Rig managers intimidated by “safety fascists” and “safety dogmatism”
The recent flood of hundreds of new rigs, boats and barges came with an equally big flood of new rig managers, many of whom lacked the experience and self-confidence to fight the safety fascists- a weakness which is costing offshore contractors millions in otherwise avoidable asset inspections and service charges, according to OilPro (http://oilpro.com) the oil and gas upstream exploration and production portal.
As an experiment, a couple of weeks ago a query was posted to Oilpro.com asking how contractors are servicing a critical but mechanically simple rig hoisting component, i.e. "What should be done at the five year service on crown blocks?