Field Note
Do We Really Need Another HAZID?
“We’ve done this job twice. Why another HAZID?” How to answer that when the pressure’s on, and why strategising first is the step that matters most.
Insights
Insights
Practical HSE thinking for energy and resources, including The Field Note: critical controls, shutdowns, drilling, commissioning, decommissioning and contractor prequal.
Field Note
It's Done. It's Reported. Prove It.
A court has now ruled on what happens when a leader trusts “it’s done, it’s reported” without testing it. The Ports of Auckland conviction, and what leadership should do differently.
Field Note
The Feeling You Can't Evidence
Something’s off on the job front, but nothing you could write up. Raise it or sit on it? There’s a third option.
Field Note
Stopping Shouldn't Take Courage
If stopping requires courage, you’ve built a system that depends on the bravest person on the worst day. Build the stops in instead.
Operational HSE
Critical Control Verification for Energy Projects
How Australian energy teams can turn critical controls from a register into field evidence that supports safer, more reliable work.
AI and digital HSE
Live HSE Dashboards: From Reporting to Action
A live HSE dashboard is valuable when it helps energy projects recognise gaps, assign action and verify close-out in time.
AI and digital HSE
Contractor Prequalification Needs a Live Register
Why contractor HSE evidence should be current, reusable and visible to the project team before work begins.
AI and digital HSE
Digital HSE: Critical Control Verification That Holds
How live verification turns critical controls from a static register into practical, timely assurance for energy projects.
Decommissioning
Decommissioning HSE: From Plan to Offshore Work
Decommissioning plans need to translate regulatory commitments into field-ready controls for safe offshore execution.
Commissioning
Commissioning HSE: Managing Live Interfaces
Commissioning safety depends on control of plant status, changing energy sources and clear ownership at every interface.
Drilling and wells
Drilling HSE: Controls That Hold Under Pressure
Why drilling HSE depends on disciplined control verification, clear authority and real-time response to changing conditions.
Shutdowns and turnarounds
Shutdown HSE Readiness Starts Before Mobilisation
The HSE checks that make a shutdown safer before contractor numbers, interfaces and schedule pressure peak.
Operational HSE
Australian Energy HSE: Make Critical Controls Work
A practical approach to critical control verification for Australian energy operations, from planning through field execution.
Field Note
The Simplest Thing
Two experienced supervisors, quietly beaten by a Word document at 5:40am. In the age of AI, are we expecting too much of the frontline, or too little of ourselves?
Field Note
One in Three Scaffolds Was Altered
SafeWork NSW found more than a third of scaffolds had been altered by someone without a licence, while the green tag still said safe.
Field Note
HVNL 2026: The Law Now Checks If It Actually Works
The new HVNL audit stopped asking if you have a safety system and started asking if it works. What PSOE means, and where you’re exposed.
Decommissioning
Full Removal Is the Default. The Hard Part Is Arguing Anything Else.
The Commonwealth's new decommissioning guidance is clearer than what came before it. It is also a warning about how high the bar sits, and about the capability Australia hasn't built yet.
Industry tools
You shouldn't have to fill in your HSE prequalification five times
Contractors waste days re-doing HSE prequalification for every operator. Here's how OnePack lets you answer once and submit to ISN, Avetta, Cm3 and more.
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