THE WEEKLY
REFLEKTION
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The Weekly Reflektion 13/2023
Before any critical activity a risk assessment is normally carried out to ensure the hazards associated with the activity are identified and the risks from carrying out the activity are acceptable. Similar activities may have been carried out before and it seems appropriate to review previous risk assessments to gain the benefit of any experience transfer. However, it may […]
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The Weekly Reflektion 37/2022
Acronyms are abbreviations formed from the initial letters of the words in the expression being abbreviated. Some acronyms become so well established that they replace the original name or expression, e.g., NASA, IOU, SNAFU. Often the acronym becomes memorable and conveys a distinct understanding. The acronyms we are using today are WYLFIWYF and WYFIWYF. Are you aware that the mandate for an investigation and […]
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The Weekly Reflektion 27/2022
The investigation of any incident is influenced by our biases. When we know the outcome, this can affect the way we approach the investigation. In some cases, we are not even aware that we have had an incident, until the events are seen through another perspective. Do you let your biases influence your judgement? Sidney […]
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The Weekly Reflektion 33/2021
The Pryor Trust blowout in 2018 in Oklahoma, USA, killed 5 people. These deaths could and should have been prevented. What can we learn from this Major Accident? Why did the operational team believe what they were doing was OK? On January 22nd, 2018, a blowout and rig fire at a Pryor Trust gas well […]
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The Weekly Reflektion Week 10/2021
Thank you to everyone that attended the Reflekt Lunch and Learn on Resilience on 18th February.One of the examples we used was the blowout on the Snorre A platform in 2004 where a subsurface hydrocarbon leak from a well compromised the suction anchors for the tension legs and threatened the platform with fire and explosion. […]
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