A worldwide survey involving senior leaders from oil and gas industry finds only 6% believe their companies are ‘fully up to date with their scheduled-critical maintenance’.
The secret survey, carried out by hazardous industries software developer Petrotechnics, quizzed senior management from the hydrocarbon industries, 44% of which were from the oil and gas sector.
The 2017 Operational Risk and Process Safety Management survey found that 57% of respondents felt their companies did not always have a clear path to advancing safety within the workplace and 77 of those asked believe companies ‘do not always maintain a sense of vulnerability about their exposure to risk’.
The Petrotechnics PSM survey was conducted online between June 14 and July 27 2017 and received over 200 responses, 50% of whom have worked in process safety, asset integrity and operational risk for more than 15 years.
While the survey also highlighted progress and industry improvement, such as an 80% agreement that technology and regulations had benefited safety, the low number of respondents who are concerned about their own company’s commitment to enforcing safety regulations is alarming.
Simon Jones, head of professional services at Petrotechnics, said: “ “The low percentage of companies achieving their scheduled safety-critical maintenance is startling. Safety is a top priority in hazardous industries – but these results demonstrate that operators may be exposing themselves to increased major accident hazard risk.
“The survey exposes important gaps in organisations’ ability to develop a single, shared view of the operational reality. This critical information should be accessible to everyone, from boardroom to frontline, and is essential to reducing exposure to MAH risk.
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