The United States is home to more than 2.8 million miles of natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines, which are operated by over 3 thousand private companies from across the country. These assets that run through America have grown so vast in size, they are susceptible to attacks from both physical attacks and cyber intrusions. […]
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Learn about the basics of oil and gas safety inspections, what you need to be looking for, and how to improve your audit process. Key takeaways:-The oil and gas industry is highly regulated, and there are ways to improve your audit process, making it more efficient and effective. –Various common mistakes lead to accidents or […]
A job safety analysis (JSA) is a procedure that helps integrate health and safety practices into a particular job operation or task. The ultimate goal of a job safety analysis (sometimes referred to as job hazard analysis), is to recognize potential risks and/or hazards in each stage of a task that workers must complete. Supervisors […]
The unexpected release of toxic, reactive, or flammable liquids and gases continues to occur across many different industries. Chemical disasters, such as The Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico (U.S. 2010) and the Chevron Refinery Fire in Richmond California (U.S. 2012), cost businesses millions. Yet this financial cost is irrelevant when you consider […]
Health, safety and environment (HSE) is a huge concern in the oil and gas industry. Safety fails in the industry might have fatal consequences, and during the last couple of years, there have been some devastating accidents in the oil and gas industry. These accidents have devastating outcomes both for the environment, the economy and […]
One of the huge trends in software and technology is consumerization. Instead of adapting to the technology, consumers of technology are now experiencing that the technology are adapting to them. Within 2015, 8 billion will be used on mobile enterprise applications in the oil and gas industry. If these vast investments are going to be […]
The oil and gas industry in the US is a highly competitive business. If you are going to ensure that your company come off on top you have to make sure you are recruiting the very best people. Simplifying the system on how the company reports and interact between the ground level workers and management […]
Streamlining reporting from the employees in the oil and gas industry by using mobile reporting systems might save environment, money, lives and secure an overall safer oil and gas industry The time is 9.45 pm in an April day like every other on the platform Deepwater Horizon in the Mexico Gulf. 126 employees were on […]
A case study shows that a multinational oil and gas company’s current process from filling out forms on-site and until its handled takes approximately 120 minutes. Mobile field reporting apps gives you and your team the opportunity to get this forms out of the way in approximately only 3 minutes. SEE Forge’s app collects all […]
The Coast Guard announced on Tuesday they would reopen the Houston Ship Channel to prioritized traffic. The Galveston Bay oil spill earlier this weekend has taken a toll on local wildlife, and temporarily suspended transportation operations through the Houston Ship Channel. The Coast Guard announced that they would be reopening the Houston Ship Channel to […]