Greetings and salutations! In lieu of the non-popularity of our industry by the current Administration, I wanted to take this opportunity to lighten things up a bit. Most safety professionals, when asked if they would like to say a few words, ought to respond realistically by saying, simply, “No.” We seldom have a few words. […]

Compliance just “to comply” has minimal motivation. Compliance without motivation has no value! So what motivates the workforce these days? The stick doesn’t work. The carrot doesn’t work. You might think this an HR issue. Companies rely on the interview process heavily to determine who may be motivated to learn, work, and comply. With the […]

Welcome back to the latest installment in our ongoing conversation about safety! I hope this finds you where you want to be regarding safe practices and procedures. This month we are broaching a topic not normally associated with safety. I find this topic is not a hot subject in safety circles, nor in operations, either! […]

Greetings fellow readers. After three years of writing for this publication, I feel compelled to repeat my story as to how I came to value safety, offering it as a point of reference for those still inclined to resist or ballyhoo safety. Let me say right off, I started in the oilfield (as a roughneck) […]

Greetings and salutations! Over the last 25 years, I have found that safety is a profession that is not necessarily inspired by the lure of large monetary gains. Although it can be an incredibly fulfilling and rewarding profession, the job description is unique due to the concept of making a living by proving that one […]

“It’s not easy being green,” Kermit the Frog famously said, and many oil and gas producers feel the same way about ESG and the growing number of environmental regulations. ESG is short for “Environmental, Social, and Governance”—three non-financial factors that investors increasingly take into consideration when investing in companies, including energy companies. And it’s not […]

Over the last two or three years of writing for PB Oil and Gas Magazine, I’ve covered strategies, philosophies, and techniques. I think I have covered, at least once, all of the main topics and some of the subtle ones as well. In my endeavors to reach the ultimate or penultimate strategy for safety, the […]

Greetings! Welcome to another installment of this month’s safety column! One extremely important facet of safety is effective communication. This topic is one of the most important areas of concentration for someone in a safety position, and yet it is often overlooked. When I was in junior high, high school, and college, for some reason […]