Health, Safety and Environment - Page 1

Space safety at sea: Nasa's training mission for offshore workers 18 February, 2013 A safety programme developed by Nasa and Petrofac is helping oil and gas workers prepare for potential life-threatening situations. More than 600 delegates have been trained in fire fighting...

Offshore security training: shaking up the status quo 05 February, 2013 In an unpredictable offshore environment, are the current methods of training offshore security personnel in need of a shake-up? With cutting-edge hyper-realistic and virtual training...

High risk, high reward: talking offshore oil security with Drum Cussac 03 January, 2013 Kidnapping and piracy are serious risks for offshore oil companies, but a good set of ground rules and a crack security team can turn the tide. Laura Husband spoke to Drum Cussac's maritime...

A visible solution: talking fluorescent oil spill detection technology 21 November, 2012 Many oil companies still rely on unsophisticated visual reports of oil spills, meaning many leaks are not detected until a slick comes to the surface and is visible to the human eye. Julian...

The cold war: the challenges of Arctic exploration 01 September, 2012 Shell faces multiple hurdles as it prepares to spearhead a new wave of exploration in the remote and inhospitable US Arctic. Rod James talks to Ove Tobias Gudmestad of the University of...

Offshore Technology Focus: Issue 3 23 August, 2012 How a better understanding of human factors could improve safety and reduce future incidents....

Oil spill response technology: potential of magnetic soaps 19 April, 2012 Magnetic soap, developed by scientists at Bristol University, is set to revolutionise oil spill clean-up operations. Two years on from the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Julian Turner talks to...

Gas leak at Elgin–Franklin offshore field – the story as it unfolds 29 March, 2012 Total has moved quickly to calm fears of a Deepwater Horizon-sized disaster at the Elgin gas field in the North Sea. Despite these assurances, the news has come at a bad time for an industry...

Spot focus on offshore safety: the human factor 26 March, 2012 The official consensus suggests that understanding human factors is the biggest challenge faced by offshore safety experts. In the run-up to Arena International's Oil and Gas Technology...

High and dry: new challenges for offshore safety 15 February, 2012 Drilling for hydrocarbons is intrinsically hazardous but correctly identifying critical safety flaws can go a long way. Dr Gareth Evans reports on how exploration and drilling in deeper water...