Over the last seven days the ArabianOilandGas.com website has been inundated with a flurry of activity centred on what seemed to be an innocuous HSE question.
Asked about whether enough was being done to ensure HSE was a top priority, our spot poll revealed that only 5% of local upstream workers think that HSE in their organisation is up to scratch.
This came as quite a shock to the team here, as 99 times out of a hundred we are told by the people we meet that HSE is “a number one priority”.
A safety-harness busting 32% said that standard equipment provision was about as far as things got on site, with a hard hat and a high-vis jacket taking care of the HSE issue.
Most significantly more than half (51.4%) of respondents said that standards and practices were OK, but more needed to be done to raise awareness. Clearly we have a problem.
With schedules and timeframes more relaxed than they were, 2009 should present project managers and personnel supervisors the extra time and flexibility to put HSE front and centre again. Campaigns in the workplace, and workshops with recruits – new and old – are excellent tools to disseminate a culture of safety.
Whilst safety concerns are important for the entire hydrocarbon value chain, the thorny issue of dealing with sour gas poses challenges that throw HSE to the fore. At the end of March, Abu Dhabi will play host to the Sour Oil & Gas Advance Technology (SOGAT) conference, and director Nick Coles has ensured that HSE topics top the bill.
A presentation on safety engineering for sour gas field developments by Marcel Dembele and John-Ordonez Varela, Total E&P, France couple with a pipeline leak detection session from Andrew Strong, technology manager, midstream oil & gas at Schlumberger, kick the event off with a safety-rich theme.
If 2009’s slower start can be put to good use, HSE standards, and its profile across the Middle East should be the KPI which managers put near the top of their wish-lists. The dividends many seem invisible, but the rewards are great.
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HSE standards don’t impress you much
Over the last seven days the ArabianOilandGas.com website has been inundated with a flurry of activity centred on what seemed to be an innocuous HSE question.
Asked about whether enough was being done to ensure HSE was a top priority, our spot poll revealed that only 5% of local upstream workers think that HSE in their organisation is up to scratch.
This came as quite a shock to the team here, as 99 times out of a hundred we are told by the people we meet that HSE is “a number one priority”.
A safety-harness busting 32% said that standard equipment provision was about as far as things got on site, with a hard hat and a high-vis jacket taking care of the HSE issue.
Most significantly more than half (51.4%) of respondents said that standards and practices were OK, but more needed to be done to raise awareness. Clearly we have a problem.
With schedules and timeframes more relaxed than they were, 2009 should present project managers and personnel supervisors the extra time and flexibility to put HSE front and centre again. Campaigns in the workplace, and workshops with recruits – new and old – are excellent tools to disseminate a culture of safety.
Whilst safety concerns are important for the entire hydrocarbon value chain, the thorny issue of dealing with sour gas poses challenges that throw HSE to the fore. At the end of March, Abu Dhabi will play host to the Sour Oil & Gas Advance Technology (SOGAT) conference, and director Nick Coles has ensured that HSE topics top the bill.
A presentation on safety engineering for sour gas field developments by Marcel Dembele and John-Ordonez Varela, Total E&P, France couple with a pipeline leak detection session from Andrew Strong, technology manager, midstream oil & gas at Schlumberger, kick the event off with a safety-rich theme.
If 2009’s slower start can be put to good use, HSE standards, and its profile across the Middle East should be the KPI which managers put near the top of their wish-lists. The dividends many seem invisible, but the rewards are great.
Staff Writer
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