All posts tagged 'oil industry'

Oil Industry To Address Safety Issues At Houston Conference

Posted on April 29th, 2012 · Posted in Uncategorized

Houston Chronicle columnist Loren Steffy Saturday offered a thoughtful, and critical, column about the U.S. oil industry and its unwillingness to take responsibility safety issues. http://www.chron.com/business/steffy/article/Steffy-Safety-and-prevention-to-dominate-OTC-3518508.php Ostensibly, the column was a preview of a major trade show that starts this week in Houston, the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC). But Steffy..
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Oil Industry Needs To Train Younger Workforce On Safety

Posted on April 24th, 2012 · Posted in Uncategorized

The oil industry is crowing that it learned valuable safety lessons from the Deepwater Horizon disaster two years ago, where 11 workers were killed, according to a recent report by Vermont Public Radio (VPR). But any such knowledge doesn’t address the new issue the industry faces, which is that its..
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Norwegian court rejects lawsuit by divers

Posted on September 23rd, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 9/9/2008 2:34 PM By BJORN H. AMLANDAssociated Press Writer OSLO, Norway (AP) _ A Norwegian court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by nearly 20 divers who claim their health was seriously damaged from working at extreme depths during oil exploration in the North Sea three decades ago. The Oslo..
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