Deepwater Horizon Is Boosting Focus on Safety, Says Proforma Safety
Posted by proforma on January 24, 2011
01.24.2011 – Mike Arnold, Chief Executive Officer of Proforma Safety International, believes the pause in drilling and production operations – coupled with the U.S. Government’s further involvement in regulating oil and gas production in the United States — is reinforcing the focus on safety.
“Among the oil and gas operators and their contractors,” said Arnold, “we’re seeing safety being moved to the forefront of every operation, and more than ever, placed ahead of both scheduling and profit.
“The oil industry has progressed over the years to be one of the safest industries operating anywhere in the world,” he continued. “But because of the Deepwater Horizon incident last year being magnified by the news media and special interest groups in Washington, our industry is being portrayed as unsafe and in need of a complete overhaul.
“This is surely not the case,” he concluded. “It’s a stigma we can easily overcome by continuing to enforce existing HSE policies and procedures while improving how management incorporates safety into their plans, operations and daily activities.”
Recently Proforma Safety International was recognized by ConocoPhillips for helping reach a safety record for a South Texas project: 204,625 man-hours and 873,224 miles driven without a single recordable health, safety or environmental incident. Proforma Safety was also recognized by BP for “the outstanding contributions they have made to the safety culture of the Thunder Horse Project.”
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