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Mark Byrd: Oil and gas production needs many safety leaders

The world learned again that oil and gas production carries risks, when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in April, 2010. A lead safety engineer for Shell speaks about safety strategies, including exposing blind spots.

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Nov 22, 2010 Human World 2 Comments

Mike Watson on avoiding risks on the road

“Road safety doesn’t begin with one individual. It really includes everyone,” said Watson.

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Nov 15, 2010 Human World 2 Comments

Natalie Salter on managing hazards with process safety

A Shell safety engineer talks about what happens when a potentially harmful event in oil and natural gas production takes place – a fire or an explosion.

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Sipke Mennes: Safety of work crews on major industrial projects

Sipke Mennes talks about what it’s like to be responsible for the safety of large crews of workers on a Shell industrial construction project.

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Nov 01, 2010 Human World 2 Comments

Steve Beckett: Oil and gas industry workplace safety

Steve Beckett is a safety expert at Shell. He spoke with EarthSky about some of his company’s methods and goals for keeping people safe in the hazardous workplaces often found in oil and natural gas production.

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Oct 11, 2010 Human World 6 Comments

Gerald Schotman on natural gas for energy

Schotman said modern gas plants emit up to 60 to 70 percent less CO2 than traditional coal plants. He said natural gas can be chilled and compressed into what’s called liquefied natural gas, or LNG.

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Aug 30, 2010 Human World 3 Comments

Russ Conser: GameChanger program sponsors energy entrepreneurs

GameChanger sponsors entrepreneurs to work on new ways to produce and distribute energy.

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Aug 09, 2010 Human World 3 Comments

Simon Bishop on solutions to energy poverty

Between two and three billion people don’t have access to basic energy services. Bishop said his team looks for solutions that can scale up, or be replicated all over the world.

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Jul 19, 2010 Human World 7 Comments

Sally Gold on awards for small businesses with low carbon footprints

Shell Springboard has awarded over 1.6 million British pounds to 43 small businesses across the U.K. to help them to implement ideas to lower greenhouse gas emissions.

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Apr 05, 2010 Human World 9 Comments

Marvin Odum with an oil company’s perspective on climate

Marvin Odum, president of Shell Oil, gives Shell’s perspective on the most immediate solutions to climate change and the role the U.S. should take in the global efforts to reduce global warming.