Offshore Engineer Safety & Security News - page 57


Harsh environment lifejacket

Jul 31, 2013

VIKING Life-Saving Equipment introduced a new dual-approved thermal lifejacket with broad appeal for the offshore and commercial shipping industries operating in harsh, cold environments. The PV9720 has been tested and approved according…

Mike Neill gives insight after Macondo

Jun 17, 2013

After Macondo people are more conscious about the risks that exist and are looking for technology to help. The workforce culture has changed a lot and hazards are being indentified. We as a company train for hazard identification. After Piper Alpha…

Bob Will talks about Macondo

Jun 17, 2013

Macondo is another oilfield tragedy that serves to reinforce that we – as an industry – have to commit to continuous improvement of safety systems and technology. Even more importantly, we must commit to continuous rigorous compliance to…

Christopher A Smith on the energy industry following Macondo

Jun 17, 2013

The energy industry really rose to the challenge following Macondo, including with investments made in Helix Containment Solutions and Marine Well Containment. In 2011, we refocused the Department of Energy research and development program towards environmental stability and safety…

Mike Utsler discusses learning opportunities

Jun 17, 2013

Learning opportunities laid in our people, our technologies and our processes. We recognized there were five specific areas that could and would be realized: prevention and drilling safety, containment, relief wells, spill response, and crisis management…

Charlie Williams on post-Macondo

Jun 17, 2013

A key learning post-Macondo is how effective the industry is when it collaborates. The creation and support of new organizations like the Center for Offshore Safety demonstrates the commitment, capacity, and capability of the industry to continuously enhance safety and environmental protection…

Kevin Stewart talks well integrity

Jun 17, 2013

There’s been a much greater focus on well integrity since Macondo. However, well integrity is still viewed as a reactive process, with an increased focus on well monitoring and problems dealt with only after occurring. There is a real need…

The long and winding road to SEMS compliance

Jun 14, 2013

Safety is a necessary practice for all operations, and new regulations for oversight seem to be missing some key components.The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) released its Safety and Environmental Management Systems…

Colloquy: Safety first... in the North Sea

Jun 12, 2013

COLLOQUY: Editor's Column Beginning this month, we recognize the 25th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster. The Piper Alpha production platform was operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd. in the UK sector of the North Sea…

Lloyd’s Register releases new rules for FOIFL

Jun 07, 2013

Lloyd’s Register published a comprehensive rule set to guide the design, construction and operation of FLNG facilities to provide safer, cheaper and more environmentally friendly approaches to retrieving natural gas. “Natural gas is a…

Beating an Advanced Persistent Threat

Jun 06, 2013

Oil companies consistently underestimating the hacking risks they face. Richard Sale explains how underestimating the threat can be fatal to a company’s future. Globally-interconnected digital information and communications infrastructure…

Taking On The Information Challenge

Jun 06, 2013

Optimizing operational efficiencies by making critical asset information instantly searchable whenever and wherever from multiple devices, and secure. One of the many challenges faced by the offshore industry globally is effectively managing…

DNV focuses on shipping safety

Jun 03, 2013

DNV Maritime Oil and Gas is increasing its focus on ship safety when identifying critical issues in shipping. An extended focus on risk-based rules, safety barriers and identifying high-risk areas are ways the company plans enhance safer shipping…

Securing a Safety System

May 31, 2013

Proper Procedures, Smart Planning Ensure Assets Remain Up and Running Piper Alpha started off as an oil platform in 1976 and then later was converted to gas production before a July 6, 1988 disaster left it at the bottom of the North Sea…

Automation: recreating traditions

May 31, 2013

Ask industry executives what trend is top of concerns; unequivocally the answer will be the pending shortage of qualified engineers. You can talk about real-time data exchange, safety, security, Big Data, alarm management, contextualization…

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