Smashing the stigma in mental health – a strategic blueprint for change

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Anna Feringa ◽  
Nada Wentzel
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Human Error ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Mental Health Issue ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
Safety Cultures

The oil and gas industry is known for its strong commitment to safety which often focuses on process safety, physical safety and behaviour, with little attention to mental health. Mental health is a growing issue. It impacts decision making, increases the likelihood of human error which can result in the loss of lives and environmental destruction. If not addressed properly, it can cause excessive stress, anxiety, depression, trauma or even suicide. Mental health is one of the biggest risks to the oil and gas industry today. Research shows that one in five workers suffer from a mental health issue at some point in time during their lives. Experts believe these statistics are higher for workers in the oil and gas industry due to the nature of the work – long working hours, isolation, being away from friends and family, feeling under high pressure to avoid mistakes due to the potentially devastating consequences and being a male dominated industry. Investment in mental health is currently often limited to Employee Assist Programs, RUOK days or wellbeing initiatives. What is needed is a total strategic and integrated approach which organisations can customise to their specific needs, distinct from a series of individual initiatives. By learning from leading practices, other industries and extending experience from building effective safety cultures within the oil and gas industry to mental health, a total strategic approach is presented which will enable organisations build their own customised blueprint and smash the stigma surrounding mental health.

Comparison of Psychological Distress, Life Satisfaction and Workplace Bullying Between Site and Office Workers in Oil and Gas Industry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diah Kusumawati ◽  
Dadan Erwandi ◽  
Fatma Lestari ◽  
Abdul Kadir
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Stress ◽  
Workplace Bullying ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Office Workers ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Psychosocial Hazards ◽  
Significant Difference

Abstract In recent years, various industries become increasingly aware of the importance of mental health. Mental health is closely related to the management of psychosocial hazards in the workplace. The oil and gas industry is considered to be one of the laggards in the management of workers’ psychosocial hazards and mental health even though mental health is considered to affect workers’ health and operational safety. Workplace bullying is a phenomenon that can give adverse effects to individual workers and the organization. For workers, bullying can interfere with physical health, psychological stress, and satisfaction with life and work. This paper discusses prevalence of workplace bullying, psychological stress, and satisfaction with life of workers in the upstream oil and gas industry. The phenomenon experienced by workers on Sites is compared with the experience of the office workers in this paper, with no significant differences found between the incidence of bullying and satisfaction with life between the two populations. On the other hand, there is a significant difference in the psychological stress and chronic diseases reported by the respondents. Site workers experience higher psychological stress and more reported chronic health disorders than the office workers.

Revisiting the FPSO São Mateus Accident From a Human Reliability Perspective Using Phoenix HRA Methodology

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilia A. Ramos ◽  
Alex Almeida ◽  
Marcelo R. Martins
Keyword(s):  
Human Error ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Risk Estimation ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Qualitative Assessment ◽  
Human Reliability ◽  
Human Reliability Analysis ◽  
Human Errors ◽  
Gas Industry

Abstract Several incidents in the offshore oil and gas industry have human errors among core events in incident sequence. Nonetheless, human error probabilities are frequently neglected by offshore risk estimation. Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) allows human failures to be assessed both qualitatively and quantitatively. In the petroleum industry, HRA is usually applied using generic methods developed for other types of operation. Yet, those may not sufficiently represent the particularities of the oil and gas industry. Phoenix is a model-based HRA method, designed to address limitations of other HRA methods. Its qualitative framework consists of three layers of analysis composed by a Crew Response Tree, a human response model, and a causal model. This paper applies a version of Phoenix, the Phoenix for Petroleum Refining Operations (Phoenix-PRO), to perform a qualitative assessment of human errors in the CDSM explosion. The CDSM was a FPSO designed to produce natural gas and oil to Petrobras in Brazil. On 2015 an explosion occurred leading to nine fatalities. Analyses of this accident have indicated a strong contribution of human errors. In addition to the application of the method, this paper discusses its suitability for offshore operations HRA analyses.

scholarly journals Forecasting of Technology Development of the Arctic Hydrocarbon Resources’ Extraction

2020 ◽  
Vol 162 ◽  
pp. 01008
Author(s):  
Tatiana Chvileva
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Industrial Systems ◽  
Technological Forecasting ◽  
Energy Needs

The Arctic region has a great potential in development of hydrocarbon resources and can play an important role in meeting future global energy needs. In the presented work the specific features of the Arctic hydrocarbon projects are identified. Key needs of oil and gas industry in technology development within the framework of projects of extraction of hydrocarbon resources in the Arctic are revealed. A critical analysis of technological forecasting methods is presented. Problems and prospects of their use in the conditions of the Arctic zones are established. The need for an integrated approach to forecasting the development of industrial systems of the Arctic zone is justified.

scholarly journals INFLUENCE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES ON CAPITALIZATION OF OIL AND GAS BUSINESS

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (34) ◽  
pp. 66-71
Author(s):  
O.E. Malykh ◽  
◽  
Yu.V. Khodkovskaya ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Financial Management ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Additional Advantage ◽  
The Impact

The problems of global economic growth are largely due to factors in the dynamics of the oil and gas sector. New requirements for the quality, quantity and timing of the supply of hydrocarbons create opportunities for the development and increase of the efficiency of the oil and gas business, including the growth of its capitalization. For the oil and gas industry, the digital transformation goes beyond the tactical use of technology, the business model is being transformed by accelerating the spread of innovation and the constant growth of practical efficiency, which significantly changes strategic guidelines. The article presents an analysis of the impact of digital technology on the financial aspects of the oil and gas business. The objective obstacles to its digitalization are described, which can form the basis for developing recommendations for promoting digital technologies in this segment of the economy. The advancement of scientific and technological progress and the automation of many stages of production processes are factors in the possible growth in the capitalization of the oil and gas business. Studies have shown that existing technologies are not always able to facilitate this process. Underfunding of the information and computing infrastructure of companies can become a serious problem on the way to strengthening the financial component of the oil and gas business. In the Russian oil and gas industry, the use of additional digital platforms and innovations is an additional advantage for increasing operating profit. The article discusses the cybersecurity of the oil and gas business based on an integrated approach and the implementation of all aspects of the oil and gas company: information, organizational and technological. A group of cyber defense tools is proposed. A new model of the digital transformation of oil and gas companies is proposed to formulate an action plan for the use of digital technologies, to solve tactical problems and strategic goals of the oil and gas business, to ensure its capitalization growth. It is shown that business capitalization under the influence of digital technologies allows the oil and gas industry to implement the latest achievements in the field of cloud computing, digitalization of oil fields, service-oriented architectures and industrialization, significantly expanding the possibilities of corporate financial management.

scholarly journals The industry structure of the Russian oil and gas complex: transformation processes and trends

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 26-30
Author(s):  
Nadezhda Zhilina
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
The State ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Environmental Friendliness ◽  
Complex Transformation ◽  
Oil And Gas Resources

The oil and gas industry is becoming one of the key priorities of the state policy of the Russian Federation. Ensuring energy and economic security, sustainable development, and innovative development in the context of the digitalization of the economy requires a qualitatively new approach to regulating the oil and gas industry. The tasks of rational use of oil and gas resources, increasing productivity, and environmental friendliness of production processes are set not only for companies in the oil and gas sector, but also increase the responsibility of the state for achieving them. The solution of the above-mentioned tasks requires an integrated approach based on a theoretical and methodological basis, economic research, systematization of world experience, taking into account the use of modern management and regulation mechanisms of oil and gas complex enterprises.

Catastrophic Events and Human Error: A Few Rotten Apples or Organizational Dysfunction?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Vincent Bridle
Keyword(s):  
Human Error ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Oil And Gas Producers ◽  
The North ◽  
The Uk

Abstract In July 2021, commemorations will be held to mark the 33 years since the 1988 Piper Alpha tragedy in the UK sector of the North Sea where 167 oil field workers lost their lives. Without question, the incident was a watershed event for the international oil and gas industry not simply because of the immediate toll in human lives lost, but also in terms of the devasting aftermath endured by countless friends, families and loved ones whose lives were forever changed. The tragedy also served to illustrate just how poorly the oil and gas industry really understood and managed those operating risks that possessed the potential for catastrophic loss, both in terms of business cost and overall reputational impact. In the wake of the public enquiry that followed and chaired by Lord Cullen of Whitekirk, one of the principal recommendations required that the international oil and gas industry do a much better job in determining both its major hazards (i.e. major operating risks) and also in creating the necessary operating conditions to demonstrate that such things were being well managed. The objective being to provide tangible assurance that the likelihood of the industry ever incurring such a calamitous event again in the future had been reduced to as low as reasonably practicable (ALARP). In taking its responsibilities very seriously, the international oil and gas industry responded by raising the profile of the management of Health, Safety and the Environment (HSE) across the wide spectrum of its global operations. By the mid-nineties, the industry had implemented comprehensive and structured systems of work within the framework of purposely built HSE Management Systems using templates designed and developed for the industry via the International Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP)*.

Situation Awareness Offshore: Relevant Influencing Factors and Risks

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 1700-1701
Author(s):  
W. Sloane Hoyle ◽  
S. Camille Peres
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Situation Awareness ◽  
Human Error ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Human Machine Interaction ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Offshore Operations

Offshore operations are an inherently hazardous activities that can result in catastrophic outcomes. The amalgamation of different hazards, constraints, and demands on offshore platforms can presents a substantial threat to the performance, productivity, and safety of workers. For most industrial accidents, there is a causal chain between human errors and organizational conditions. An investigation into the Macondo incident identified failures of situation awareness (SA) and risk perception as root causes of the disaster. Improving worker SA has become an important objective for the Oil and Gas industry. SA is a distinct, safety critical component for workers operating in complex, high-risk, and interactive work environments. Possession and maintenance of good quality SA is important for personnel whose work can be hazardous, complex, and pressured by time constraints. The drilling environment can change suddenly and for a drill crew, with an improper decision or inattention, the end result can be loss of life, severe injury, and cost millions of dollars in production loss. Offshore workers need to acquire and integrate information under operational conditions while contending with competing sources of information for their attention. SA can serve as a predictor of performance and has been particularly important where technical and situational complexity impacts the decision making efforts of the driller. A scoping literature review was conducted in order to identify how the influencing factors of elements of human factors on personnel and environmental safety, operational costs, and loss of time. Numerous databases were searched (e.g., EBSCOhost, Medline, PsychInfo, Science Direct) in combination other databases search using key terms: human factors or ergonomics and offshore with all of the following: drilling, production, fatigue, situation awareness, cognitive, oil and gas, as well as a search for human factors offshore and ergonomics offshore and human error offshore. Finally, our primary studies search was supplemented with a search of papers and abstracts within conferences. The fields of interest included stress, fatigue, interface design, human machine interaction, automation, safety culture and safety climate, risk perception and awareness. The purpose of this research was to present a summary of the current literature on the status of the oil and gas industry with regard to the adoption and integration of Human Factors methods, principles, and processes. Specific objectives were to summarize the state of the science regarding situation awareness for offshore operations, understand the importance of situation awareness for this environment, and determine key influencing factors that could affect drillers’ performance.

Preventing Human Error in Crane Operations: A Case Study of Organizational and Design Elements

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 1695-1699
Author(s):  
Jiun-Yin Jian ◽  
Gerry E. Miller ◽  
Sahil Shah
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Human Error ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
3D Models ◽  
American Petroleum Institute ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Offshore Crane ◽  
Blind Spots

Between 2009 and 2016, 57 offshore crane-related incidents in the process industry resulted in numerous injuries and fatalities in the Gulf of Mexico region (Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, 2017) with estimated cost over 3.5 million US dollars. For this reason, crane incidents continue to be a major focus and of oil and gas industry concern. Despite the large progress made with crane technology and regulation (American Petroleum Institute, 2013, 2014), operators and workers remain exposed to risks due to inadequate consideration of human factors in design. This desk-based evaluation was conducted to address the human factors related to crane operations with a detailed focus on cabin display and control arrangements, identification of blind spots, safe lifting practices, and compliance with regulatory requirements. It was found that the one configuration of the two-lever controls recommended by API 2C was conducive to causing human error, and that a rearrangement of the labeling and color-coding could increase readability and legibility to the operator. A modification to this arrangement is recommended in order to further prevent exposures to crane hazards stemming from human error. In addition, the operator’s field of view (FOV) or line of sight (LOS) was simulated using schematics, 3D models, and anthropometric data in order to identify blind spots during lifting and lowering activities. This strategy can be implemented in the preparation of lift plans which will subsequently facilitate adequate communication between the operator and flagman during blind lifts.

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