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Behavior-based safety is not a new concept nor is it new at Murphy Oil. But when Murphy launched its Safety Observation Program as a digital tool, it revitalized the way the culture of safety spread throughout the company.

Houston-based Surge Energy drilled the Medusa Unit C 28-09 3AH well in the Midland Basin to a TMD of 24,592 ft, with a total horizontal displacement of 17,935 ft, or 3.4 miles.

BCCK Holding Company has appointed Don Tyler as director of engineering. Tyler has more than 40 years of engineering, design, project, and discipline management experience in the natural gas processing, industrial wastewater treatment, power, paper, and chemical processing industries. He has been involved in more than 40 domestic and international NGL, LPG, and LNG pr…

Sapura Offshore, a subsidiary of Sapura Energy, has received a subcontract from Pan Marine Petroleum Services for the installation of six subsea pipelines in the Gulf of Suez. Work will be carried out in various locations within the Morgan field, with an expected total pipelay of 35 mi. Sapura also won an EPCI contract from Eni East Sepinggan for two 16-in. diameter o…

High-fidelity 3D engineering simulations are valuable in making decisions, but they can be cost-prohibitive and require significant amounts of time to execute. The integration of deep-learning neural networks with computational fluid dynamics may help accelerate the simulation process.

KrisEnergy CFO Kiran Raj has resigned from his position to pursue other interests. Raj had been the company’s CFO since 2013, coming over from Brighton Capital Advisors, a corporate finance firm he founded. During his career, Raj has been responsible for the origination and execution of more than 130 equity, equity-linked, merger and acquisition, restructuring, and va…

Safety depends on developing a dedicated culture mind-set and mitigation of risks, from the planning and engineering phases to the work site. These papers selected by OGF technical paper editor Gerald Verbeek present various practices for reducing and eliminating the number of incidents.

For employees to report on safety incidents, there must be a ‘just culture,’ where issues can be discussed freely and underlying causes investigated and corrected without fear of punitive actions.

Companies in the petroleum industry, from exploration and production, to transportation, refining, and distribution, operate around the clock. This paper intends to raise awareness on the impact of fatigue in the petroleum industry and recommend a framework for fatigue risk management.

The emotional involvement of participants during the initial phase of a safety campaign increases implementation effectiveness significantly. In this case, a film guides the audience to make positive, personal choices whenever planning and operating a work at height.

ExxonMobil signed a sales and purchase agreement with Zhejiang Provincial Energy Group for LNG supply. Zhejiang Energy is expected to receive 1 mtpa over 20 years.

This paper describes an operator’s experience with HFE during the construction and fabrication/installation phase of projects, including welding during the fabrication of buoyancy tanks, emergency preparedness, and the use of 3D model walk-throughs.