Natural Resources committee  This gentleman is Mr. John Banks, the chief operations officer of Stena Drilling.

Natural Resources committee  We're going to make a presentation. I'm able to put it up on your screen, actually, so you can see some of the graphics. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I'd like to make a brief presentation on the Stena Carron and Stena Drilling safety management system. I'd like to talk a little bit about the vessel class and go into how we bridge our procedures with the operator of business, in this case Chevron Canada.

Natural Resources committee  I'd like to apologize for that.

Natural Resources committee  Yes. The vessel has an approximately 15,000-metric-tonne variable deck load and a maximum transit speed of 12 knots. The classification class by DNV is a 1A1 ship-shaped drilling unit, drill “N” classification, which means all the drilling equipment actually comes under the classification society, not just the main equipment.

Natural Resources committee  Okay. The Stena Carron is number two in a series of three Drillmax series vessels. These are state-of-the-art, sixth-generation, ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned drillships designed and certified for year-round worldwide operations in ultra-deepwater. The latest-generation drillship is able to operate in harsh environment areas, such as the Norwegian and Barents seas, down to minus 20 degrees Celsius, including operation in the Barents Sea's extreme winter conditions.

Natural Resources committee  Okay. It's not much longer. At level five, we have rig-specific work methods. This level includes procedures specific to the rig vessel--short, detailed instructions. I'll go quickly through the main safety tools: risk assessment; “toolbox talks”; lifting plans; a safe behaviour program that's actively used on the vessel; permit to work; isolation; safe entry procedures; Stena golden rules of safety; and STOP, which is a very commonly used monitoring and reporting system within the industry.