Proforma S.W.A.T. Observe Drilling Operations Down Under in New Zealand
Posted by proforma on February 2, 2008
Two HSE advisors from Proforma Safety S.W.A.T. (Safe Work Awareness Team) departed Christmas Day 2007 for Taupo New Zealand and the geo-thermal well site location of Century Resources rig 27. Their assignment: observe the overall drilling operations of the rig and its crew for safety awareness and present a detailed report to the Century management group on the current level of participation and involvement.
Mike Arnold, Proforma CEO and HSE Leadfor this project, and Jim Dyson, Drilling Safety Expert, spent fourteen days, 24 hours a day, observing drilling activities. Another six days was spent overseeing a location move of Rig 27 to a new geo-thermal drill site some nine miles away. During these observations, numerous safety improvements and suggestions were made to both crew and rig management. Twenty-eight Safety Toolbox meetings were attended, nine HSE meetings and several JSAs, ASAs, STOP actions and site-specific safety training were conducted.
Valuable information was obtained from these site observations and the final report to Century Management provided detailed guidelines for continued safety performance, improvements in their safety management systems, a safety culture strengthening agenda and numerous new ideas for safety program development and implementation.
Equipped with this information, Century management will continue to improve the safety of their drilling operations in New Zealand, Australia, India and Indonesia.
Mike Arnold commented on their experience. “Century is a company dedicated to safety,” he said. “The company is to be commended for their safety awareness, HSE attitude and especially their continued commitment toward an incident-free rig and drill site.”
Proforma has committed one HSE advisor onsite in New Zealand to continue to work with Century for an extended period of time. Other of Century’s drilling operations will be included in this safety overview program.
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