As I read through this board, I am silently amused by the ad hoc wry comments about being safe. When was the last time that an ELT member or the CEO mentioned HSE performance in a transparent light by discussing the challenge of maintaining or improving performance in this cost-cutting environment? Instead of just saying, “Keep your mind on safety awareness and don’t let the downturn distract you”. Wow....first quartile performance goals? What a reversal from the sacred safety performance goals this company used to strive for (not that I ever really believed the company was committed to SPIRIT values anyhow)! Given that COP for all practical purposes no longer really even produces or explores for oil, I suggest the global HSE staff be cut 98%. All we need is a figure head HSE VP for appearances. Shoot, the line employees have developed and grown such an ingrained safety culture there is really no point in maintaining a safety professional staff only for appearances. Let’s be an innovative leader and be the first major to eliminate their entire HSE staff...and establish the value and synergy gained through total elimination of safety professionals. They’ve all just become sheeple who echo management’s hollow buzz-phrases anyhow. Thoughts?
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This is ironic. The above responder must from HSE no doubt. The COP HSE include Canada HSE is playing "KEY" role to ensure they always adopt top guys' favorite recipe. They abolutely are good at bull sh--ting to please top management... You think Finance won't scew up the company easily, huh? COP can still survive without HSE but can't without Finance or operations. No more capital project. Total over 50% reduction since first run cut in 2015, so why we need HSE so many as we have less people to manage? And btw what HSE respond after tragedy happened in the past? Delay reporting, not sharing the true story or lack of information, playing with numbers...totally agreed to cut HSE more than other groups.
rzz - I suspect your response was intended to stir the pot?
No, but I'll happy maliggn somebody who comes on here to profess their 'indispensibality'
Get over yourself man. We're all replaceable, even the good ones
The oil and gas industry use to not have safety staff, thus the injury rates and death counts were through the roof. But alas you will continue to malign anyone who says you need to rethink your process. Let me guess you think the permit to work process is a waste of time. You understand perfectly how to do not kill people. Well it would only be a matter of time before the body count goes up and have to rebuild a safety culture.
Hmmm, the Safety people ensure no incidents hey? I alays thought it was the operations people. In my experience the safety peole show up only when there is some glory to been gleened - either an investigation or some kind of formal safety stand-down meeting. The company invested more in Safety schmucks then they did Engineering, that was smart.....
Nice try though
COP are still producing though not actively drilling many wells. Safety personnel are a must on all your producing assets to ensure that there is no safety incident. In fact, more so now when there is a cash crunch. Remember the BP incident and the after effect in terms of cash drain to BP. We do not want loss of lives and unnecessary spillage or safety incidents during this period of low oil prices. So you do need us and we are really essential. I would suggest other areas like finance, engineering, HR , operations be looked at for reduction. Leave safety personnel out of it so that your loved ones operating in our field facilities and offices would return home to you safely.