The APPEA Safety Innovation Awards highlight the oil and gas industry’s commitment to solving safety and health-related challenges and sharing solutions. In 2010, APPEA received a record breaking total of 26 nominations. The APPEA judging panel shortlisted 10 innovations, the sponsors of which were then asked to give a presentation to conference delegates for the chance to also receive the Industry Choice Award. The selection criteria were that the innovation had to: solve a problem; prove its effectiveness; show sustainability; display innovation and ownership; and be applicable to the rest of industry. ROC had nominated the ‘Confined Space Remote Inspection System’ which eliminates the need for saturation divers to work four-day shifts at a depth of 150 metres. The Company’s solution engineers out risk and importantly, can be applied across the rest of the industry. At the conference dinner, the ROC innovation was announced the winner of both the panel-judged and industry choice Safety Innovation Awards.
