Growing activities for oil&gas exploration and production on the Russian continental shelf marks last decade. Most executed and planned projects are presumed to be developed by international technical and financial participation. There is historical difference between Russian and Western approach to safety regulation and procedures regarding offshore oil and gas activities, causing problems in joint activities. Bearing this in mind several co-operation projects are carried out in Russia, both on governmental level and by oil&gas companies. The paper describes new step-by-step approach developed and applied in Russia to enable timely regulatory preparations for endorsing acceptable HSE requirements in the conditions of existing legalclimate. The approach means two activities performed in parallel:analysis of existing regulatory problems, gaps and discrepancies and elaboration of first order norms and standards within the specially established Technical Committee under the umbrella of State Standard Committee, anddevelopment of Special Technical Conditions to prevent potential risks and delays for specific projects. Reported approach is described in details and endorsed by some examples showing its practicability during overcoming period. Authors represent their vision of expected progress in HSE harmonization. Introduction It is quite clear, that each foreign company, going to operate on any national market, prefers to meet there full, clear and non-contradictory HSE regime. Usually it is so for traditional and nationally developed business, but not for new and developing activities, like offshore oil and gas exploration and production on Russian shelf. Being traditional oil and gas producer, and, therefore, having developed regulation for onshore activities, Russian Federation is now on relatively early stage of expanding this industry to offshore. Historically, Russian oil and gas production was developed on self-provisioned manner, oriented to native design, construction and equipment, more or lessfenced off world technical practices and having its original system of norms, standards and rules. Moreover, Russian State regulatory and supervisory system was developed to serve within totally State-owned economy, which, to certain extent, is still persistent in practice. Additional complication is that new Russian developments are located on Arcticand Far-East shelf with challenging environmental and ecologically sensitive conditions, having no precedents not only in Russia, but worldwide too. Thus:*the development of HSE regulation for offshore oil and gas activities is of high actuality and of great importance;*it seems quite natural to built HSE regulation both on base of existing norms, standards, and rules, and by implementation of modern experience, gained and developed worldwide;*harmonization is a way to combine different regulatory systems.
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