Safety
SPE’s newly renamed Safety Technical Section expands the reach of human factors by integrating safety, risk management, and system resilience expertise while preserving dedicated leadership and technical focus.
As drilling operations become increasingly digital, computer vision is emerging as a continuous safety layer that complements, not replaces, established safety practices. The challenge is no longer whether artificial intelligence can detect hazards, but how operators should deploy, integrate, and govern these systems to improve safety without adding operational comple…
This paper explores how artificial intelligence (AI), cognitive models, and integrated digital tools can transform readiness from periodic drills into a continuous, measurable capability.
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This paper discusses the results of driller stress tests and the implementation of a system that assists the operator in kick detection, space out, and preparation for well shut-in. -
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Companies want to build pipelines to capture and store carbon, but a new report warns that regulators aren’t prepared.
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An incident at Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) resulted in an investigation that revealed that, even though required risk-reduction levels were achieved in design, the rest of the safety instrumentation life cycle phases were not rigorously adhered to. This paper presents various actions taken by PDO to make sure that what is designed is operated and maintained as in…
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A new web-based dashboard for advancing safety in oil and gas operations on the Outer Continental Shelf is now available to industry and the public as part of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s SafeOCS Reporting System.
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The company uses unmanned aerial vehicles to measure methane offshore.
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The Norwegian platform was taken off line as a precaution after an undersea earthquake shook the area.
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The DS-16 is one of four Valaris rigs undergoing reactivation work for new drilling contracts.
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How is it possible that, in the 30 years since the international oil and gas industry declared a commitment to eradicate the unthinkable, catastrophic events continued to occur—especially in light of so much evidence being on hand asserting overall HSE performance improvements? This paper addresses this clear conundrum and submits that there are essentially three prin…
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The idea of a root cause was developed in the early 1900s to troubleshoot simple mechanical systems. Unfortunately, the same logic does not work very well to explain human and organizational behavior.
