A Field iD Whitepaper

Prevention in Petroleum:
Using the Cloud for Safety in Oil & Gas
How electronic inspection and safety compliance management
can make safer workplaces in the oil & gas industry
Safety is not an intellectual exercise to keep us in work.
It is a matter of life and death. It is the sum of our con -
tributions to safety management that determines whether
the people we work with live or die.

~ Sir Brian Appleton after the

1988 Piper Alpha oil rig disaster
 Prevention in Petroleum: Using the Cloud for Safety in Oil & Gas
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Contents
Introduction ..............................................................................................4

What safety professionals in oil & gas have

in common with accountants ..........................................................6

Traditional safety and compliance

problems in oil & gas..............................................................................7

Using mobile and web-based

safety systems in oil & gas...................................................................10

Summary .................................................................................................14

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Introduction
On July 6, 1988, the North Sea oil production platform known as Piper

men and let to total insured losses of US$3.4 billion. Two years later, when
an inquiry into the cause was complete, Piper Alphas operator was criti -
cized for inadequate safety procedures and maintenance, but no charges
were brought against the company.

In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill grabbed headlines around the
world. An explosion killed 11 men, injured 17 others, and led to month
after month of negative stories relating to the operations, the incident and
the response to the disaster.

Sir Brian Appletons response to Piper Alpha was well-spoken. In contrast,

one of the most memorable lines from United States President Barack
Obamas response to Deepwater Horizon was much more brief and some -
what controversial: We will make BP pay.

It goes without saying that safety problems in the oil & gas industry envi -
ronment can quickly escalate into global events. Heightened safety con -
cerns always follow global incidents, but they dont fade quickly. Questions
around the safety of oil & gas operations will continue to get attention from
government regulators, the media, and members of the global safety com -
munity. Unfortunate incidents can last for decades in both effect and in
public memory.

Despite the complexity of safety issues in oil & gas, the importance of effec -
tive safety management across all operations is widely recognized. Whether
you are working in upstream, midstream, downstream, exploration, extrac -
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mount and top-of-mind at all times.

responsible for meeting many unique safety protocols and requirements,

and ensuring compliance with regulatory bodies and outside inspectors can
be a stressful job. But getting the job done starts with setting safety goals
that will increase workplace safety, reduce liability, lower costs, and ensure

times. And it all must happen while maintaining production.

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The good news is that advances in technology and best practices can help
make the management of safety easier than ever. Constant readiness is
within reach. Newer technologies and trends such as RFID and the adop -
tion of cloud computing are helping to make safety easier for many indus -
tries, including all types of oil & gas operations.

You could say its the end of the clipboard era.

In this whitepaper, you will learn how to put down the pen and paper and
use electronic Inspection and Safety Compliance Management (ISCM) solu -

industry for workers. You will learn how to move your safety management to
the cloud.

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What safety professionals in oil & gas have

in common with accountants
Safety management in any industry can quickly lead to stacks of paperwork,
processes that are open to human error, and guesswork on compliance mat -
ters. Keeping track of assets persons, places or things is necessary for
achieving safety goals, but it can overwhelm even the most organized health
and safety manager without proper systems in place.

With this thinking in mind, you could say that oil & gas site safety managers

In accounting, you have internal accountants, external auditors and a regu -

latory or governing body that ensures certain standards are being enforced.
In oil & gas, theres a combination of internal roles responsible for safety

audit your processes.

Accountants learned the value of digitized record management very early

on. Rarely will you see accountants doing important work with a pencil and
paper. And every day, more and more oil & gas companies are throwing
away their clipboards and implementing electronic safety solutions.

safety management, inspections and facility audits. Safety professionals

working for leading petroleum companies face an incredible opportunity to
achieve safety goals and set their own standards for excellence.

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Traditional safety and compliance

problems in oil & gas
Oil & gas health and safety professionals face some of the most unique
problems among any industrial or commercial operations. Effective safety
management involves ongoing attention to all of the assets that make up an
operation, and to the safety system itself.

Here are just a few examples:

Persons: Are workers properly trained to identify hazards or

Places : When was this site last inspected or audited for safety?
What elements of this site have passed or failed based
on inspection or audit criteria?

Things: Have all personal protective gear or heavy equipment

Answering questions like those above can be problematic, especially if

youre relying on traditional safety management techniques. Next, were
going to break down the top issues created by traditional safety manage -
ment approaches in oil & gas, and then well look at how to overcome these
challenges.

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assets whether they are persons, places or things that must be tracked
within an operation for training, inspection or safety auditing purposes.
Traditionally, inspectors would look for serial numbers on equipment or
keep paper records regarding workers or site audits. Unfortunately, serial
numbers can be read and/or recorded incorrectly from time to time, and
paper records in an oil & gas work environment can easily become dirty and
unreadable. In cases where audits involve keeping track of worker skills,

the safety management system.

Inspection and Audit Scheduling

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tions and training levels, and any number of items relating to safety gear,
equipment and people. In an oil & gas environment, some assets may
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tion, and some might need special attention that falls outside of a normal
inspection or audit schedule. Keeping track of scheduled inspections and
audits, and maintaining statuses for hundreds or thousands of assets, can
quickly become a managers worst nightmare in rugged environments.

Compliance Guesswork

Safety compliance is a complicated matter. Knowing what compliance cri -

number of government regulations, corporate policies and manufacturers

suggestions that need to be referenced is enough to drive even the most

safety procedures and guesswork.

Time Consumption

recording inspections and audit details, and then sorting and storing the
records are extremely time-consuming processes. Often the workloads of
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and storage of safety information is an all-consuming, never-ending task for

some operations.

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Unmanageable Paperwork

Properly managing safety compliance for lists of people, places and things
requires an audit trail that must be maintained on an ongoing basis, ac -
counting for each and every piece of equipment, person, structure or facility
in the books.

This paperwork doesnt just include internal inspections and audits; third-
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tion must be tracked as well. Managing paperwork from different sources,

be extremely frustrating. One the biggest problems to overcome is being

able to quickly and accurately present this paperwork, often in a very short
time frame, to a government auditor or, even worse, an accident investiga -
tor.

Minor and major safety incidents may not be predictable, but many are pre -
ventable. You can control and manage an effective system tracking persons,
places and things affecting the safety of your site. With the right approach
and techniques, you can be ready for anything whether its a surprise in -
spection or an unanticipated event requiring rapid response. The larger your
operations get, the more assets that need to be managed effectively in order
to achieve this state of constant readiness.

Unfortunately, there are circumstances under which anyone responsible for

safety may be called on to produce proof of inspections and safety checks
of various types. With the old paper and pen system, the effectiveness
and accuracy of a safety management program can be questioned.

There have even been cases when companies were accused of falsifying re -
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cation and proof of safety inspections, audits and recorded events.

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Using mobile and web-based

safety systems in oil & gas
Many industries have turned to new technology to solve problems and is -
sues created by traditional processes. Safety professionals worldwide are
waking up to the power of cloud-based software when it comes to managing
safety and compliance. Large and small oil & gas operations can take ad -
vantage of technology to improve safety and compliance right now.

jobs.

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cially with the tools available for completing tasks such as onsite inspec -
tions and instantaneous audit reports. Safety leaders from various industries

record-keeping, and secure cloud computing, which takes the pain of infor -
mation storage out of the picture and makes your information available to

it.

The following sections will walk you through the tools available and illus -
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cient safety management technologies.

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equipment assets using serial numbers is still practiced, safety profession -

Industry-leading companies are manufacturing RFID-enabled products,

such as harnesses, that work in conjunction with cloud-based safety man -
agement.

In many cases, human error can be eliminated by scanning electronic

analysis, auditing and reporting.

Clipboards, pens and paper are fading away as mobile and web-based safety
management tools become easier to use and more widely adopted. The ac -
cessibility of affordable cloud computing using both desktop and portable

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while goal for managers of simple and complex operations. Handheld com -
puters, tablets and mobile phones can completely digitize the inspection
and auditing process.

These days, tablets and touchscreen phones are fully equipped to scan
RFID tags and barcodes, and they make it easy to record data quickly in the

review scheduled events, conduct QA/QC checks, or walk through safety

inspection criteria. Mobile devices can reduce total inspection time, provide
instant access to auditing information, and ensure no time is wasted, or
criteria missed.

Not only does this inspection process create paperless tasks and records,
but it reduces guesswork and eliminates errors.

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Use the cloud to manage safety data

Storing safety data without hassle and presenting it in a timely manner

systems.

When an inspection is conducted using a mobile computer, all data can be

safely stored and automatically transferred to a secure web-based system.
This transfer can occur in real-time when inspectors are located in environ -
ments with cellular or wireless Internet access, or the transfer can happen
at a later time, by simply syncing with the cloud.

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ports can be generated automatically, or customized to account for the indi -
vidual needs of a worker or manager. The backend administration, scanning
of paperwork, and manual data entry that resulted in so many errors years
ago is no longer necessary.

Today, safety professionals never have to worry about keeping backups of

or incomplete. While human involvement in the inspection process has be -

come more convenient, its also become more accurate.

Achieve 24/7 safety compliance readiness

With electronic inspection and safety compliance management, your organi -

zation is always ready to present safety data. Using mobile and web-based
technologies within your operations helps you to achieve safety automation
and 24/7 readiness.

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bers, can instantly access inspection and auditing information on any single

quality assurance and audit information for outputs of an operation, or for

an entire jobsite or operation.

If an inspector needs to view a safety audit trail for any asset, its a simple
matter of scanning an electronic ID tag to produce its entire audit trail, typ -

number to view recorded facility inspections and related information. A

process that used to take up to two weeks, or even longer, can now be done

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Using electronic inspection and safety compliance management reinforces

the accuracy of all safety information collected and stored throughout an
operation. It provides assurances of the date, time, location and even pic -

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tion and detailed digital records can reinforce the quality of all information

very little effort from users.

At the end of the day, advances in digital technology can help assure third
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dures and records.

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Summary
Electronic inspection and safety compliance management is a fast and reli -

time. Most importantly, adopting electronic inspection and safety compli -

ance management tools helps to create safer workplaces.

Taking advantage of the latest technology in electronic inspection and

safety compliance solutions means following these guidelines:

Use electronic for inspections and audits

Use mobile devices to collect data in the
Use the cloud to manage safety data
Achieve 24/7 safety compliance readiness
Build digital and proof into your safety management system

The rest is easy.

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About Field iD
Field iD is a leading provider of safety compliance and inspection management
software for the web and mobile devices operating on Google Android, Apple iOS
and Windows Mobile. The companys easy-to-use, cloud-based inspection software
has revolutionized the way organizations manage safety compliance and create
safer workplaces.

Field iD combines web-based and mobile technologies with the power of electronic
identification (RFID and barcodes) to improve the efficiency, reliability and reporting
of workplace safety management. Manufacturers, distributors, third party,
inspectors and end users worldwide use Field iD to inspect facilities and equipment,
conduct job site auditrs, manage corrective actions and preventative actions,
improve training/certifications management and track assets such as cranes, sling
and harnesses

Field iD is a part of Master Lock Canada, Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary of

Master Lock Company LLC.

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