This article covering the best petroleum engineering schools in the USA is one of the most important on our website. If you’re a regular visitor, you’ll know that we provide some high level, technical assistance to oil and gas professionals. We now want to expand our offerings to help those who are interested in a […]
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Excellence in Delivering Performance, Ops Integrity, and Safety.
By: Eric Roth (Rig Integrity Global), Dave Taylor (Relentless Pursuit of Perfection) In this two part series, we are looking to dig deeper into the subjects of optimal performance and operational safety at the front line, beyond engineering aspects and processes. During our last article with Phil Smith (How the Improvement of Operational Integrity, Safety, […]
Lenin Diaz Interview
Oil and Gas Titan Interview #3 Q) You’ve been in the oil and gas industry a long time, how did you get started? Well that is a question, usually one with a very long answer… A story that is often amusingly part of conversations with new and old friends; and for obvious reasons a story […]
Drilling Rig Companies – The Top 5 US Contractors
Who are the main land drilling rig contractors in the US? The practice of “land drilling” (or “onshore drilling”) refers to the drilling of oil and gas (O&G) wells on land (as opposed to offshore drilling). The land drilling market worldwide is structured primarily as a rental market, not a sales market, where land drilling […]
How the Improvement of Operational Integrity, Safety, and Human Factors Equals Excellence in Performance
By: Eric Roth (Rig Integrity Global) and Phil Smith (Critical Team Performance) We hurtle towards, and will soon arrive, in a new era. A new era increasingly run by millennials, managed by the Y generation, and looked back upon by the baby boomers. We all realize that the world is changing at an exponential pace. […]
‘Rope Soap and Dope’ meaning and origin
If you’re new to the oil and gas industry, there will be a ton of information to learn. Some of those things don’t seem important, or might seem foolish to ask. Some terms, like rope soap and dope have been around for so long, even your supervisor might not know where the phrase originally comes […]
Work Safe in Times of Uncertainty
I came back to the rig sick a few days ago and since I have been under the weather for these past days, I really haven’t had the inclination to write. But thank God I still have a job to come back to even if I am quite miserable working. I think about all the […]
