Writing Standard Operating Procedures for Oil and Gas Engineers and Technical Professionals

Suitable for: A Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is a set of instructions having the force of a directive, covering those features of operations that lend themselves to a definite or standardized procedure without loss of effectiveness. The presence of these quality documents is essential when inspections take place since the most frequent reported deficiencies during inspections are the lack of written SOPs and/or the failure to adhere to them. The SOP writing process is critical to successful implementation of SOPs. As Oil & Gas companies search for ever more ways to improve performance, increase efficiency and control costs, we need not only “best practice” to achieve maximum performance but also “common practice” to standardize best practice throughout the company.