Agenda

The presence of NORM during oil and gas exploration and extraction has been identified as a source of hazards to be taken into account since the 1970s.Although most of the key players in the Oil and Gas Industry have implemented appropriate NORM management strategies, there are still some plants that need to set up everything from scratch.

This presentation details the challenges faced in creating and implementing a comprehensive system to address NORM-related risks on such a site.

Olivier Aranjo, Radiation Safety, Risk Management and Radiation Metrology

The very act of performing an assessment raises safety culture awareness within the organization and signals the importance of organizational learning related to safety. The objective of this presentation is to provide basics of how to use safety culture self-assessment to enhance organizational safety performance on NORM depending on the IAEA methodology of assessing safety culture.

Dr. Abdul-Wali Ajlouni, Expert and Consultant in Radiation Safety, Nuclear Security, and Security in Science, Alarfaj Medical Services

Zeineb Chekir Kraiem, Head of the Directorate of Nuclear Safety and Security, National Center of Nuclear Sciences and Technologies (CNSTN)

The NORM & TE-NORM decontamination from the theoretical and technical point of view during production of oil and gas in an Egyptian oil-field. To improve the existing decontamination techniques used in decontamination of NORM facilities to minimize the produced waste as much as possible, and to evaluate the effectiveness of the developed techniques by measuring the NORM existence level before and after decontamination process.

Mahrous Abd ElHamed, Radiation Protection Dept Manager Offshore Shukair Oil Co. Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation

A detailed look at the current policies and frameworks governing NORM management in Middle Eastern countries. We'll analyse how potential new regulations might impact NORM management practices. This session goes beyond the Middle East. We'll explore valuable lessons learned from other countries that can be applied to enhance NORM management practices across the region.

Dr Rahaf Ajaj, Assistant Professor in EHS, College of Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi University