I Wonder Why
HSE has become an important part of life in the oil exploration business but I have often wondered why it is that many of the HSE people seem to have things backward. Instead of looking at crews that get through without any HSE incidents the HSE people concern themselves with why accidents happen. Seismic exploration [...]
Personnel department computer system
Technorati Tags: personnel department , personnel shortage , computerized systems While on a crew run by one of the biggest name seismic outfits recently I was surprised to hear that one of the staff had been bid for multiple jobs at the same time. Bidding in this manner is not unusual but what is highly [...]
Fur flies over Miss Universe
Technorati Tags: PETA , animal rights , Miss Universe PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and some of the other raving loony animal rights types are campaigning to get the reigning Miss Universe, Japan’s Riyo Mori, to stop wearing animal furs by accusing her of promoting cruelty. Ms Mori, 20, a ballerina by [...]
Christian Taliban
An article on the ABC news site shows just how far backward the clocks are being turned in the name of “decency”. The country that is promoting democracy and freedom in the middle east should take a look in their own back yard first. It seems that numerous parishes in the state of Louisiana are [...]
Safety Culture Today
Seismic has changed a lot during my years in the industry. In the late seventies there were no such things as HSE reports or stop cards. Management seminars and meetings were about production, costs, logistics and quality. These days HSE plays a very big role and takes up a lot of time both in such [...]
Political Correctness
I met up with an old friend last night and we talked about a lot of things. The more we spoke the clearer it became that we are a pair of dinosaurs. Dinosaurs is probably the wrong choice of words as we are not quite extinct yet but we are definitely part of a dwindling [...]
HSE in Seismic
Once again I am back to the subject of HSE and its insidious effects on the industry. This episode is brought about by a HSE representative who massages the books by saying that people visiting the doctor on the crew and receiving medical treatment do not constitute medical treatment cases. How on earth does this [...]
Only in America
Where else would you see something like this?
