Safety
The Indian Coast Guard has recovered the bodies of three crew members from the offshore supply ship Greatship Rohini, which caught fire on 13 February.
New proximity-based safety process watches the drill floor on board the drillship Deepwater Conqueror.
Norwegian oil and gas firm Equinor said it would work to improve safety in its operations following several serious incidents and injuries in the past year.
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Keeping employees on their feet takes more than a casual reminder to “watch your step” during daily toolbox talks. -
Just a few weeks after the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission's final approval of a statewide 2,000-ft setback between new wells and some buildings, Boulder County commissioners have adopted even stricter requirements.
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Norway’s Equinor has breached safety regulations at its long-delayed Martin Linge oil and gas development and must fix the problems before output can begin, an industry regulator said.
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In the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the oil and gas industry, regulators, and other stakeholders recognized the need for increased collaboration and data sharing to better identify safety risks and address them before an accident occurs.
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A presentation at the 2020 Offshore Technology Conference Asia described a study of unmanned aerial vehicles operated by off-site pilots based in remote control centers many miles from the facility.
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Smartphone apps can help workers manage their own personal health information.
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The Trump administration proposed to loosen Obama-era safety regulations for the oil industry in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska to ease the way for petroleum extraction in the region, an effort that President-elect Joe Biden will likely throw out once in office.
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We can long for things to return to "normal," and they may to some extent. But the changes in our culture that the pandemic brought will have a lasting impact.
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The International Association of Oil and Gas Producers developed its Process Safety Fundamentals report to support companies as they seek to reduce, and ultimately eliminate, severe and fatal process-safety events.
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In 2013, a technology-development project began that digitized, automated, and applied analytics to blowout preventer pressure testing. As a result of the deployment of automated BOP testing, significant improvements have been achieved in process safety, personal safety, and rig-time savings.
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