Archive | Drilling It Safely
Developing a mature safety culture: Everyone must step up to be a safety leader champion
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, Drilling It Safely, September/October
By Ron Clem, Executive Training International Safety leadership has been the “buzz” phrase and a major focus for most companies over the last few years. Organizations strive to improve HSE performance by adopting new strategies, training initiatives and slogans to reach “Goal Zero” where “no one gets hurt.” Historically, the worldwide oil and gas community, [...]
IADC ASP Report: Industry achieved record-low LTI rate in 2007
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, Drilling It Safely, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, September/October
The drilling industry set another record with the lowest ever lost-time incidence (LTI) rate of 0.53 in 2007, a 5% improvement over 0.56 in 2006. The number of fatalities decreased as well, from 29 in 2006 to 23 in 2007. These are worthy achievements in an industry where rig demand continues to increase, as do [...]
What does it take to be environmentally responsible in this industry?
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, Drilling It Safely, September/October
By Ian Hudson, Transocean We have come a long way in the drilling industry over the last few years in both technology and HSE performance. As pressure mounts to find more petroleum and to open up new areas for exploration drilling worldwide, our industry is experiencing an unprecedented period of growth, with many newbuild offshore [...]
Life extension for mobile offshore unites: How old is too old?
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, Drilling It Safely, September/October, The Offshore Frontier
By Gerhard Ersdal, Arne Kvitrud, Petroleum Safety Authority Norway; Wayne Jones, Malcolm Birkinshaw, UK Health and Safety Executive Editor’s note: This article is the second in a series of articles that will focus on the critical issue of asset integrity. The International Regulators Forum kicked off the series in the May/June 2008 issue, presenting findings [...]
New Drillers Course provides required training in period of rapid promotions for drilling crews
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, Drilling It Safely, July/August
Murchison Drilling Schools (MDS) recently introduced its new five-day Drillers Course, which aims to equip assistant drillers (AD) with the technical tools needed to become an effective driller, and to ensure that drillers have the technical knowledge necessary to be proficient in his current position and to excel as a toolpusher in the future. The [...]
Gulf of Thailand drilling/completion both high tech and high volume, with HSE as core value
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, Drilling It Safely, July/August, The Offshore Frontier
By Mike Killalea, Editor & Publisher Drilling in the Gulf of Thailand (GOT) is not only high-volume work, but presents considerable technical drilling-and-completion challenges. Chevron, the major operator in the GOT, drills some 40% of its global footage there – that’s right, 40%. In 2007, that constituted 3.7 million ft and 310 wells, and the [...]
Permanent magnet motors lead way to better power efficiency, safety on cranes, winches
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, Drilling It Safely, July/August, The Efficient Rig
By Hege Kverneland, National Oilwell Varco Recognized around the world as a leader in technology-driven drilling solutions, National Oilwell Varco (NOV) has kept its focus on commercializing permanent magnet motor technology and developing innovative applications for its use. The Lifting and Handling Group’s latest technological development is the new all-electric King Post Crane using permanent [...]
Lifting Safety: Inexperienced employees, deepwater/subsea projects push lifting challenges to new
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, Drilling It Safely, July/August, The Offshore Frontier
“The challenges have shifted,” said Mike Brasic, who retired from BP in May 2008 as lifting adviser and as HSE manager for BP Sakhalin. First, there’s the people problem. “The level of experience among employees has gone down as the level of activity has gone up. That’s presenting challenges with competency that the industry must [...]
CNPC tours Diamond Offshore training facility
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, Drilling It Safely, May/June
Representatives from China National Petroleum Offshore Engineering (CNPOE), a subgroup of China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), received a tour and demonstrations of state-of-the-art training equipment and simulators at Diamond Offshore’s Houston training facility in late March. A.J. Guiteau, corporate manager of training and development for Diamond, first led a discussion of the company’s training initiatives, [...]
Odfjell Drilling pursues responsible, green rigs with integrated operations, onshore support
Posted on 07 October 2009 in 2009, Drilling It Safely, September/October
It cannot be denied that drilling contractors are involved in an extractive industry where it is not possible to put back what has been taken out…
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