Welcome to this month’s edition of oilfield safety. This month I’m opting to do a small variation from safety and take the opportunity to branch out and attempt to sing our industry’s praises! After years of being in the oilfield, 52 years to be exact, the oilfield has changed immeasurably. Rules have changed, the pay […]
Innovation Transforms Environmental Services
One oilfield service sector that’s readily plugging in to increased planetary awareness is the environmental services niche. Two companies, Petro Waste (now under new ownership as described below) and Milestone Environmental Services, are among those who are growing their footprint. One whose footprint is already global—Halliburton—is hard at work developing software to make environmental impact […]
Ten Stark Realities of Oilfield Safety
Greetings and Salutations! This month marks my fourth year as a contributor to this magazine. In one of my earliest articles, I referred to a presentation that I did that, in my humble opinion, established the top ten stark realities of oilfield safety. Even among my constituents in the safety field I knew some who […]
Sleep, Blessed Sleep
Hello and welcome to this month’s installment of Safety and how you can live with safety! Let’s get right to it, as I am excited about this month’s topic! So you want to be in the oil and gas business. Good for you. Be prepared for sleepless days and nights. Regardless if you are an […]
North American Gas Market to Expand 25% in 10 Years
Near-term gas market expansion continues to be driven by global demand for U.S. LNG exports, which will largely be supplied through continued growth in Permian associated gas and Haynesville production, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie. “LNG export growth will drive the market for many years but will slow substantially in the 2030s, […]
Tinker: “No Form of Energy is Renewable”
At the International Energy Summit in Miami, Fla., held May 30-June 1, Dr. Scott Tinker, Director, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, delivered a talk challenging the idea of renewable energy. The lecture sparked intense discussion on the ongoing energy transition. Each year, AIEN hosts a lecturer as part of their […]
Chemical Safety: SDS
Hello and welcome to this month’s installment on safety. If you were to look into any popular publications or magazines, seeking some riveting reading material, you probably wouldn’t find many articles about Safety Data Sheets, aka SDS. The world is full of mind-numbing acronyms, but hardly any create such low excitement as the three letters […]
New Mexico board approves new rule to curb oilfield emissions
New Mexico’s environmental improvement board recently approved a new rule to curb oilfield emissions that cause ground-level ozone. The so-called “ozone precursor rule” is intended to reduce this pollutant in areas where fossil fuel operations elevate it to levels deemed unsafe. Advocates told the Santa Fe New Mexican that the new regulation “will make New […]
Have a Game Plan
Welcome to this month’s installation of safety! Today I will be making an analogy to the sport of football. It is one of the most popular sports in the Permian Basin. Most companies, large or small, evaluate their respective effectiveness as a safe company once a year. Traditionally it is after the Christmas season and […]
Document and Verify
Welcome to this month’s safety edition! I hope this finds you enthusiastic, happy, and injury free at your organization! For the last three years of writing for this publication, I’ve yet to run out of things to say! Isn’t that a typical safety person? That was a rhetorical question—you don’t have to answer that. As […]
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