In the development of Partnerships for the oil and gas industry, IPIECA gathered a number of case studies illustrating challenges and lessons learned  by IPIECA members and their partners.

• Monitoring Oil Sands Development and Future Reclamation: Shell Canada and the European Space Agency worked together to use satellite imagery to help stakeholders understand the effects of Oil Sands activities and to monitor future reclamation.
• The AgriBioDiversity Project in Italy: Eni E&P Division and Shell Italia E&P established a working group that, in 2003, launched the AgriBioDiversity project, a multipartner collaboration for biodiversity monitoring in the ecologically sensitive area of Val d’Agri, southern Italy.
• The Save The Tiger Fund: In 1995, partners ExxonMobil Foundation and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation established the Save The Tiger Fund dedicated to supporting the conservation of the world’s remaining wild tigers.
• Developing a Biodiversity Action Plan in Peru: Hunt Oil, the operating partner for Peru Liquid Natural Gas (LNG), is working with local communities, the Peruvian government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and biodiversity consultants to promote sustainable resource use and conservation along the route of a proposed natural gas pipeline through the Andes.
• The Energy and Biodiversity Initiative: The Energy and Biodiversity Initiative is a partnership of four energy companies and five conservation organizations created to develop and promote practices for integrating biodiversity conservation into upstream oil and gas development. After four years the formal partnership came to a close, but partners continue more informally to explore opportunities to be a positive force for biodiversity conservation within the oil and gas industry.
• Environmental preservation in the Arabian Gulf: Saudi Aramco is working with its academic and government partners over the long term to research, protect and restore the marine ecosystem of the Arabian Gulf.
• Monitoring and assessment of biodiversity in Gabon: Shell and the Smithsonian Institution Monitoring and Assessment of Biodiversity Program are working together to increase understanding of biodiversity in an energy development area in Gabon, building on a relationship that began in Peru in 1995.
• The Port-Cros National Marine Park, France: The 13-year partnership between the Total Corporate Foundation for Biodiversity and the Sea and the Port-Cros National Park has spawned a number of partnerships and programmes to enhance biodiversity conservation and sustainable management of the protected marine area around the island of Port-Cros in southern France.
• Marine Biodiversity and Coastal Livelihoods Project in Indonesia: In 2002, Unocal (now a subsidiary of Chevron) and The Nature Conservancy launched a partnership in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, to build local conservation capacity, promote sustainable livelihoods and protect the region’s valuable natural resources.
• The Global Climate and Energy Project: An industry-academia partnership has established the Global Climate and Energy Project at Stanford University to research energy technology that addresses climate change.
• The CO2 Capture Project: An international group of energy companies, in conjunction with government agencies and in cooperation with educational institutions and NGOs, are pursuing technological breakthroughs for the capture and storage of CO2.
• The Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership: Launched at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, the Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership supports the efforts of the petroleum sector to progressively reduce flaring and venting of natural gas associated with crude oil production.
• The partnership for fuels and vehicles research: The European Council for Automotive Research and Development, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and CONCAWE formed a partnership in 2000 to carry out joint studies on automotive fuels and vehicles.
• The Carbon Mitigation Initiative: a partnership between BP, the Ford Motor Company and Princeton University - is seeking compelling and sustainable solutions to the carbon and climate change problem through a long-term research programme.

• The prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS in the Republic of Congo: Eni and the University of Genoa’s Infectious Diseases Department are developing a project for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS in the Kouilou region of the Republic of Congo.
• The use of insecticide-treated mosquito bednets in malaria prevention in sub-Saharan Africa: In partnership, ExxonMobil and NetMark have worked to distribute affordable insecticide-treated bednets and to promote their use as an effective malaria prevention measure.
• The Bioko Island Malaria Control Project: Marathon Oil and its corporate, university, government and other partners have developed an ambitious plan to eliminate malaria from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea,West Africa.
  
• Action on oil spills: the IMO/IPIECA Global Initiative: Formally launched in 1996, the Global Initiative is an umbrella programme under which the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the oil industry (through IPIECA) and other partners are working together to encourage and facilitate the development and implementation of oil spill contingency plans and increase the ratification of oil spill-related international conventions.
• Oil spill response exercise in Martinique: The coordinated efforts of the multiple participants in the January 2005 MOBEX/ POLMAR exercise helped raise awareness and improve capabilities for responding rapidly and effectively to marine oil spills.
• The National Oil Spill Control and Contingency Plan in Malaysia: Petronas and the Petroleum Industry of Malaysia Mutual Aid Group have been working in partnership with Malaysia’s Department of Environment on oil spill management and response capability since the early 1990s.
• ConocoPhillips will operate an all double-hulled fleet in 2007: With the delivery of the final Endeavour Class tanker for use in the Alaska trade, and the sale of the one remaining double-bottom, single-hull ship, ConocoPhillips will operate an all double-hulled tanker fleet in 2007 - a year ahead of the company’s stated goal.
• Florida’s first hydrogen energy station: Chevron is working with a state agency and a public utility to develop Florida’s first hydrogen energy station, which will fuel a small fleet of hydrogen-powered shuttle buses at Orlando International Airport.
• Strengthening the hydrocarbon road transport sector in Madagascar: Total and its partners are increasing the professionalism of hydrocarbon transport companies in Madagascar, improving road safety practices and stimulating economic development.
• The Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles: Launched at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, the global Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles assisted sub- Saharan Africa countries in phasing out leaded gasoline by 2005 and is aiming for global elimination of leaded gasoline by 2008.
• Expanding a water pipeline network in Egypt: A partnership between Egyptian LNG and the Behera Water and Drainage Company led to an enlarged water distribution network that provides mutual benefits to the companies and the residents of the surrounding towns and villages.
  
• The Emergency Medicine Development Initiative in Azerbaijan: Hess, International Medical Corps and other partners are working together to improve emergency health care services for communities in and around the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) and South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP) corridor in Azerbaijan.
  
• Oil Industry Workforce Development in Yemen: Canadian Nexen Petroleum Yemen has partnered with local and national governments to build the skills of Nexen’s employees, in the process developing Yemen’s oilfield expertise for the long term.
• Sustainable harvesting of biodiversity resources in South Africa: Through a fusion of conservation expertise, financial investment, business skills and long-term access to consumer markets, Shell and its partners are working in South Africa to conserve biodiversity, generate jobs, and improve the quality of life for local people through the sustainable harvesting and sale of flowers and associated products.
• The development of a strategic relationship: The partners - Royal Dutch Shell and Living Earth Foundation - have been working together on a range of sustainable development issues for the past 16 years and are now developing their partnership into a ‘strategic institutional relationship’.
• The Oro Community Development Trust in coastal Nigeria: Nexen, in partnership with Pro-Natura International (Nigeria), is working with five Local Government Areas in the Oron region of coastal Nigeria towards replication of a sustainable model of participatory community development.
  
• The Bhit Rural Support Project in Pakistan: Eni Pakistan and Thardeep Rural Development Programme have been working together since 2002 on a project to improve the quality of life of the communities in and near Eni’s concession areas in the Dadu district of Pakistan.
• An education and rural development programme in Patagonia: Repsol YPF and the Cruzada Patagónica Foundation joined forces to provide education and development opportunities to families living in poor rural communities in western Patagonia.
• Rural electrification in Morocco: Energy companies Total,Tenesol and Electricité de France set up the Temasol company to operate a country-wide rural electrification programme in Morocco.
• The Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights: Launched in 2000, the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights is an international tripartite initiative designed to assist energy and extractive companies in maintaining the security of their operations globally while ensuring respect for human rights.
• Human rights training of Sharia judges in Nigeria: The three-year partnership between Statoil and the Legal Defence and Assistance Project is introducing Sharia judges in northern Nigeria to human rights issues and legislation.
• The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: Proposed by UK Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2002 and endorsed by the G8 countries, the multi-stakeholder Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative supports improved governance in resource-rich countries through publication and verification of company payments and government revenues from oil, gas and mining.
• Revenue Transparency in Azerbaijan: BP has been involved with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative since its launch in Johannesburg in 2002, mostly in Azerbaijan and also in Angola, and Trinidad and Tobago.