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Bob Warren, Baclenna: Educational outreach required for the next generation
Posted on 17 September 2012 in 2012, Drilling It Safely, September/October, Videos
By Katherine Scott, editorial coordinator Promoting a positive message about the oil and gas industry is one of Bob Warren’s ongoing missions. The industry has to work harder to emphasize that this is a career destination with unlimited opportunities for people who are willing to work hard, said Mr Warren, president of Baclenna Inc, a [...]
Cricket and well control: How sport can teach industry new lessons in training
Posted on 17 September 2012 in 2012, Drilling It Safely, September/October
The world of cricket isn’t normally associated with the drilling industry, but there may be lessons from this sport to apply to well control training. Cricket demands the mastery of skills…
Industry delves deeper into African frontier
Posted on 17 September 2012 in 2012, Drilling It Safely, Features, Global and Regional Markets, September/October, The Offshore Frontier
On the world map, Africa commands a grand presence, with more than 50 countries that straddle a multitude of climates, terrains and cultures. Into the continent’s vast lands and open waters, the drilling industry continues cautiously to navigate and integrate its activity…
Hydraulic tensioning takes variance out of BOP installations
Posted on 17 September 2012 in 2012, Drilling It Safely, Exclusive Video, September/October, Videos
Using such conventional methods to make flange connections in the field, especially to BOP installations, can be prone to safety risks – pinch points for fingers and hands, swinging hammers…
How to learn from our past: Debunking 6 myths of process safety
Posted on 17 September 2012 in 2012, Drilling It Safely, September/October
“The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the level we were when we created them,” said Albert Einstein. And yet, we continue to do the same things over and over again…
UK HSE guide targets drill floor machinery, tubular handling safety
Posted on 17 September 2012 in 2012, Drilling It Safely, September/October
The implementation of remotely controlled equipment on the drill floor is often portrayed as one phase in an inexorable drive to the ultimate goal of automated…
Waste handling under study for Chinese unconventional wells
Posted on 17 September 2012 in 2012, Drilling It Safely, Global and Regional Markets, September/October
Waste management plays an important role in delivering an environmentally sound well. If a project requires the operator to drill hundreds of deep development wells…
Efficient management system the foundation of strong HSE culture
Posted on 17 September 2012 in 2012, Drilling It Safely, September/October
There is a lot of discussion these days about HSE culture, but what does HSE culture really mean? Informally, it can be described as “the way we do…
Noble selects Sonardyne emergency BOP control system for Noble Globetrotter II
Posted on 29 August 2012 in Drilling It Safely, News, The Offshore Frontier
Sonardyne International Ltd has been awarded a contract by Noble Corp to supply a wireless acoustic emergency BOP control…
BSEE releases final offshore drilling safety rule
Posted on 16 August 2012 in Drilling It Safely, News, The Offshore Frontier
The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) issued a final offshore drilling safety rule on 15 August…
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