The Oil & Gas industry in general is one of the most high-risk work environments. In the downstream segment, there are several safety challenges to consider specifically those pertaining to turnarounds, shutdowns and other major maintenance events.<\/p>\n
One of the biggest safety challenges during turnarounds would be confined space safety management \u2013 how do you effectively monitor and ensure safety of personnel working in confined spaces where visibility is poor and potential for hazardous gas releases is high?<\/p>\n
Other safety challenges in downstream include proper training and onboarding for contractors prior to turnarounds, tracking and access control for onsite personnel, hazardous gas monitoring, breathing air supply and management, emergency rescue including confined space and high angle rescues, perimeter monitoring and community protection.<\/p>\n
The downstream industry is under enormous pressure to cut costs and increase productivity \u2013 in short, the main opportunity for downstream lies in improving Operational Excellence. Another way to put this is to provide solutions that maximize safety of onsite personnel while enhancing productivity and cost effectiveness.<\/p>\n
This can be achieved through an effective implementation of networked digital technologies that can track, monitor and provide a host of services from one command center \u2013 we call this solution TeQ Shield.<\/p>\n
While there are different levels of adaptation in different parts of the world, the trend is the same everywhere. Across the world, operators and refineries are looking to improve efficiencies without compromising on worker safety. A digitally connected safety monitoring and tracking system that monitors and tracks workers effectively is the first step to making it happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n