Category: hse

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…

“Human Performance Improvement (HPI) creates a set of behavior standards to perform work in such a way that the results are safe, efficient, consistent and repeatable. Generally, we know what to do next; HPI helps us understand how to do it so there are no surprises and no unwanted consequences.” Patrick and his guest co-host…

Caterpillar is one of the most well-known companies on the planet. There is almost nowhere in the world you can go and not run into a piece CAT heavy equipment, power generation equipment or tools. Mark and Patrick had the opportunity to speak with two experts in CAT’s land drilling operations about efficiency and uptime, emission…

HSE in the oil and gas industry is as much about security as safety, and with the digitalization of just about every aspect of the oilfield cyber security is a major business concern. Mark and Patrick were in Houston, TX for the NAPE Expo talking with Alan Chris of Totaland – the world’s most advanced land management system.…

From Macondo to the classroom to a viable business, find out how one entrepreneur turned one of the largest disasters in oilfield history into a long term solution focused on improving the safety of complex oil and gas wells. ReactWell is pioneering advanced synthetic oil, gas and chemical production by bridging proven thermochemical and oil…