Health
New Mexico is the second-largest oil producer in the US behind Texas. Drawing immense wealth from the Permian Basin, the state relies on a workforce—often Latino men—who are subjected to harrowing conditions that lead to death, injury, disease, and terrible tolls on mental health and family life.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and its predecessor, the US Bureau of Mines, have significantly contributed to enhancing the safety of miners and to applying new technologies to the mining industry.
TechnipFMC diver Stuart Cowie shares his 17-year experience working as a saturation diver in the oil and gas industry and how to manage mental health and well-being during the often-isolating work demands.
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This paper describes how a global energy technology company developed a mental health first aid program to provide workplace access to a trained mental health responder and how this initiative helps raise awareness of the importance of good mental health in the workplace. -
A new publication from Ipieca and the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers presents a health-focused roadmap for navigating the energy transition.
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The financial losses come from reduced productivity, high employee turnover, or the loss of skilled labor as a direct result of unmanaged mental health challenges.
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IPIECA and IOGP have released two new guides—a recommended practice for drug testing and a guidance for managing infectious disease outbreaks.
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SponsoredDive into TAQA’s digitalization and deep learning initiatives that are shaping the company's new approach to its Journey Management System. This innovative concept minimizes transportation-related risks in a period of rapid operations expansion.
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As summer temperatures rise, the threat of heat-related illness and death to oil and gas workers increases.
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More than 100,000 oil and gas wells across the western US are in areas burned by wildfires in recent decades, a new study has found, and some 3 million people live next to wells that in the future could be in the path of fires worsened by climate change.
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An agent-based model is developed and used to predict COVID-19 spread within living quarters of an offshore oil and gas platform.
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Leadership engagement is needed to drive health and safety performance in a world of work in an increasing state of flux, according to a survey conducted by ERM.
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The report provides a checklist for medical professionals to assess local health facilities by guiding them through key elements that should be considered.
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