith
DROPS Global
United Kingdom
Dr. Ramesh Sivathanu
QHSE Executive Manager
Oman Society of Petroleum Services (OPAL)
Sultanate of Oman
His professional experience with a span of 28+ years involved working in India, UAE and Oman, specializing in Health, Safety and Environment.
- 1991 Started his career in Chemicals and plastics Limited, Sanmar group (India) as Asst Manager – Environmental Control; progressed on as below in his rank and career.
- 1993 SIV Industries Limited (India) as Deputy Manager – Environmental Control,
- 1997 GMR Vasavi MW Diesel Power Plant (India) as Plant Manager (W&WWTP),
- 1999 SIV Industries Limited (India) as Deputy General Manager – Environment,
- 2001 Madurai Diesel Power Plant (India) as Chief HSE Engineer,
- 2004 Punj Lloyd Limited (Oman) as Deputy General Manager – HSE/Environment, (working for PDO 48’ gas pipeline project Saih Rawl to Al Saleel Reserve, gas supplies to LNG train).
- 2006 TECTON Engineering (UAE) as HSE Manager,
- 2008 Al Safa Environmental and Technical Services (Oman) as Senior HSE Consultant and
- 2011 Rukun Al Yaqeen International (Oman) as Senior Manager – HSE
- 2014 OPAL as QHSE Executive Manager - current.
Job roles above involved leadership and commitment in setting business/execution plans to comply with HSE regulatory requirements, maintain health safety and environmental standards and controls in place, in the respective companies and projects. Liaison, training & awareness and employee participation are some of the major roles accomplished.
Dr. Ramesh had delivered HSE Competency Program in OPAL as a resource person since 2011.
He is a trained auditor in Integrated Management System and he has served Management Representative roles.
Dr. Ramesh Sivathanu
Oman Society of Petroleum Services (OPAL)
Sultanate of Oman
Mohammad M Al Qahtani
General Supervisor, Drilling Operational Excellence & Compliance Division (DOE&CD)
Saudi Aramco
Joined Saudi Aramco in 1976 as maintenance assistance. Obtained scholarship in 1984 and completed bachelor degree in1989. Worked in different sites of Saudi Aramco mainly in production, maintenance, drilling, testing & inspection. Served as director & HSE div. gen. supervisor. Participated in many task force activities.
Mohammad M Al Qahtani
Saudi Aramco
Ahtisham Iftikhar
HSE Manager
Baker Hughes - GE
Ahtisham is a diversified business professional with over 2 decades of progressive experience in all aspects of safety and risk management. He is analytical and astute business planner with excellent record of accomplishment in managing HSSE management system. Recognized for delivering excellent performance at the highest level. Leading HSE role, BHGE Oman achieved 3 Perfect HSE Year without any recordable incident across all services. A talented and gifted trainer with substantial exposure in South Gulf Countries
Ahtisham Iftikhar
Baker Hughes - GE
Łukasz Szadkowski
DROPS HSE Engineer
National Oilwell Varco
Łukasz Szadkowski National Oilwell Varco Norway DROPS Engineer born in Gdansk, northern Poland. He studied at the Technical University of Gdansk, defense master thesis in January 2004.
His Engineering Career started in 2004 in the automotive industry where he was responsible for engineering support of the ongoing production and was tasked with increasing production effectiveness.
He joined NOV engineering in 2006 in the Crane Division as a designer of new product, following up on after-market questions and project execution. In 2010 he moved to the Drilling Department working on Topdrives and related equipment.
In early 2013, when NOV decided to form a dedicated Global NOV Drops Prevention Group, he was elected and asked to join the Team.
Lukasz developed to one of the core members of the NOV DROPS Group, dedicating 100% of his time with special focus on follow up of HSE related issues, assisting and supporting customers and NOV employees, involved in creating best practice procedures, documentation and other activities with the goal to mitigate dropped objects.
Łukasz Szadkowski
National Oilwell Varco
Sergey Peresypkin
Director of Health, Safety and Environment, Middle East North Africa Turkey & India Region
Baker Hughes, a GE Company
Sergey Peresypkin is director of health, safety and environment for Baker Hughes, a GE Company for Middle East North Africa Turkey & India Region, where he leads the strategic planning, stewardship and execution of HSE programs. Overall Sergey Peresypkin has 20 years of work experience in the oil and gas industry, with 15 years specifically dedicated to HSE aspects. Prior to his current role, Sergey served as Baker Hughes Middle East Asia Pacific Region HSE Director, Russia Caspian HSE Director and Pressure Pumping Operations Manager for Russia, which allowed him to gain experience from both HSE and operations’ prospective of running the business in a safe and reliable manner across multiple cultures.
Peresypkin joined Baker Hughes, a GE Company in 2009 as a part of the merger between Baker Hughes and BJ Services, where he served as Region HSE Manager for Middle East – North Africa – Central Asia. His oil and gas career started back in 1996 with a Canadian Fracmaster company in the Western Siberia in Russia.
Peresypkin earned a safety engineer diploma in the safety of technological operations and processes from the Belgorod Technological University in honor of V.G. Shukhov in Belgord, Russia.
Sergey Peresypkin
Baker Hughes, a GE Company
Tejas Viswanathan
Application Engineer
3M Gulf Ltd.
Tejas Viswanathan is an application engineer with over 4 years of experience in the safety industry with an inclination towards design and development of solutions to reduce or eliminate the risks involved while working at height.
Tejas Viswanathan
3M Gulf Ltd.
Thomas Maarseveen
Wells HSE Lead and DROPS Focal Point
Shell Qatar
Previous experience with Noble Drilling as Assistant Rig Manager. With Shell since 2005 with assignments in PDO (DSV and Material support), Shell Gabon (Wells Operations Team Lead and Business Support). Presently working in Qatar Shell as Wells HSE Lead and DROPS focal point.
Thomas Maarseveen
Shell Qatar
Muslim M. Al Heleimi
Senior Manager - Quality, Health, Safety & Environment
Saudi Aramco Nabors Drilling (SANAD)
Mr. Muslim has 22 years’ experience with drilling operations and Health, Safety, & Environment. Mr. Al Heleimi is an acting member with DROPS Saudi Chapter since 2017 and has always been a key participant with his continuous valuable experience and input.
Muslim M. Al Heleimi
Saudi Aramco Nabors Drilling (SANAD)
John Fagan
HSE Manager
TOCO - An Interserve Company
Mr. John Fagan is currently serving as the HSE Manager at TOCO; an Interserve Company. John has a total experience of more than 36 years within the industry; holding key HSE positions in the construction, oil and gas and training sectors. He has worked in Oman for TOCO for the last 13 years; during his tenure with TOCO he has been working very closely with the following clients; Occidental Oman; OLNG; PDO-4PL; Salalah Methanol Company and ORPIC, on some of their key projects. He is a professional member of the following organizations; IOSH, Institute of Royal Engineers and the World Safety Organization; he is also a recognized “Safety Certified Construction Supervisor.
John Fagan
TOCO - An Interserve Company
Joachim van der Meulen
Secretary & Facilitator
DROPS Asia Chapter
Singapore
As Secretary and Facilitator, Joachim has been involved with the DROPS Forum since the establishment of the Asia Chapter in 2009. He has organized and facilitated forums in Singapore, Brunei, Vietnam, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia and China. Since late 2017, Joachim regularly hosts DROPS related webinars which are then posted on YouTube. Joachim has held various product development, marketing and business development roles with ModuSpec, Stopdrop Tooling and Lloyd’s Register. More recently, he has embarked on a project to find a way to efficiently train a large, global and diverse audience in dropped object prevention. This project has led him to explore the opportunities of Virtual Reality Technology as a collaboration tool and competency development platform. The DROPS Oman Forum will be the first time the DROPS VR platform will be presented.
Joachim van der Meulen
DROPS Asia Chapter
Singapore
Nasser Qassabi
Petroleum Development Oman
Jason Woods
Middle East & India Representative
International Power Access Federation IPAF
Jason is IPAF’s Middle East & India Representative and Auditor, based in Dubai. He has 29 years’ experience within the access industry gained with equipment manufacturers, rental companies and training bodies.
The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) promotes the safe and effective use of powered access equipment worldwide in the widest sense -- through providing technical advice and information, through influencing and interpreting legislation and standards, through its safety initiatives and training programs. It is a not-for-profit organization owned by its members who include manufacturers, rental companies, contractors and users.
‘My duties with the organization include working alongside existing and new members, and training centers to give guidance, advice and support. Instructor development - IPAF’s international training program allows each instructor Continuing Professional Development The focus of CPD is on results – benefits instructors and the industry by keeping skills and knowledge up to date. The main purpose of IPAF is to promote the ‘’Safe & Effective’’ use of MEWPs worldwide!
IPAF’s membership body currently stands at 1,300 members in 67 countries and we see the Middle East continuing to grow with demand, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan – Kuwait – Lebanon – Oman – Qatar – Saudi Arabia – UAE.
India, IPAF training center(s), currently we have Noida, Gujarat and Mumbai where another rental company will open in Delhi and south India later this year giving a total of 7 training outlets throughout India. Two of our Rental members are in between achieving the IPAF rental+ standard.
IPAF encourages all manufacturers, rental companies and contractors worldwide to report any known fatal and serious accidents involving MEWPs/AWPs or MCWPs. This is confidential and anonymous. IPAF looks for common trends and major issues that cause accidents with our industry. Statistics is then used to inform IPAF training and launch industry wide campaigns to help improve safety statistics. http://www.ipaf.org/en/resources/accident-database
My key aim is to boost the safe practices whilst working at height. Working with safety groups and governing bodies throughout the Middle East & India.
Jason Woods
International Power Access Federation IPAF
Klaus Myklebust
CEO
NorthQ and BLH-DOM Safety Solutions
Mr. Klaus has an experience of 22 years of HSE, including Dropped Object Prevention for 12 years. He is an experienced leader within Industrial Safety and Environment onshore, offshore and marine. He has also been a part of developing best practices in Norway, leading to many of today’s best practices in DROPS handbook Reliable Securing.
Klaus Myklebust
NorthQ and BLH-DOM Safety Solutions
Biju KOYAD
Manager
Inservice Verification Services, Bureau Veritas
Rig acceptance auditor and OHSAS - 18001 lead auditor with 20 years of experience. He has performed many dropped object surveys and prepared standard inspection procedure for Bureau Veritas used globally. Apart from the above he has also represented OOCEP and Occidental Oman in rig acceptance audits.
Biju KOYAD
Inservice Verification Services, Bureau Veritas
Peter Hemingway
Health, Safety and Environment Leader, South Gulf
Middle East North Africa Turkey & India Region, Baker Hughes, a GE Company
Peter Hemingway is the health, safety and environment leader for the South Gulf Geomarket for Baker Hughes, a GE Company for Middle East North Africa Turkey & India Region, where he provides leadership to deliver the, execution and validation of HSE programs. Overall Peter has more than 20 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry, both up and downstream with HSE at operator, service company operations and at corporate levels. Prior to his current role, Peter was Asia Pacific Regional One EHS High Risk Operations Leader, which provided him the opportunity to lead and support Centre of Excellence (CoE) program delivery for the organization.
Peter joined Baker Hughes, a GE Company in 2010 as Turbo Machinery Services, Middle East North Africa Turkey (MENAT) regional HSE leader for GE, from there moving to a corporate role in HSE for MENAT, and then in Asia before returning to the UAE in his current role. His oil and gas career started back in 1996 as a commercial diver in Qatar.
Peter holds a MSC in Environmental Health and Safety earned from University of Greenwich, London, UK.
Peter Hemingway
Middle East North Africa Turkey & India Region, Baker Hughes, a GE Company
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