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  Five minutes.  That’s how long they say it takes for a house to be engulfed in flames. Most people think this is plenty of time to escape a fire, and I would agree—if you're aware of the fire in time. For us, we likely had less than five minutes because our smoke detectors didn’t go off. Instead, it was our pets who alerted us. On July 20, 2020, we experienced a house fire that started in our garage. Based on the intensity of the flames, we believe it had already been burning for a few minutes. While five minutes may seem like enough time to escape, in reality we had only moments to react. What we learned that night was surprising: even in a brand-new home, smoke detectors are not typically installed in garages. This had never crossed our minds before; we just assumed the detectors inside the house were sufficient. Unfortunately, they weren’t. Thankfully, we escaped that night in July 2020, but things could have turned out very differently if we hadn’t been alerted when ...

  Ken Bailey, HSE Specialist - H&P FAIL SAFELY! We hear the term quite often within the drilling industry. But what does it really mean? Is it even possible to achieve in an industry that operates daily with elevated risk factors? We know it to be true: equipment will fail, and as long as people are involved in the work, failure from human factors is inevitable at some point. However, it is possible for failures to occur in the workplace while maintaining worker safety. In fact, this is what we all should be striving to achieve. That’s why the concept of a “SIF-mitigated” category was introduced – framing these mitigated incidents in a positive light, representing the ability to fail safely. Consider two hypothetical scenarios involving falls from heights. In the first scenario, an employee was working on top of a mud tank approximately 10ft above the ground after setting the equipment. The handrails had not yet been set i...

Cat ®  dynamic gas blending ™  Gen 2 engines provide H&P valuable fuel flexible advantages Reshaping site efficiency: Next-gen dual-fuel engine kits optimize H&P’s onshore drilling fleet. For more than a century, H&P has streamlined its drilling technologies and processes to deliver better outcomes for onshore operators in the Lower 48. It strives to be a force multiplier of advanced drilling technologies that drive greater efficiency as the oil and gas industry evolves and operators work to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. “ADDING THE DGB GEN 2 KITS WAS A POSITIVE DISRUPTOR FOR OUR DRILLING OPERATIONS” Cat® Dynamic Gas Blending™ Gen 2 Kits prove to be a “positive disruptor” to achieve greater total cost of ownership and performance advantages. To futureproof its rig engines with lower-emissions technology, H&P engaged Caterpillar Oil & Gas to perform a major overhaul across its fleet. The company upgraded selected rigs with the Cat® Dynamic Gas Blend...