“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 […]

Throughout the years I’ve run across numerous catchy little phrases in the safety world. Maybe you’ve heard some of them: Safety, You Can Live with It! Safety First! Or… Safety, First to Go! (LOL). Safety is No Accident. Think Safety, It Couldn’t Hurt. Seldom do they change any behaviors. Some companies run contests to generate […]

Greetings and salutations! This month’s installment we are going to attempt, rather I am going to attempt, clarification of the hottest topic for the last two years—Covid 19! The topic can only be categorized as a cluster monkey. My goal is to rationally attempt some kind of synthesis of the information out there. It is […]

Greetings and salutations—and welcome to this month’s installment of Safety. Hopefully everyone has survived the endless variations of the Covid. Another topic for another day! In any line of business, goals must be clear and precise. Safety is no different. When filling positions for safety or operations, a manager must apply sufficient time and detail […]

Greetings and salutations! I am excited and optimistic for the New Year. Each year everyone shares this common enthusiasm to celebrate the previous year if the safety performance has been deemed successful and injury free. Conversely, if the company has experienced a less-than-stellar performance, there is still much relief that comes from embracing a needed […]