Offshore platforms, chemical plants or any other major engineering project creates multiple benefits from generating wealth and providing employment to producing useful products or services.  However, most industrial installations built, and the construction of these installations have the potential to also cause harm. Norway’s Equinor suspended production at the Peregrino heavy oil field in Brazil’s Campos basin in early April as a preventative measure to carry out safety inspections after...Continue Reading

The swift movement to digital technologies driven by the pandemic is anticipated to continue well into and beyond the COVID-19 recovery period. Organisations across industries globally are enhancing digital capabilities to keep the pace. In a recent Global Consumer Insights Survey published by PwC leaning heavily on coronavirus-related data, research conducted with respondents pre-outbreak and post-outbreak indicated that 74% of survey respondents now worked from home at least some of...Continue Reading

In the beginning of 2017, China and Brunei joined forces in a joint petrochemical venture, resulting in the Hengyi Industries Sdn Bhd. The project is located on a small island close to the Bruneian capital of Bandar Seri Begawan, Pulau Muara Besar (PMB). Under China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the 3.5 billion US dollar investment marks Brunei’s largest foreign direct investment. Due to this project, Brunei’s GDP is expected...Continue Reading

In Singapore’s marine and offshore dormitories, foreign workers who were initially exempted from the government-imposed lockdown are now being confined to their living quarters. The great number of those in the foreign workforce creates a gap in the project activity for the shipping and marine facilities. Across the country, contractors in the related industry sought clarification from the government after being granted special access to remain on duty and operational...Continue Reading

Only recently, a small fire occurred that left the unfortunate individual with first and second degree burns. This led to the issuance of a safety alert by the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers since the unpredictable fire occurred as a result of an individual getting burnt from using hand sanitiser. The alcohol-based hand sanitiser was not left to dry and evaporate fully when the person proceeded to touch...Continue Reading