Health
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.
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.
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While the concentrations are low, the chemicals are potentially dangerous and some are linked to cancer risk, the researchers found. -
Neither of the two European companies explicitly named abortion in their statements. They were the first oil producers to update their health care plans to extend benefits for women, while US oil majors remained silent on the issue.
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A new analysis shows that more than 17 million people live within a half-mile radius of active oil and gas production facilities.
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The goal of the guidance—created by IPIECA, the oil and gas association for advancing environmental and social performance, and the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers—is to provide occupational hygienists and health, safety, and environment managers in the energy industries with advice on how workplace lighting can limit circadian disruption and promot…
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Offshore oil and gas workers who regularly practice mindfulness may experience less fatigue and emotional and psychological strain, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Houston.
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Researchers also determined the cuts would provide more than $600 billion a year in health benefits in the United States.
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A new study details how historically redlined neighborhoods across the US that scored lowest in racially discriminatory maps drawn by the government-sponsored Home-Owners Loan Corporation in the 1930s had twice the density of oil and gas wells than comparable neighborhoods that scored highest. The wells likely contribute to disproportionate pollution and related healt…
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Efforts to mitigate the potentially harmful effects of hydraulic fracturing have traditionally been divided along two fronts—those that primarily focus on protecting the environment and wildlife and those that focus on protecting humans and domestic animals. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
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A University of Houston research project aims to improve safety, health, and wellbeing of offshore oil and gas workers.
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A study in North Dakota found that respiratory illness increased as far as 60 miles away from flaring of natural gas.
