... and instrument knowledge it is also possible to infer information with respect to the process stream. Furthermore, this data, if correctly interpreted, can be used to predict maintenance and calibration requirements, resulting in reduced staff effort and shutdowns. The need for physical intervention due...

... critical elements, barrier maintenance, assurance and verification and the importance of taking responsibility of ‘owning’ your barrier. Analysis of questionnaires completed before and after exposure to the programme demonstrates that knowledge of MAH management increased by approximately 30...

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... outcomes and improving retention of knowledge, skills and behaviours. The economic and social imperative for safe, efficient production combined with the compulsion to grow shareholder value puts immense pressure on human capital. Education and training performance is an efficient lever to help respond...

... Abstract A new program for the development of graduate engineers has been implemented in Denmark on a stimulation vessel in the North Sea. It is designed to provide graduate engineers with a three-year period of extensive experience in offshore operations, knowledge of equipment and designing...

...) and ideally with a level of fiscal stability Potential for operatorship and near term exploration and appraisal drilling Synergy development from existing subsurface, operating, commercial, legal and financial knowledge and expertise Attractive operating cycle timeframe from award to discovery...

...The bigger picture – HAZOP is no longer a standalone exercise It used to be the case that HAZOPs used to be standalone exercises, comprised of knowledgeable teams reviewing the design and operation of proposed process operations. These used to throw out a massive list of ‘HAZOP actions...

... Apache-Schlumberger team has been working to integrate geomechanics and geophysics knowledge of the field to quantify the effects of anisotropy related to bedding planes and weak shales. It can be difficult to predict drilling and completion risks during well planning, often due to the lack...

... energy industry has developed over the past 30 years, Scotland has increasingly become a supplier of energy-related skills and knowledge to the world, as well as an energy producer. And yet, there is no single focal point designed to showcase our skills, develop skills for the future, attract and develop...

... of technology to help train the next generation of drilling engineers and manage the demographic challenge. Work in multi-disciplinary teams and the need for increased knowledge outside traditional drilling engineering skills has also increased the attractiveness of the job and opened it up to a wider pool...

... with "critical thinking" and "problem quantification and defining skills" as well as excellent technical knowledge. Super Majors and large contractors undertaking global recruitment, which mitigates their dependence on UK graduates but has repercussions for university departments. Smaller companies...

... in employment. The paper concludes with some views for further "on the job" training options that could be made available to the technical mangers of the future. Upstream Oil & Gas programme university curricula employer educational setting engineering management skill Engineer knowledge...

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... of known and accepted knowledge. In 2004, the project team successfully issued Part 1 of the new guidance, dealing with design considerations for explosion hazards and a generic hazard management approach constituting a revision to the previous UKOOA Fire and Explosion Hazard Management Guide...

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... environment. It aims to achieve this through: the development and application of business transformation tools, processes and models which identify and capture achievement and learning store that knowledge and provide a means for sharing and exploitation among its Member network and beyond...

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... partnering knowledge alliance partnership objective short term united kingdom government foundation aberdeen Introduction For some time the Offshore Industry has recognised the need to change the way it conducts its business if it is to retain a viable economic position in the future. I...

... of the empowered teams and implementation of world class systems, the aim of extending the Field life of Forties from 2003 to 2010 and beyond, is now seen to be a reality. total productive maintenance maintenance platform application technician empowerment forties field tpm knowledge procedure...