Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) professionals have a tough job… and it’s not getting any easier.

While they’re responsible for maintaining safe and environmentally sound operations for unconventional oil and gas producers by application of best industry practices they face ever stricter reporting and regulatory requirements and leaner staffs.

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In this difficult environment, they are finding that their existing HSE solutions—typically a combination of Excel, Word, pdfs, e-mail, paper forms, and sticky notes—are woefully inadequate. This lack of integration can expose producers to disruptions to operations, higher costs, lower productivity, and a greater risk of accidents.

The flaws in existing HSE reporting solutions

Information is not reported immediately: Using existing solutions, it’s difficult to promptly gather and report all information to one centralized location. A busy site foreman, for example, is often unable to file complete incident reports promptly.

Information is not collected consistently: With data submitted from the field in a variety of inconsistent formats, it’s difficult for HSE managers to compile comprehensive and timely reports. They can spend hours or days chasing down incomplete information and reconciling data.

Managers are unable to analyze information and reduce risk: Without effective systems in place, HSE managers are unable to effectively investigate, analyze and respond to reports on incidents. They are unable to discern trends and patterns, identify root causes, and take preventative action before incidents occur and operations are disrupted.

Newer, more effective HSE reporting solutions are available

Fortunately, small and mid-sized unconventional oil and gas producers can replace their inadequate systems with new HSE reporting solutions to help them manage more effectively and efficiently.

Faster and more accurate data collection: The newer solutions allow a foreman or other employee on site to prepare and submit a complete report in a matter of a few seconds, directly from their mobile phone. There are no complicated forms and HSE managers don’t need to chase down missing information.

More valuable reporting and analysis: The new solutions present HSE managers with a dashboard to instantly see all incident reports and accurately track responses. Without spending hours reconciling data, they can more quickly prepare reports. Moreover, they have the information they need to detect trends, identify root causes, and make informed recommendations to prevent future incidents.

Developed specifically for small and mid-sized producers: The newer HSE reporting systems are much easier for people in the field to learn and use, without specialized training. Delivered as a cloud-based software-as-a-service, the systems fit into limited budgets—producers pay a subscription per user—and there’s no need to install, host, and manage internal computer systems.

Succeeding in a difficult environment

Though small and mid-sized unconventional oil and gas producers do face a challenging environment, there’s no need for them to take on undue HSE costs or risks. Even with today’s leaner staffs, replacing their outdated systems with new incident reporting solutions can allow them to meet their reporting and regulatory requirements and maintain safe operations.

About Synergi Life for SMB UOG

Synergi Life for Unconventional Oil & Gas is an incident management SaaS (Software-as-a- Service) that lets HSE managers in small and mid-sized companies efficiently and accurately analyze data so they can recognize trends, ensure compliance with requirements and maintain safer operations.

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