Category: hse

The downturn in the oil and gas industry, and especially the upstream side of the business, has created a lot of opportunity for people who can see where the market is heading. Mark and Patrick talk to one such ambitious oilfield professional who is taking advantage of the turbulent waters of the oil and gas…

Red Wing’s Oil and Gas HSE Podcast was live at The Offshore Technology Conference, OTC 2017, in Houston, Texas. For anyone in our listening audience who hasn’t heard of the Offshore Technology Conference, OTC “is where energy professionals meet to exchange ideas and opinions to advance scientific and technical knowledge for offshore resources and environmental…

Planning a project involves a lot more than just the design, engineering and construction phases. Everything from environmental remediation and restoration to WWII-era munitions disposal could cause your project to run over time and budget. Mark and Patrick discuss the many pitfalls associated with oil and gas, construction and various other industrial projects with Anna…

Mark and Patrick head back to the offices of the National MS Society to talk with Tim Church, HSE Director for Statoil and captain of their BP MS150 cycling team and Barron Lozano, head of the Ride Marshall Program with the BP MS150. Statoil’s commitment to safety extends far beyond the job site; they sponsor the…

Protecting the environment is one of the top priorities for the oil and gas industry. Procedures are written to ensure leaks and spills don’t happen, and contingency plans are put in place and practiced the minimize the effects should the unlikely event of a spill occur. The cleanup process for a spill can, in some…

The oil and gas industry is more than just getting hydrocarbons out of the ground and into the hands of consumers. The oilfield is a community built on hard work and helping others. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society has been part of this community since 1984 and raised more than $240 million to support MS research, programs and…

The ability to identify a problem before it becomes an HSE incident is often a game of seconds; things often go from bad to worse in the blink of an eye. But what if you could monitor your operations five times a second, during every phase of your operation? The folks at Cleveland Electric Labs specialize…

When you think of a blast-proof structure, you are probably picturing something that looks like a traditional military bunker, made of steel and concrete. But the team at Dynamic Air Shelters has been providing blast resistant structures air-beam inflatable structures made of reinforced vinyl tubing to first responders, industrial organizations and the military for over…

Mark and Patrick discuss process improvement with Dennis Taylor of Dooley Tackaberry about process improvement and the importance of designing in fail safes at the FEED stage of any project.   Click Play to Hear the Oil and Gas HSE Podcast Episode 30 – Dooley Tackaberry on Process Improvement We Have A Winner!!! Congratulations Maxx Feldman, a Process…

Keeping your facility operating in a safe, reliable and cost-effective manner by investing in Process Safety Management (PSM) at the front end of your project. Mark and Patrick talk with Smith and Burgess about the importance of PSM at ever stage of a project. Find out how Smith and Burgess is improving the industry by…