Environment & Safety
HP Industry Perspectives: US oil and gas executives energized for the year ahead
A recent survey of US executives by the KPMG Global Energy Institute supports growing optimism in the domestic energy and manufacturing industries. Much of the renewed enthusiasm is strongly linked to..
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Train accident raises concerns on safetyThe train derailment that killed at least 38 people in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, has heightened safety concerns about crude oil shipments by rail. It has been ..
HP Impact: Dilbit poses no extra pipeline risk
Diluted bitumen (dilbit) has no greater likelihood of accidental pipeline release than other crude oils, says a new report from the National Research Council. The report found that diluted bitumen has..
HP Impact: Canada takes steps to enhance its pipeline system
Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources recently announced the government’s plan to further enhance the country’s pipeline system by requiring companies operating major pipelines to have..
HP Impact: OAS report examines cyber security trends in the Americas
The Organization of American States (OAS) has released a report analyzing Latin American and Caribbean cyber security trends and government responses. Prepared in collaboration with the company Trend ..
Dropped tools are a dangerous problem
Explosions, car wrecks and workplace violence: these are events that grab headlines. What is interesting, however, is that the most mundane things are often the most dangerous. In the realm of hydroca..
Williams eyes April 2014 restart for fire-damaged olefins plant in Louisiana
While the plant is offline, Williams has been able to resume expansion construction activities across the majority of the plant outside of the incident area. Based on the initial damage assessment, Williams is engaged in the engineering, procurement and demolition of impacted equipment to repair the facility.
Venezuela takes heavy oil upgrader offline after fire
A fire at the 180,000 bpd Petrocedeno heavy oil upgrader forced workers to take the facility's distillation unit offline. The reason behind the fire was a gas leak whose cause is yet to be evaluated.
Halliburton destroyed Deepwater Horizon evidence
The government says Halliburton, which was a contractor involved in drilling the oil well, destroyed computer simulations it performed in the months after the accident. Those simulations didn't bear out Halliburton's contention that BP erred by not following its advice on using certain equipment.
US oil, shale gas pioneer George Mitchell dies at 94
George Mitchell helped develop new technology for hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, which he used to tap oil & gas at the Barnett Shale in North Texas during the 1980s and 1990s.
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