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…
From AI-enabled walking rigs to subsea drones and autonomous inspection robots, robotics is rapidly moving from pilot projects to field deployment. The technology promises not only greater efficiency but also a fundamental shift in how the industry approaches safety and asset management.
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The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway is closely monitoring industry action over the current pandemic. So far, it has found that, while the pandemic is attracting great attention, there are no signs of safety being weakened. -
The methodology has proven to be a powerful and effective tool for major-risk management. This paper describes how this technique has been used for the management of major risks associated with production at Total’s Akpo floating production, storage, and offloading facility.
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While President Donald Trump's administration was working to relax offshore drilling regulations, there was a spike in offshore accidents and a decrease in safety inspections, according to an analysis by the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank.
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Westcoast Energy revised its inspection practices following the 2018 incident. Its model used to predict crack growth did not take into account all uncertainties
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The parallels between offshore oil and gas and Formula 1 might not be immediately apparent to all. As a sport, Formula 1 has always been a passion of mine. As an offshore installation manager, the oil and gas industry is a professional passion.
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Using wearable devices, an interactive dashboard being developed by Texas A&M researchers will measure workers' readiness and engagement.
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Launched in May 2019 to deliver critical safety information to offshore oil and gas workers, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s BSEE!Safe text notification service now has more than 5,300 subscribers.
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Shell has awarded consulting company Atkins with a 5-year framework agreement to provide general and specialist technical safety and human factors engineering services to support Shell’s global projects and assets.
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OSHA requires construction and manufacturing businesses, among others, to complete and regularly update paperwork related to workplace safety. Do you know your company’s OSHA recordkeeping obligations?
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The fatality rate for oil and gas workers is seven times higher than other industries, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
