Oil and gas operations occur in different countries and locations across the world, where the quality of medical infrastructure, available treatments and specialities may differ greatly. It is therefore important for companies to assess the medical facilities available, to ensure that they can provide optimal health care for their workers.
This checklist provides a series of Yes/No, sliding scale and open answer questions to help company health professionals when making these assessments, and aid in company decision making when selecting a medical facility.
This is the second edition of this guidance. The first edition was published in 2017.
This document provides guidance for business leaders, HSE professionals, and health practitioners on the business case for outcome-focused and cost-effective medical emergency response (MER) and primary healthcare in the energy industries.
Undertaking ‘meaningful engagement’ not only enables companies to meet regulatory guidelines and international standards, but also build robust, constructive and reciprocal relationships with stakeholders.
The oil and gas industry operates in many locations where people work, and often live together, in close quarters, such as offshore installations, ships, and remote camps. In these types of locations, infectious diseases can spread rapidly, affect workers, and disrupt operations. This guidance has been developed for local management and operations personnel working in these locations.
This recommended practice identifies key drug and alcohol programme elements and is intended for use by contractor companies and oil and gas industry owners and operators.