Rig reactivation prompts tackling the rising risk of dropped objects

摘要

Dropped objects are one of the most frequent HSE safety incidents reported, and the changing oil and gas landscape threatens to increase the risk. Years of low oil prices meant that a large number of drilling rigs were stacked for storage, especially in areas such as Asia, where major Singapore shipyards took in semisubmersible rigs and drillships from drilling sites around the world, including from Brazil and Mexico, in 2016.