dus 1587 2017 development of a safety and environmental management system - onshore oil and gas production operations - requirements. 20 pages in english . his draft uganda standard provides requirements for any entity in the operations of onshore oil and natural gas production including drilling construction well servicing and maintenanceactivities. in addition to having an effective sems responsible development includes being a goodneighbour and being committed to environmental protection and compliance with all applicablefederal state and local regulations. annex b provides requirements for an entity to consider as a good neighbour. this draft uganda standard on effective sems shall have a fundamental objective of promotingcontinuous progress towards making safety and environmental protection an integral part of thecompanys culture. a sems shall address facilities engineering design equipment and workprocesses relevant to the appropriate owners contractors or suppliers. this draft uganda standard is designed to aid companies in initiating the development of a sems.the intent is to identify a series of tools to assist in the development and implementation orimprovement of the system. the design of each companys system will be unique and itsimplementation schedule tailored to leverage the existing system at a pace realistic to the companyand its business plan. for those beginning the process of implementing a sems it isrecommended that the process be implemented over time on a risk basis evolving into a completesystem that addresses appropriate sems elements specific to a companys operations. bothdesign and schedule should initially address higher risk facilities equipment and processes following that the system should continue to expand to address risk in phases addressing themore important elements at first and expanding to the full system over time. simply stated the sems may be implemented in several phases on various levels i.e. geographically functional areas system elements . this phase-in schedule should be documented in the planning of the system.