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Mark and Patrick are back at NOV talking with Jed Niederer about a number of topics including oil and gas sales, developing leaders at every level of an organization and how someone can be successful transitioning from a non-HSE background into the HSE department. Leadership in the oil and gas industry is often something that…

The Oil and Gas HSE podcast is giving a voice to the people! In our new segment, the Oil and Gas HSE Mailbag, we will be answering questions and discussing topics important to our listening audience. One of the primary purposes of the Oil and Gas HSE Podcast is to provide information that will help…

The maintenance of subsea well control equipment is often thought of as a combination of procedures and equipment, but the most important aspect of between well maintenance is people. Deepwater Subsea specializes in subsea operational support, compliance verification, and competency development training. Deepwater Subsea’s team of industry recognized experts, highly trained specialists, and technicians focus…

In my experience working on deepwater drilling rigs around the world, drilling waste or cuttings have always been something you have to deal with when drilling a well; the more you drill, the more cuttings. Scott Energy Technologies has found a way to treat drilling waste and turn it into a usable, and environmentally friendly…

Mark and Patrick sat down at the Puffer-Sweiven facility to talk to one of their premium equipment manufacturer Clearguard, about the reliability of equipment and their clever technical solution to problems associated with various tapping points on equipment. Puffer-Sweiven provides some of the most advanced products and services related to safety and automation to their…

On this episode of Red Wing’s Oil and Gas HSE podcast, we have a returning guest from Dooley Tackaberry, this time talking about fire protection equipment and systems. Fire protection equipment isn’t the sexiest topic in the oil and gas industry, likely because it is often thought of as an expense; an expense in installation,…

Predictive analytics can help improve operational efficiencies, reduce the number of safety incidents and cut costs; it has been something a lot of other industries have been doing for a long time. But why is the oil and gas industry so far behind when it comes to predictive analytics? Mark and Patrick got to speak…

This is the third and final installment of the OGHSE Human Performance Improvement series, with our guests from Knowledge Vine. This episode of the three-part series is focused on helping front-line employees perform their work in a safe and efficient manner, with an emphasis on “self-check.” If you haven’t listened to the fist two segments…

Jump back into the conversation about human performance improvement with the guys at Knowledge Vine, in part two of a three-part series designed to give you actionable steps for your executive level management, supervisory level management, and your front line employees. If you haven’t listened to Part 1 of this series, go back and check…

The guys from Knowledge Vine are back for a three-part series discussing human performance improvement. In this first part, we talk about the importance of buy-in at the executive level of any business. Human performance improvement for a lot of organizations means a shift in culture, which cannot happen if top level management is not “bought…