Most days for a well control company are pretty quiet. They’re helping an E&P plan safety procedures for a new pad or doing well safety training for another client. Generally they’re working to prevent or reduce danger on the well site. But, much like a community’s firefighters and EMTs, when that emergency call does come, […]
Going the Rental Route
The equipment leasing model allows service companies to reduce capex by only paying for certain equipment as it’s needed—as opposed to buying it and letting it sit idle when things slow down. A good deal for them. For leasing companies, in good times, this is fine. Once a forklift finishes at a job in the […]
Falling is for the Birds
Falling in love is okay. “Falling,” in of itself, is for the birds. Fall is my favorite season. I have mentioned slips, trips, and falls in several previous article. In case you have not figured it out, this month I am singularly focusing on falls, falling, and fall protection. One of my previous articles was […]
Winning With LO/TO
Greetings and salutations! Or as we just say in Texas, “Hello again!” Every year, regardless of the industry, numerous people are killed each year by not practicing Lockout Tagout, also known as LO/TO, not LOTTO. This is one of the easiest things to do in our industry and yet it is often overlooked. It is […]
A Down-to-Earth Approach
The year 2020 was hard for most people and companies, and Bright Sky Environmental was not spared, said founder and president Kat Galloway. “All of our clients paused or pulled the plug on their projects with us, as they dealt with the oil price collapse and handling their own finances. So they didn’t have the […]
Something So Simple!
Here lately, I have been reminiscing about my own trials and tribulations throughout my career regarding safety and the oil and gas industry. One of the key reasons I went into safety was the constant loss of life and limb. To this day, the highways are still the most dangerous thing we do as an […]
Fracs in Focus
While not yet out of the woods, the oil and gas patient is doing better as 2020 gets further in the rear view mirror. Recovery signs are pointing upward—and none more so than those surrounding most types of energy demand and, therefore, energy production—and frac’ing is vital to that. The Institute for Energy Research reported […]
The Life of a Safety Man
Back in 1971, I started working in the oilfield. It was in the summer after graduation from high school that I started as a roughneck. Yep, I worked lead tongs on a “triple.” It had 3 (quiet…sarcasm) Waukesha engines powering that rig. It was a deep hole triple (3 joints of pipe in a stand), […]
Safety Man Puts out Fire; News at 10!
As I was leaving my office that was downtown, and going to an adjacent building, I looked over by the smoking area outside, and there was a medium-sized fire! Being the safety professional I am, I assessed the situation. It appeared to be a fire in the plastic 5 gallon bucket used for cigarette butts. […]
Be Prepared
In view of recent events of snow-mageddon that we all recently experienced in Texas, there arises the issue of being continually prepared. Any safety person worth their weight should play the “what if” game continually, as should anyone in any other position in the petroleum gas industry. When it comes to operations, safety, accounting, investments, […]
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