Despite the fact that oil and gas companies are facing mounting pressure to reduce fatalities hundreds of their workers are killed every year. Diana Milne meets Charles Bowen, head of the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers to find out why.
O&G asks Justin Smith, Business Manager of the British Safety Council what his organisation is doing to boost the recruitment of health, safety and environment (HSE) officers in the Gulf region.
“There is nothing so powerful as an idea whose time has come.” Victor Hugo
With increasing global energy prices and regional instability, the protection of critical infrastructures in the Oil and Gas industry is paramount. The challenge facing operators is to provide adequate levels of protection and the effective detection of security breaches at an acceptable price.