Welcome and salutations! We may be going into some tough times, not that we as Americans—or as members of the oil and gas community—haven’t had our share already. One topic that is prevalent in our industry and often skirted or glossed over is mental health. It is a given that our industry is a “dog […]

The NTSB estimated a total of nearly 24 million flight hours in 2007, when 6.84 of every 100,000 flight hours yielded an airplane crash while 1.19 of every 100,000 yielded a fatal crash. This was down from an all-time high of 9.08 accidents per 100,000 hours in 1994. It is an old statistic that I’m […]

Throughout the years, numerous policies and procedures have been developed to increase safety awareness and improve workplace safety. Ideas come and go based on needs, studies, and action plans. The action plans seem more reactive as opposed to proactive. The key word, though, is active. Reactive, as the word itself suggests, usually follows an accident, […]

Greetings and salutations again to my fellow safety brethren! Regardless if you are a safety professional, a worker out in the field, or an executive, I appreciate you taking a small part of your day or month to read what’s going on in the field of safety. As I’ve stated numerous times over the last […]

Welcome to everyone’s favorite topic in the oilfield: Safety. Said no one ever, lol. It’s easy to make jokes about safety to a non-sensitive safety guy such as myself. However, I have known some safety professionals that had to fill out an incident report for “hurt feelings.” Fortunately, they were all non-recordable. I am going […]

I sincerely hope this new year finds you doing well. In past articles I have written mostly about safety at work. Occasionally, I have mentioned or delved into safety at home, as well. Two examples are when I talked about slips, trips, and falls, as well as safety data sheets for home and work. Certainly, […]

Greetings and Salutations! Each year I do my diligent best to be fresh, striving to be on the cutting edge of safety and what is pertinent. However, driving—not necessarily the first thing the public thinks of when contemplating oilfield safety—is perennially the most dangerous part of any job in the Permian Basin, a danger not […]

Oilfield environmental companies used to focus on cleaning up what could be seen—oil spills, produced water leaks, oilfield sludge. And that’s still on the list. But today the focus is shifting to unseen, climate-related issues, including methane and carbon dioxide. Two companies are helping Permian Basin producers clean up those areas.   Helping Operators Profit […]