Sentences with phrase «of safety drills»

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To run DOI's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, one of two agencies that regulates offshore drilling, Zinke chose Scott Angelle, a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission who served on the board of directors of (and was paid $ 989,238 by) oil pipeline operator Sunoco Logistics.

Working closely with industry partners, authorities and local communities, we drill to maintain our position as one of the world's leading exploration companies — whether you measure us in terms of value creation, health, safety or environmental performance.

By: Henry Lazenby 28th September 2016 Multinational drilling equipment and services provider Boart Longyear has received an award of C$ 1.37 - million from the Ontario government to help improve safety at mineral exploration drilling sites and the efficiency of drilling systems technology.

Some of the questions parents have about school safety may include how school lockdown drills are implemented, what other plans are in place to help kids stay safe, and how to handle kids» questions or anxiety about school safety.

McLaughlin insisted that the city needs quarterly storm evacuation drills to remind residents of the city's public safety plan.

The safety drill was reportedly organized to sharpen the responses of the necessary agencies to air disasters.

Lead by 17 - year - old senior, Anna Wysocki, who served as spokesperson for the student panel cited the governors endorsement of the ban on hydraulic fracturing in New York State because of the danger the drilling process posed to the safety of drinking water.

The Senate passed three school safety measures — half of school lock down drills must be «active shooter» drills, provide for school resource officers at schools outside New York City and NYPD officers at City schools — that all enjoy strong bipartisan support of between 69 and 78 percent,» Greenberg said.

As the country awaits results from a nationwide safety study on the natural gas drilling process of fracking, a separate government investigation into contamination in a place where residents have long complained that drilling fouled their water has turned up alarming levels of underground pollution.

These kinds of estimates are of great importance for safety assessments for structures and buildings that need to hold up well for a very long time, or for structures where severe weather could pose a security risk, such as drilling platforms or nuclear power plants.

After taking a beating in public and in the courts, the company overhauled its safety measures, automating much of the drilling operation and lowering its accident rate.

Under North Dakota regulations, the agencies that oversee drilling and water safety can sanction companies that dump or spill waste, but they seldom do: They have issued fewer than 50 disciplinary actions for all types of drilling violations, including spills, over the past three years.

Groundwater and air quality testing before, during, and after natural gas drilling — which includes hydraulic fracturing — should be key components of efforts to ensure the safety of communities near these sites, according to an expert panel convened to weigh in on public health research needs associated with unconventional natural gas drilling operations (UNGDO).

During a drill simulating a criticality accident on June, 15, 2016, some alarms at PF - 4 didn't work, and workers showed «inattentiveness» to a colleague who pretended to be wounded, according to a Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board summary of the exercise; as a result, they were judged to have failed portions of the test.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) to issue new suspensions of deepwater drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), saying a pause is needed to ensure that oil and gas companies first implement adequate safety measures to reduce the risks associated with deepwater drilling operations and are prepared for blowouts and oil spills.

Tips & Safety: During the Rites of Passage test that uses this drill, you'll be performing for time.

Tips & Safety: Explode early and prioritize the lower body to reap the greatest benefit of this drill.

Tips & Safety: The farther your hands are apart, the easier the drill will be, especially during the pull over portion of the exercise.

This clueless pair of villains prove willing to put profits before any safety concerns, so it's no surprise when the platform's unstable drill pipe pops its cork.

Maintenance of equipment Whilst many schools have a robust fire safety policy in place to train staff and to manage the fire drills, it is important to consider the proper maintenance of the fire alarm system, and all equipment such as fire extinguishers.

Resizing bolts, bending metal safety shields, and drilling holes into pieces of metal that would be put together to create hoists was how I spent my weekdays from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

This might include fire safety drills more regularly and showing children in education the dangers of how a fire can spread.»

for all students, instruction in fire drills and in fire and arson prevention, injury prevention and life safety education, as required by sections 807 and 808 of the Education Law.

Fire and safety drills, copiers and technical support, purchasing and receiving, immunization records, vision and hearing screens, new student recruitment and registration, and more all fall under the purview of the of this jack - of - all - trades.

We were also student safety coordinators, organizers of school - wide data, parent engagement specialists, and we dealt with many of the compliance - related tasks that principals designated to us — everything from conducting fire and shelter drills to checking little heads for lice.

So the North Carolina Department of Public Safety is asking businesses and schools across the state to practice earthquake drills today.

Physical safety includes measures such as visitor check - in and identification badges, video surveillance, preparedness planning, and practice drills to prepare for a variety of potential incidents.

Powered by a performance - tuned 5L V8 producing 423bhp at 6,600 rpm and 505Nm of torque Sport Vehicle Dynamics Integrated Management (VDIM) programmed to suit high performance driving Limited Slip Differential fitted as standard Lexus / Brembo developed 360 mm ventilated and drilled six piston front and 345 mm two piston rear disc brakes provide optimum braking performance Bespoke, lightweight forged BBS 19 - inch alloy wheels Dedicated high - performance tyres, developed with Michelin and Bridgestone Stiffer, stronger, lower suspension design Pre-crash Safety (PCS) and Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) fitted as standard 10 airbags including driver and passenger knee airbags Multimedia Pack with 14 speaker Mark Levinson premium surround audio system, satellite navigation and rear park assist monitor fitted as standard Extensive pre-production testing carried out at the world's top race circuits Nought to 100km / h in 4.8 seconds with top speed electronically limited to 270km / h The introduction of the IS F represents a significant milestone in the history of Lexus.

And so the conversation is steered towards the next (and still very important) question of timescale, instead of focusing for a moment longer on the very significant fact that the safety of a 150,000 - well deep disposal program and all the other hundreds of thousands of wells drilled in this country is based on the premise that migration can not happen.

Now a much - discussed report by the inspector general of the Department of Interior shows how officials in the Obama White House were responsible for a last - minute change in the language of a document on deep - water drilling safety that formed the basis for President Obama's controversial decision in June to enact a six - month deep - water drilling moratorium (the move was more politically harmful than economically damaging, in the end).

That lack of political punch is crystal clear now, as the Obama administration, perhaps hoping to help embattled Democrats at the polls next month, has ended its moratorium on offshore oil drilling for companies that, as the news release headline puts it, clear a «higher bar for safety, environmental protection.»

But it sure is hard to read the drilling safety report — which sits unchanged on the Web with nary an asterisk to indicate the problem — without concluding that the purpose of the editing was to give the perception of scientists» and engineers» support for the moratorium.

The decision to implement a 6 - month moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico was correctly based on the need for adequate spill response, well containment and safety measures, and we stand behind that decision.

One of the lessons we've learned from this spill is that we need better regulations better safety standards, and better enforcement when it comes to offshore drilling.

This week, he announced that the part of the agency which permits oil and gas drilling and collects royalties will be separated from the part of the agency in charge of inspecting the safety of oil rigs and platforms and enforcing the law.

I know this creates difficulty for the people who work on these rigs, but for the sake of their safety, and for the sake of the entire region, we need to know the facts before we allow deepwater drilling to continue.

Today we sent a loud message to the country that we will not put the health and safety of our communities before special interests by standing against any efforts to allow drilling off of the shores of Long Island and New York State.»

Safety has continued to grow since the advent of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, bringing energy development to more and more areas across the country.

Key state regulations include: Review and approval of permits; well design, location and spacing; drilling operations; water management and disposal; air emissions; wildlife impacts; surface disturbance; worker health and safety; and inspection and enforcement of day - to - day oil and gas operations.

Just last week, on December 28, the administration announced a rollback of Obama - era safety regulations on offshore drilling — rules that could have prevented the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf.

Other chapters of the TPP could put at risk green standards for public purchasing, efforts to block dirty energy projects such as oil drilling and coal mining, environmental labeling of consumer products, at - the - border regulations related to food safety, feed - in tariffs for renewable energy and the list goes on.

The fundamental mission of the Center for Offshore Safety is to promote continuous improvement in offshore drilling, completions and operations through effective leadership, collaboration, communication, teamwork, disciplined management systems, independent third - party auditing and certification, with a focus on company Safety and Environmental Management Systems.

«Drillers seek to gain from an easing of Obama - era safety and environmental regulations that were adopted after the Deepwater Horizon disaster killed 11 people.»

«More needs to be done — and more will be done to continuously improve the safety of deepwater drilling and to bolster the ability of the government and industry to respond in the case of a major blowout.

«There has been significant progress over the last few months in enhancing the safety of future drilling operations, and in addressing some of the weaknesses in spill containment and oil spill response,» said Director Bromwich.

«In light of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, we must continue to take a cautious approach when it comes to deepwater drilling and remain aggressive in raising the bar for the oil and gas industry's safety and environmental practices,» said Salazar.

Future rulemakings may take into consideration information developed by ongoing investigations into the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, or as a result of public comments on the recently issued Drilling Safety Rule.

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With adequate notice, the drill rig safety crews can prepare towing operations to remove the floating chunks of ice, but this year they were overwhelmed and resorted to emergency measures to keep the massive bergs away from the oil and gas machinery.

Under the regulations, monitoring of well safety would shift from being located on - site — at the offshore drilling platform — to being stationed at onshore electronic observation centers.