Evaluates and compares risk regulation and safety management for offshore oil and gas operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Norway and Australia.

1. A generic model for risk governance: concept and application to technological installations Ortwin Renn; 2. Modes of risk regulation for prevention of major industrial accidents Michael Baram and Preben H. Lindøe; 3. Values and norms - a basis for a safety culture Kathryn Mearns; 4. Optimising offshore health and safety inspections: how the markets could help Emre Ü¿enmez; 5. Safety regulation on the Norwegian continental shelf Knut Kaasen; 6. Health and safety regulation on the UKCs: evolution and future prospects John Paterson; 7. Preventing accidents in offshore oil and gas: the US regulatory regime Michael Baram; 8. A new policy direction in Australian offshore safety regulation Jan Hayes; 9. Safety indicators used by authorities in the petroleum industry of United Kingdom, United States, and Norway Helene Cecilie Blakstad; 10. Governmental enforced self-regulation: the Norwegian case Paul Bang and Olaf Thuestad; 11. Contested terrains in risk regulation: legitimacy challenges in implementation processes Jacob Kringen; 12. Boxing and dancing: tripartite collaboration as an integral part of a regulatory regime Ragnar Rosness and Ulla Forseth; 13. Emergent risk and new technologies Ole Andreas Engen; 14. Near major accidents: a challenge for regulator and the regulated Ole Andreas Engen; 15. Inspections, independence and intelligence Helge Ryggvik; 16. Advancing robust regulation: reflections and lessons to be learned Andrew Hale.