Oil major BP and has been using state-of-the-art facilities to replicate critical jobs carried out on rigs.
Using facilities in Denmark and Houston, both staff and contractors have been able ti simulate the conditions of a drilling operation.
This can include the same rocks, temperatures and pressures as well as the same physical impact of ocean currents.
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The training is used to help BP drill more effectively and efficiently in the real world.
David Lobdell, competence assessment manager for the company’s global wells organisation, said:”They’re building the muscle memory to handle these emergencies so that they go ‘I know how to do this. I did this in the simulator. I made this mistake in the simulator; I’m not going to do it again out here in operations.
“We are training and bringing our drilling contractors in to work together and building as a team is vitally important to bringing down accidents and incidents.
“It’s all about doing things better and safer. And that’s what BP’s really striving to do.”
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