The Center for Offshore Safety (COS) is an industry sponsored group focused exclusively on offshore safety on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). 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:

• Development of good practice documents for the offshore industry in the areas of Safety and Environmental Management Systems (SEMS)
• 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