Stepped-up production means greater safety challenges for oil industry
The more than 1,500 oil and gas industry leaders, safety professionals, managers and workers who met last month in Dallas at the 2013 Oil & Gas Safety Conference explored the challenges that accompany increased production in oil and gas drilling and discussed best operating practices, safeguards and worker training strategies .
Attendees heard about the success of the National Service, Transmission, Exploration & Production Safety (STEPS) Network, an all-volunteer organization founded in 2003 in South Texas by the industry and OSHA to reduce injuries and fatalities. With a vision statement of “Incident-Free Operations,” STEPS promotes safety, health and environmental improvement in the exploration and production of oil and gas in US onshore operations and counts among its members operators and contractors in the oil and gas exploration, production and product transmission industry in partnership with OSHA, API, AESC, IADC, IPAA, other trade associations.