Establishing a Culture of Safety

The Center for Offshore Safety (COS) is an industry sponsored organization focused exclusively on offshore safety in the deepwater (water depths>1000 ft) Gulf of Mexico. The Center serves the US offshore oil & gas industry with the purpose of adopting standards of excellence to ensure continuous improvement in safety and offshore operational integrity.

The Center is responsible for:

Providing assistance to member companies for their implementation of the Center for Offshore Safety programs

Assuring that third party certification program auditors meet the program’s goals and objectives

Compiling and analyzing key industry safety performance metrics

Coordinating Center sponsored functions designed to facilitate the sharing and learning process

Identifying and promoting opportunities for the industry to continuously improve

Development of outreach programs to facilitate communicating with government and external stakeholders