safety

For the fourth consecutive year, driver shortage remains the trucking industry’s leading concern. Oil and gas and energy industries face major challenges in the retention and recruitment of drivers for their transportation fleets, especially for petroleum and liquid tankers.

A new survey has revealed a lack of training and awareness around head injuries and their possible causes. Head injury expert Chris Tidy explains why the construction industry needs to understand the risks.

Electrical networks of oil and gas facilities are extensively equipped with oil-filled transformers. The oil in the transformers, however, can be a major hazard to people, assets, and the environment in the case of major oil leaks or explosions. This paper will discuss common failures of oil-filled transformers and any protective measures and solutions that can avoid …

Italian oil major Eni has developed a tool with the aim of determining the level of safety knowledge and competencies of all supervisory personnel, thus identifying all safety areas that might need a specific, customized, and effective training approach that could fill competency gaps and strengthen safety supervision at work sites.

Remapping of conventional causes of accidents with human-factors guidelines highlighted consistent patterns in the causation of incidents where multiple human-factors criteria were formerly overlooked. This approach has led to changes in incident investigation, putting a focus on causes and providing efficient corrective actions to avoid the recurrence of incidents.

California regulators missed another deadline for releasing new health and safety rules requested by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The 2020 tally from the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers shows that fatalities decreased from the previous year.

Texas A&M’s Engineering Experiment Station will have a budget of up to $40 million over 5 years to operate and maintain the OESI.

Advanced nondestructive-testing technology such as drones and robotics were tried in Abu Dhabi National Oil Company gas-processing field sites successfully and demonstrated the benefits of using such technology for inspections to ensure asset integrity without any compromise on safety while saving time and operational expenses.