Oil, Gas and Petroleum Risk Management
The oil and gas sector operates in one of the most complex risk environments of any industry. Production continuity, environmental responsibility, workforce safety, and national energy supply depend on infrastructure that must remain operational—even during disruption.
From upstream extraction and offshore operations to pipelines, storage facilities and export terminals, a single incident can escalate rapidly into operational shutdown, regulatory scrutiny, or supply interruption. Organisations must be prepared not only to prevent incidents, but to respond, recover and continue operating under pressure.
Resilient Services partners with energy operators to strengthen crisis readiness, test emergency capability, and build the organisational resilience required to manage high-impact events.
The Reality of Risk in Oil & Gas Operations
Energy infrastructure is exposed to a unique combination of operational, environmental and security threats that demand coordinated, real-time decision-making.
Operational Disruption Events
Facility shutdowns or processing failures
Pipeline damage, leaks or loss of pressure
Offshore incidents requiring rapid multi-agency response
Contractor or logistics disruptions affecting production continuity
Environmental & Safety Incidents
Spill response and environmental containment coordination
Major hazard facility emergencies
Workforce evacuation and safety management
Regulatory escalation and investigation readiness
Infrastructure & Supply Security Risks
Fuel supply interruptions impacting downstream industries
Interdependency failures across transport, ports and utilities
Cyber-physical threats targeting operational systems
Natural disasters affecting critical infrastructure assets
These are not theoretical risks—they are operational realities requiring tested, executable response capability.
Oil, Gas & Petroleum industry in Australia and New Zealand
Australia’s strongly performing oil and gas sector contributes significantly to the country’s position as a leading energy exporter. The industry has been a crucial contributor to the nation’s economy for decades, contributing billions to the Australian economy annually. Many nations, including Singapore, Indonesia, and Japan, rely heavily on Australia and New Zealand’s oil and gas supply.
Crisis Management Frameworks for High-Consequence Environments
We design crisis management structures aligned to complex asset networks, enabling leadership teams to respond confidently to fast-moving incidents while maintaining regulatory and operational control.
Emergency Preparedness & Response Planning
Our emergency management solutions integrate site-based response with corporate coordination, ensuring seamless escalation between field operations, executives, regulators and emergency services.
Exercising & Scenario Simulation
We deliver realistic exercises tailored to oil and gas risk profiles, including:
Facility incident simulations
Environmental emergency scenarios
Multi-agency coordination exercises
Executive crisis decision-making simulations
These exercises validate plans, reveal capability gaps, and strengthen response confidence.
Business Continuity for Production-Critical Operations
We help organisations maintain continuity of supply by developing recovery strategies that address:
Loss-of-production scenarios
Asset recovery sequencing
Supply chain dependencies
Critical workforce availability
Regulatory & Critical Infrastructure Readiness
Our advisory services support alignment with evolving expectations around critical infrastructure assurance, helping organisations demonstrate resilience capability to regulators, partners and stakeholders.
The Oil, Gas & Petroleum industry can be divided into five major segments:
Field Services Sector
The oil and gas field services sector includes any supporting activities such as site preparation and planning, plant management, construction and maintenance services to aid the extraction industry.
Pipeline Transport Sector
The pipeline transport sector involves the movement of commodities such as oil, gas, water and other materials from the region of extracted to the following stage in the supply chain.
Gas Transmission Sector
Gas transmission – which is the pipelines that take gas from the production facility at a high pressure to the end user, such as towns and industries
Extraction Sector
The oil and gas extraction sector encompasses crude oil mining, natural gas and petroleum extraction as well as the production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), which are obtained from oil and gas deposits. The sector has grown by over 8% over the past five years.
Gas Distribution Sector
Gas Distribution – which is the delivery of gas to the consumers or end users at a pressure that is lower than transmission pressures.
Australian Oil, Gas & Petroleum industry legislation
Some Australian legislation that may be applicable to your business in the oil and gas industry may include, but may not be limited to:
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
- Excise Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Oil) Act 2014
- International Trade Integrity Act 2007
- Liquid Fuel Emergency Guidelines 2019
- Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Environment) Regulations 2009
- Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas (Safety) Regulations 2009
- Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2011
- Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
- Product Stewardship (Oil) Act 2000
- Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage) Act 2008
- Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983
- Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013
- Gas Safety Act 1997
- Gas Safety (Safety Case) Regulations 2008
- Gas Safety (Gas Quality) Regulations 2007
- Pipelines Act 2005
- Pipelines Regulations 2007
- Emergency Management Act 2013 (VIC)
- Emergency Management Act 2005 (WA)
- State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989 (NSW)
- Disaster Management Act 2003 (QLD)
- Emergency Management Act 2004 (SA)
- Emergency Management Act 2006 (TAS)
- Emergency Management Act 2013 (NT)
New Zealand Oil, Gas & Petroleum industry legislation
Some New Zealand legislation that may be applicable to your business in the oil and gas Industry may include, but may not be limited to:
- Biosecurity Act 1993
- Gas Act 1992
- Hamilton City Council (Gas) Empowering Act 1988
- Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
- International Energy Agreement Act 1976
- Maritime Transport Act 1994
- Petroleum Demand Restraint Act 1981
- Reserves and Other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act 1912
- Resource Management Act 1991
- Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Act 1996
This list is not exhaustive, and there may be additional legislation regarding dangerous goods, mining, electricity, gas and occupational health and safety that may be applicable to your organisation’s circumstances.
Crisis Management Frameworks for High-Consequence Environments
In oil and gas operations, incidents escalate quickly and often involve multiple stakeholders, jurisdictions and technical systems. Effective crisis management requires more than documented procedures—it demands a structured, scalable framework that enables leaders to act decisively under pressure.
Resilient Services designs crisis management frameworks aligned to complex asset networks, ensuring clear governance, defined escalation pathways, and coordinated decision-making across operational and executive levels. We help organisations establish incident management structures that integrate seamlessly with existing safety cases and operational protocols while maintaining regulatory and operational control.
Our approach ensures leadership teams understand not only what to do, but how to lead during a high-impact event—balancing safety, environmental obligations, production continuity and stakeholder communication.
Emergency Preparedness & Response Planning
Emergency response in the energy sector must coordinate frontline technical response with enterprise-level oversight. Disconnected plans can lead to delayed escalation, unclear accountability, or operational confusion during critical moments.
Our emergency preparedness solutions integrate site-based response procedures with corporate coordination frameworks, ensuring seamless escalation between field operations, executives, regulators and emergency services. We align emergency plans to real operational risks, communication pathways and asset interdependencies so that response actions are practical, executable and understood across the organisation.
This integration supports faster mobilisation, improved situational awareness and a unified response during complex incidents.
Exercising & Scenario Simulation
Preparedness cannot be validated without testing. Exercises are critical to ensuring teams can perform effectively in high-pressure environments where timing, coordination and clarity are essential.
Resilient Services delivers realistic exercising programs tailored to oil and gas risk profiles, including:
Facility incident simulations that test operational shutdown, safety response and escalation
Environmental emergency scenarios focused on containment, reporting and stakeholder coordination
Multi-agency coordination exercises involving regulators, emergency services and contractors
Executive crisis decision-making simulations designed to strengthen leadership confidence
These exercises validate plans, reveal capability gaps, and strengthen organisational readiness by turning documented processes into practised capability.
Business Continuity for Production-Critical Operations
Operational interruptions in oil and gas can have immediate economic and supply impacts. Business continuity planning must therefore address not just administrative recovery, but the technical realities of restoring production and maintaining safe operations.
We help organisations maintain continuity of supply by developing recovery strategies that address:
Loss-of-production scenarios and prioritisation of critical outputs
Asset recovery sequencing to safely restart operations
Supply chain dependencies across transport, ports and contractors
Critical workforce availability and specialist capability requirements
Our continuity frameworks ensure organisations can transition from response to recovery efficiently while minimising downtime and maintaining compliance obligations.
Regulatory & Critical Infrastructure Readiness
Energy providers operate under increasing scrutiny to demonstrate resilience, transparency and preparedness as part of broader critical infrastructure assurance expectations.
Resilient Services supports organisations in aligning their emergency management, crisis response and continuity programs with evolving regulatory requirements and national resilience priorities. We help clients evidence preparedness, integrate resilience into governance structures, and demonstrate capability to regulators, partners and stakeholders.
This proactive approach strengthens assurance, reduces compliance risk, and builds confidence that operations can withstand and recover from disruption.
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