Archive | Drilling It Safely
2010 ISP reports slight rise in LTIs, fatalities
Posted on 14 July 2011 in 2011, Drilling It Safely, July/August
The drilling industry lost some ground in 2010 when it came to its lost-time incidence (LTI), recordable incidence and fatality rates, according to the newest…
JIP rethinks BOP leak detection for deepwater
Posted on 06 July 2011 in 2011, Drilling It Safely, July/August
To advance the technology of BOP leak detection through a software development initiative, operators, service providers and drilling contractors established…
Wild Well Control to offer subsea capping system for up to 15,000-ft water depths
Posted on 10 May 2011 in Drilling It Safely, News, The Efficient Rig
Wild Well Control will introduce a global subsea well containment system this fall, according to an…
Shear All Ram features curved asymmetrical blades
Posted on 10 May 2011 in Drilling It Safely, News, The Efficient Rig
The Shear All Ram (SAR) was introduced last week at OTC, a BOP ram design whose field tests show it has the ability to shear “any size pipe and casing with…
JIP aims to minimize environmental risks, coastal impact through technology
Posted on 04 May 2011 in 2011, Drilling It Safely, May/June
The Environmentally Friendly Drilling Systems program, managed by the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC), aims…
Strategy, engagement, execution: 10 secrets to raise your company’s safety quotient
Posted on 23 March 2011 in 2011, Departments, Drilling It Safely, March/April
What do great safety organizations do that others don’t? Drawing on our experience with hundreds of organizations around the world, we have identified 10 characteristics shared by great safety organizations. These…
Low-force shear adds value to today’s BOPs
Posted on 21 March 2011 in 2011, Drilling It Safely, March/April, The Efficient Rig
With the increased use of stronger and tougher tubulars in today’s well construction, the ability to shear in the blowout preventer (BOP) without turning to larger operators is an…
Shell pushes for more testing of rotating control devices
Posted on 04 March 2011 in Drilling It Safely, News, The Efficient Rig
“I think there’s going to be a lot of testing and a new wave of development of rotating control heads,” David Elliott of Shell said during a presentation at the…
HSE Corner: How to gain the upper hand in finger, hand safety: 10 tips from the industry
Posted on 28 January 2011 in 2011, Departments, Drilling It Safely, January/February
Hand and finger injuries lead the industry’s recordable incidence rates every year. Data from IADC’s 2009 Incident Statistics Program (ISP) indicate that 34% of recordable incidents…
For sustainable safety, leaders must do more coaching, less policing
Posted on 28 January 2011 in 2011, Drilling It Safely, January/February
Working only to obey the rules and wear PPE typically creates minimal-effort safety cultures without proactive employees…
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